You are false entity (waking entity or ego) within the false experience (waking).+

Until you realize you are part and parcel of the illusory universe, the Self, which is hidden by the illusory universe will not be found.

Realize, the Self is not you but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the cause of the universe it itself is uncaused.

Relax, and introspect mentally that, your body is not Self, your ego is not the Self, you are not the Self’.

You are a false entity (ego) within the false experience (waking). The Soul, the Self ‘is hidden by the universe but the Soul, the Self is without the universe. 

You are part and parcel of that universe, which appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (non-duality).

The Soul, the Self is the formless witness which witnesses you (ego) and the universe together.

The Soul, the Self is just a witness of you and your experience of the world. 

This witness is like a mirror. The body and the world are merely reflections on it. 

The mirror is unaffected by the reflection on it. It is its ultimate nondual nature.

Once the seeker has grasped this truth, once he has walked the path to the innermost core, he will never be the same again. Finally, he has to awaken to his formless nondual true identity.

In the eyes of a Gnani, the whole existence becomes enlightened. A Gnani realizes his body, his ego his experience of the world are one in essence.  The essence is formless consciousness, which is the Self.  The waking and dream reflect in the mirror of consciousness without creating any ripples on the mirror when one becomes aware the mirror and its reflection are one in essence.

When the wisdom dawns the mind starts melting into the soul. Wisdom destroys all distance between the mind and the Soul. Mind becomes non-existence; it becomes nothingness in the midst of diversity. And that nothingness is the nondual nature of the Soul or consciousness, which is the Self.:~Santthosh Kumaar