When the ego (false self idea) appears to grab ahold of this notion of Advaita, it usually expresses itself as "I am God and you are not." leading to guru-worship, authoritarianism and abuse of power. It's funny that many claim to speak from this realization but claim that there is such a thing as a "higher" and "lower" understanding - another obvious duality.
In the manifestation, there can appear to be a guru and disciple, a teacher and a student but, in the reality that we are, all such dualistic ideas are meaningless and one is left with "I am what you are" - the conscious presence that is the only source and reality of everything.
If anyone approaches you and suggests that they are enlightened, I would take such a claim with a gigantic grain of salt. "Who", exactly, is enlightened? When did this supposed event happen? How long has it been so? Only a self-image (ego) could seem to become enlightened, before which it was in darkness. The light that we are is without beginning or end. The shining of awareness is all that allowed this life to appear. It was never absent. The light is not in need of enlightenment.
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