The Self is not the ‘I’.+

A deeper self-search reveals the fact that: ~ The ‘I’ merges with the soul and becomes one with it.   The ‘I’ becomes ‘I-LESS. From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, the form, time, and space are one in essence.   

When the Self is not the form then it is erroneous to relate the Self to time and space, because the self is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

The Self is not that which is born, lives, and dies within the unreal world. Afterlife is nothing to do with the Self because the Self is unborn eternal. 

The Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of the Spirit or consciousness, which is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. 

When the self is birthless, then how can one relate the self to the birth, life, death, and the world, because the self is ever formless? 

When the soul remains in its own awareness then there is no ‘I’.  The ‘I’ is not permanent because it appears and disappears.  

The self is not the ‘I’.  From the ultimate standpoint, the ‘I’ itself is an illusion. The ‘I’ is not limited to the form because the ‘I’ is present as the form, the time, and space. Without the ‘I’ form, time and space cease to exist. 

If form, time, and space cease to exist then the universe ceases to exist. If the universe ceases to exist, then the experience of birth, life, and death ceases to exist.

Bhagavad Gita: 5: 19:~ "Those who have achieved the true knowledge i.e. the 'Self-Knowledge' or the 'knowledge of Ātman' and see no difference, are free from conflicting dualities have merged in Brahman"

The word ‘One’ is not understood anywhere except in the Advaitic path. ‘One’ always means two when analyzed. Hence, the Upanishads are careful to show they do not mean this monism, but "One without a Second” is the Advaita. No philosophers of the world have seen this point. Monism is really pseudo-monism that is the duality.

Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent is always there, only the transient “I” comes and goes. (2.18)

To understand the false nature of the ‘I’, the self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is necessary.

The Self is not ‘I’, but the Self is the Soul, hidden by the  ‘I’.  Holding the Self as 'I'  leads to hallucination based on the imagination. 

What is this “I”? The ‘I’ is the mind. The body and the world together are the mind. If the mind is there, then only you and your experience of the world are there. If the mind is not there, then you and your mind cease to exist.

The mind is present in the form of the universe’ the universe appears as a waking or dream(duality) and disappears in deep sleep (nonduality).

The Self is not the ‘I’.  If the ‘I’ is merely an illusion, then it is no use of basing the self as ‘I’,   the ‘I’ which appears and disappears has no permanence.  

Whenever one talks of God, he refers to his belief. Hence, any idea of God, he forms is entirely based on his belief. The belief is not God.  The Soul, the Self is God.   And God has no reality apart from the Soul, the Self. Hence, religious believers are unable to give proof of their God and are merely hallucinating based on their inherited beliefs.  

The truth is hidden within the universe. Thus,  one must know the whole universe is created out of the soul, which is present in the form of the Spirit. And the Spirit is God in truth.

Upanishads say in effect ~ If you believe that you are one and God is another you cannot understand Truth.

Remember:~

No conceptual God can exist, apart from consciousness. People are not aware of the fact that there is no individual God that can exist, apart from the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

Thus, the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.   If there is no consciousness, then there is no- physical body, no ego, no universe, no religion, and no religious Gods based on blind belief.

Brihad Upanishad: ~ “If you think there is another entity, whether man or God,  there is no truth."

People think that there must be a creator of this universe. If one thinks physical entity or ego as Self, then there is a creator, but if one thinks of the Soul as the Self, then there is nothing that exists other than consciousness.

If one objectifies and sees a universe, then he is bound to see many things beside himself and postulate a God, the creator. The Body, the idea of the God and world rises and set together from, and into, the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

If God is apart from the ‘Self ‘, then He would be Selfless, that is, outside existence, that is, non-existent.

Bhagavad Gita: Brahman is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. ( 14.27)

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ God is Supreme Spirit has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. He cannot be seen directly by anyone. He pervades all beings and all directions. Thus,   Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

Bible says: ~ “God is a Spirit, and they that worship God must worship God in Spirit and in Truth. (John 4:24)”,

Mythreyi Upanishad 2:26 says: ~ All those who desire to have salvation without taking several births, should worship God in spirit and truth.  

In Vedas, God has been described as: ~

v  Sakshi (Witness)

v  Chetan (conscious)

v  Nirguna (Without form and properties).

v  Nitya (eternal)

v  Shuddha (pure)

v  Buddha (omniscient)

v  Mukta (unattached).

So, it clearly indicates that God is formless thus there is no scope for a form-based God. The religious ideas of gods, and theories of karma, heaven, hell, papa, Punya, rebirth, and reincarnation, are based on the false self (ego), within the false experience (waking). Therefore, they are meant for a lower mindset, they are of no use for those who are seeking higher truth as indicated in the scriptures.   : ~ Santthosh Kumaar