[Advaita-l] Why realization is difficult?

[Rajaram Venkataramani]

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 5:05 AM, kuntimaddi sadananda <
kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com> wrote:

>  It is pure understanding of a fact as
> a fact. That is the knowledge that removes the wrong notions of taking
> ‘this’
> as ‘I am’, which is the very essence of ego. That knowledge is immediate
> and
> direct, if the pratibandhaas or obstacles for the knowledge are removed.
>
Rajaram: Very nice. What are the obstacles? Who has that? Why is he not
able to remvoe them?