The ego is the basis of the physical existence the ego alone cannot be discarded.+

The ego is the basis of the physical existence the ego alone cannot be discarded. The ego is present along with the body and the world.  The ego, body, and the world appear together and disappear together. The ego, body, and the world in which you exist are a dualistic illusion or Maya.

The ego, body, and the world in which you exist are the product of ignorance. Only when ignorance vanishes then the ego, body, and the world fade away as one essence.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is necessary to realize knowledge of the single stuff. The knowledge of the single stuff frees the Soul, the innermost Self from the cage of ignorance.

If you are seeking the truth then do not mix up religion and yogic fables drop all accumulated garbage to realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

There is no need to surrender the ego because you are the ego. Without the ego, the world in which you exist ceases to exist. The ego is the basis of the world in which you exist. The ego, you, and the world appear together and disappear together.

Surrender is a religious fable. How can the ego surrender to itself? How can the ego surrender to the religious God, which is not God in actuality? All such claims are possible only in the domain of form, time, and space. In reality, no second thing exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. When there is no second thing, then surrender to what.

That is why the Bhagavan Buddha said: ~ “Believe nothing because a wise man said it, Believe nothing because it is generally held. Believe nothing because it is written. Believe nothing because it is said to be divine. Believe nothing because someone else said it. But believe only what you yourself judge to be true

The Advaitic wisdom consists in knowing the truth, that everything (mind or physical existence) is the consciousness. The freedom (ultimate truth) is always there yet one does not know it. But to those whose reason is turned away from physicality and who have attained the serenity of the Soul or the consciousness, the innermost Self, is quite near to realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Sag Sankara says you must first know what is before you. If you cannot know that, what else can you know or understand? If you give up the external world in your inquiry, you cannot get the whole truth.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ The universe arises from the Soul, the innermost Self like bubbles from the sea. Thus, know the Self to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

Upanishads:~ Fools dwelling in the darkness, but thinking they wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. (Upanishads Nikilanada - Ch II-5 P-14)

No one can teach anybody. The Advaitic wisdom is hidden within the world in which you exist. A Gnani can only show the way that much is the work of a Gnani. A Gnani only guides the seekers to apply their own reason and realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. When the seeker learns to view and judge and reason the three states on the base of the Soul, the truth will start unfolding on its own. First, the seeker may find it difficult to use Soulcentric reason, but gradually it will become easy.

Whatever appears on its own it perishes on its own. You are not the cause of the appearance and disappearance.

The one which witnesses the appearance and disappearance is not you because the world in which you exist is within the appearance.

The one which is aware of the appearance and disappearance is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Perfect understanding and assimilation of ‘what is what’ leads to Advaitic Self-awareness. :~Santthosh Kumaar