Advaitam Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swamy (May 20, 1894 January 8, 1994) Here is what he says about Advaitam

itam or monism. Translation from Tamil to English: Veeraswamy Krishnaraj Recently, many Jnanis (sages) stressed on Atmavisram ( = Self-enquiry). The followers of their Spiritual instruction or teaching of doctrine (upatcam = ) worship the Great Men as deity. Bhakti (devotion) is natural and inherent in a body (and soul). According to Advaita (Monism), Bhakti is to appreciate and adopt the disposition of nondifference between Isvara and the people. Bhagavan is omnipotent and omniscient, and that we are parvipotent and parviscient Bhaktas of Bhagavan. How could we reconcile these two disparate parameters, when you advocate non-difference between Bhagavan and the people? If there are objects separate from Bhagavan, where did they come from? How could Bhagavan control and reign over objects if they took their origin elsewhere? If we think thus, one Paramatman by the name of Isvara is the ocean, the ponds which are the people, the puddle, the wells and last the water in a spoon. There may be highs and lows in Sakti. But, fundamentally all are one substance. And THAT we become. That is Advaita Mukti or monistic liberation. parvipotent and parviscient = Opposite of Omnipotent and Omniscient. It is just not enough to make intellectual pronouncements. It must be experiential Sakti. That is possible only with Isvara Kripa ( = Grace of God). We have to receive the grace and favor of Sakti that moves and rules over us so that our motion and energy come to a standstill, which is the Advaita experience, according to great men. In the beginning stage, there is an appearance of difference between Bhagavan and Bhakta (devotee). We should develop the thinking that Paramataman which came as Isvara, came as Bhaktas too, who we are. http://bhagavadgitausa.com/DeivaththinKural.htm