E wrote:

There is no point in allowing Buddhism or any other philosophy to disturb
my peace.

I completely agree!!

I no longer believe I have any need to go further.

For this self, I completely disagree! There always seems to be FURTHER....
yes? More dissolved, more awareness'd-out... greater cataracts of
grace... more flavors of amrita to quaff... Epiphanies to forget so that
one has the joy of rediscovering them again. I know I've forgotten
more states than are in any Union... We're not nouns, but verbs, as
Bucky Fuller liked to point out.

Sometimes when we reach our bliss tolerance level we mistake it for
Nirvana, but bliss tolerance levels can always be raised... and
raised again...

Why do we incarnate? Not for the physical pleasures that are so
evanescent. I think we plunge into the Pool of All Possibilities
through the Veil of Forgetfulness just for the intense delight of
reawakening again, of rediscovering we are Just That, of returning
Home to our Friends.

Then there's the amazing Master Aziz's warning (somewhat edited.)

The Dangers of Pseudo-advaita
by Aziz Kristof

We would like to express our concern regarding the recent phenomenon of
'satsang-culture,' which in our opinion has impoverished seriously the
Original Spirit of Advaita. These days many individuals, who have very
little or no knowledge at all about the Process of Awakening, feel
qualified to give satsang and lead other souls on the Path. Enlightenment
has become very cheap these days. Nobody actually really knows what is
the meaning of this term as it virtually means everything and nothing.
Nowadays it is sufficient to say, 'I am awakened' in order to give satsang.

Because of the unverifiable nature of Enlightenment, this term has been
much manipulated. Satsang has been Americanised. In an average
satsang gathering, everybody is laughing, showing signs of euphoric
and unauthentic joy, while the teacher tries to look like he or she is
in bliss. Just like a TV show. Very few actually meditate. Why meditate
if we are already all awakened? But is this really Advaita? Is Advaita
a poor repetition of a several slogans like 'There is nobody there,'
'You are That,' 'You are already awakened' or 'There is no Path', etc.?
Has this anything to do with teaching of great masters like N. Maharaj
or R. Maharishi? Ramana sat in caves for 20 years before he could be
really complete. In his presence, disciples had to meditate for months
and years before they could receive from him the glimpse of the Self.
[SNIP]
We would like to clarify, for the sake of general knowledge, that there are
actually several levels of expansion beyond the mind. There are three basic
types of Inner Expansion:
1) Awakening to Pure Awareness (the State of Presence behind the mind).
2) Awakening to the Absolute State (unity with the unmanifested).
3) Awakening of the Heart (expansion into the Divine).
In each of these levels there are three stages: Shift into a state,
Stabilisation and Integration. For instance, many satsang-teachers do not
experience the same state outside of teaching. This is because they are not
established permanently in the state they have attained. For that reason,
they can have a deep state during satsang, but when they leave the
satsang room, they return back to ordinary consciousness. In such a case,
only conscious cultivation of the particular state can allow one to
establish it permanently. However, if one does not believe in an actual
process of awakening, how can one consciously cultivate anything? One
does not even know that one is in a State. Here we see the importance of
correct understanding. If one just follows in a dogmatic and unimaginative
way the Advaita idea that 'I am already That,' how can one cultivate
anything?

We recommend to all students and teachers of Advaita to be more critical.
Follow Advaita if you wish, but know that Reality is simply much more rich
than any linear philosophy, Advaita included. The Practical Advaita
and the Theoretical Advaita are very different. In the Theoretical Advaita,
the Self is the only reality, there is no Path and we are all already
awakened. But Practical Advaita knows that there is a long way to go
before the truth of these statements can become our living truth.

We would like also to create a few practical anti-pseudo-advaita
statements:
'You are not awakened unless you awaken!'
'You are not That unless you reach unity with Universal I AM!'
'There is no Path but only for those who complete it!'
'There is nobody here, but only when somebody has dissolved!'
[SNIP]
Blessings to Seekers of Truth and Clarity who have the courage to renounce
the False.

[end quote]
For a complete copy, see
http://www.raysender.com/aziz-falseadvaita.html