Without knowing ‘What is this ‘I’, one will not realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time and the space.+

The samsara (the universe in which you exist) itself is an illusion.  You are not the Self. You are part and parcel of the illusion.  The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. 

The Soul is the witness of the illusion (the universe in which you exist.  The universe appears as the waking or the dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).  From the standpoint of the Soul, the three states are one,  in essence.   

Man is blind because he is part of the dualistic illusion. None can see the Soul, the innermost Self in the dualistic illusion. Very few will able to grasp the truth beyond the form, time and space, the rest are immersed in the illusory experience of the birth, life, death and the world.

 It is impossible to judge the truth, which is beyond the form, time,  and space, on the base of the birth entity, because the birth entity is not the Self. The Self is the Soul, which is birthless and deathless because it is ever formless, timeless and spaceless.

 If one wants to realize the truth beyond the form, time, and space, then he has to learn to view, judge and reason on the base of the formless Soul, the innermost Self.  

By inquiring “WHO AM I? “and“ WHY DO I EXIST? , the wisdom will not dawn because the ‘I’ is not an individual. The ‘I’ is the mind. The mind is the whole universe in which you exist.  The universe appears as waking or the dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

People hold the ‘I’ without the body as the Self, but it is an error because the Self is not the ‘I’ but the Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness. From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, the ‘I’ is merely an illusion. 

If the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the universe in which you exist is merely an illusion.  The consciousness which is the cause of the universe is real and eternal. The consciousness is the cause of the illusion and it itself is uncaused.

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By inquiring ‘WHO AM ‘I’? or by saying ‘I AM THAT’, without knowing ‘What is this ‘I’, one will not realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time and space.  The ‘I’ exists only when the form, time and space are present.  

When the Self is not the ‘I’ but the ‘Self is ‘I –less Soul, then whatever based on the ‘I’, is bound to be an illusion. Thus, the ‘I-less Soul is permeant and eternal because the Soul is the ever formless, timeless and spaceless existence.   

You and your world are a reality within the illusion. You and your experience of the world are within the illusion. You are the false self within the false experience (waking).  The waking experience is a parallel dream and the dream is a parallel waking experience. 

The Self is neither the waking entity nor the Self is the dream entity, but the Self is the Soul, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states. The Soul, the innermost Self, is nothing to do with you and your experience of the world because it is the ever formless, timeless and spaceless existence.

The world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

 

A person, who stamped his foot on the ground to refute to show the world, is real, ignore that in the dream he would do exactly the same--stamp his dream foot on the ground and assert it to be real. 

The Ultimate Reality is one without a second and designates it by the name Brahman. Brahman is incorporeal, immutable, all-pervading consciousness, beyond the form, time, and space. 

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Freedom means freedom from ignorance. It is not you who is seeking freedom. It is the Soul, the Self which seeks freedom from ignorance.

Shun the ignorance which is present in the form ‘I’ and thinks the ignorance is like poison.

Turn your attention to the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. Free the Soul, the Self from the illusory prison of the form, time and space.

When you realize the ‘Self is not you but the ‘Self’ is the Soul automatically the world in which you exist losses its luster of the reality.

Remember: you are the false self within the dualistic illusion, which is present in the form of the ‘I’. without the ‘I’ you, and the world in which you exist ceases to exist. So do not limit the ‘I’ to an individual because ‘Self is not ‘I’ because the ‘I’ is whole dualistic illusion.

If you are not the ‘Self’ but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, then how can you say ‘I AM THAT’ when the Self is not you but the Soul. Perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ leads to Self-realization.

Holding ‘I-centric’ gurus and their teaching as final blocks Self-realization.

If you are the seeker of truth, then you must accept only the truth, not the ‘I-centric or you-centric knowledge, which is half-baked knowledge. The ‘I-centric or ‘you-centric’ it is not Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The ‘I’ hides the reality of existence. The nature of existence is the formless, timeless and spaceless existence. There is no ‘I’ in reality. The ‘I’ is merely an illusion. Whatever belongs to the ‘I’ is an illusion.

The ‘I’ is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. ‘I’ is not the subject. The ‘I’ is an object to the Soul, which is the formless, timeless and spaceless subject.

Bhagavad Gita: ~ “You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.16

If the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the world in which you exist is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then three states, are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the form, time, and space are bound to be an illusion.

If I’ is an illusion then the individual experience of the birth, life, death is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the words and thoughts are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the duality is bound to be an illusion.

The seeker has to make sure what is this ‘I’ supposed to be? The seeker has to make sure the unreal nature of the ‘I’ which comes and goes in order to realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

That is why Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)

The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness. The ‘I’ itself is ignorance. The ‘I’ itself is the dualistic illusion.

People think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The seeker has to understand the fact that ‘I’ is not the Self, but the witness of the ‘I’ is the true Self, which is eternal.

That is why Ashtavakra Gita 16:10: ~ If you desire liberation, but you still say "I," if you feel the ‘Self’ is the ‘I’, you are not a wise man or a seeker. You are simply a man who suffers.

People are stuck with the reality of the ‘I’, which they take it as real because some Gurus have propagated the Self is the ‘I’. is no need to convince such a mindset. The seeker of truth accepts only the truth nothing but the truth.

That is why Sage Sankara says:~ VC-65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.

People refuse to accept anything other than their Guru's words. For them, their Guru's words are the ultimate truth. They do not accept anything else other than their accepted truth. There is no need to convince such a mindset.

Such a mindset is not fit to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. The seekers of truth accept only the truth nothing but the uncontradictable truth.

The Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara has dynamic, direct, universal appeal.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar