Till one has the firm conviction that, the Self as ‘I’, he will never be able to cross the threshold of the duality.+

Till one has the firm conviction that, the Self as ‘I’, he will never be able to cross the threshold of the duality, therefore, it is necessary to realize the self is the soul, is ever ‘I~LESS”. 

What is the use of inquiring WHO AM ‘I’?  or What Am ’I’?  when the Soul, the Self is ever genderless because it is ever formless.  Thus, it is erroneous to identify the Self as he/or she, because the self is not physical, but the self is the spirit.

Self-inquiry prescribed by Ramana Maharishi is a good tool at the beginning of the pursuit of truth. But the seeker will find it inadequate in later stages. However, it creates lots of doubts and confusion.  The seeker has to find the answers on his own through deeper reasoning, then all his doubts and confusions will be cleared, and he will be able to move ahead in the path of inquiry and he will be able to reach his non-dual destination.

The ‘Who am ‘I’? -inquiry reveals only the unreality of the form not the unreality of the time and space. Therefore, deeper investigation is necessary to realize the truth beyond form, time, and space.

The journey is incomplete with ‘Who am ‘I’? Because as one goes into deeper self-search he becomes aware of the fact that ‘I’ represent the form, time, and space and the form, time and space are  Self because the soul, the Self is ever ‘I-less.  

‘WHO AM ‘I’?’ inquiry is good at the starting point of the pursuit of truth but in later stages, it created lots of confusion.  When the Self is genderless then it is not He/She. Therefore, using the word ‘I AM’ for the Self is erroneous.

Sage Sankara says: ~ “What is accepted without a proper inquiry will not lead to the final Goal”. (Commentary on Vedanta Sutra)

Nothing has to be accepted as truth without verification.

‘WHO AM ‘I’? and ‘I AM THAT are only stages. They are helpful at the beginning of the pursuit of truth. As the seeker advances in his quest for truth, he finds them inadequate and useless.

The seeker has to dive deeper and deeper in order to unfold the mystery of his true existence.

Deeper self-search reveals the fact that the self is not the ‘I’, therefore ‘WHO AM I?~, the inquiry will not help to unfold the truth beyond the form, time, and space.

The one who holds the ‘I’ as self never will be able to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Thus, it is necessary to realize first the ‘I’ is not the Self, but the Soul, the formless witness of the ‘I’ is the Self.

You and your experience of the world is nothing to do with the Soul, the Self because you are not the Self.  

WHO AM ‘I’?~inquiry is for the beginners.  WHO AM ‘I’?-inquiry is inadequate in the later stages. There is no need to inquire -‘WHO AM ‘I’? , because, the ‘I’, itself is an illusion. The seeker has to realize how this ‘I’ is an illusion, by a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’.

When the Self is neither the waking entity (ego) nor the Self is the ‘I’, then the 'WHO AM ‘I’-inquiry will not yield the full truth because it yields only fallacy of the form, not time and space. 

When the Self is neither the waking entity (ego) nor 'I' then 'WHO AM 'I'?-Inquiry will not yield the full truth because it yields only fallacy of the form, not time and space.:~Santthosh Kumaar