To acquire Advaitic Gnana or Self-knowledge of Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana there is a need to realize what is this ‘I’ is in actuality.+

Whatever appears as dualistic illusion is the consciousness and whatever is the cause of the dualistic illusion is also consciousness. There is no second thing that exists other than the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness. 

It is foolish to limit consciousness to the individual and think consciousness is limited to physicality. Consciousness appears as ‘I’ in waking or dream and ‘I’ disappears as consciousness in deep sleep. That is the Soul appears as the universe in waking or dream and the universe disappears as the Soul is in deep sleep. That is the dualistic illusion appears as waking or dream and disappears as the non-dualistic reality in deep sleep.

 The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is Seer and also Seen (I). The Seen is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

From the ultimate standpoint, the illusion has no value because the Seer and the Seen are one in essence. The ‘I’ appears on its own it perishes on its own. The ‘I’ is not the cause of the appearance and disappearance because the ‘I’ itself is the appearance. 

The ‘Self’ is not ‘I’, but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The one which witnesses the appearance and disappearance is not ‘I’ because the ‘I’ appears and disappears. 

The one which is aware of the appearance and disappearance of ‘I’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Realize, ‘what is this ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality and what is hidden by the ‘I’ will be revealed. 

If you realize the ‘Self ‘is not the ‘I’ but the Soul then whatever is hidden by the ‘I’ will be revealed. Realizing the Soul is not the ‘I’ but the Soul is the Self, is Self-realization. 

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 the cause of the universe. 

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 as real because some Gurus have propagated the Self is the ‘I’. There is no need to convince such a mindset. The seeker of truth accepts only the truth nothing but the truth. Perfect understanding and assimilation of ‘what is what’ lead to Advaitic Self-awareness.

Remember: 

The Self is not the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is product ignorance. The ignorance will disappear neither by ‘WHO AM ‘I’?' nor by the ‘I AM THAT- teachings. Ignorance will vanish only through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. To acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana there is a need to realize what is this ‘I’ is in actuality.

Remember this:~ The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. The mind is present in the form of the universe. The universe is form, time, and space together. The universe appears as the waking or dream. 

The waking is parallel (duality). The waking is a parallel dream (duality). The waking or dream disappears as deep sleep (nonduality). The one which appears as duality and disappears as nonduality is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. ‘I’ is the dualistic illusion. 

The dualistic illusion is present in the form of: ~ The Mind The Universe The form, time and space The Waking The Dream The dualistic illusion is the whole universe. The universe appears as ‘I’ and disappears as ‘I-LESS. The experience of birth, life, death, and the world is happening within the dualistic illusion.

The ‘I’ is the whole universe, which is the dualistic illusion. The ‘I’ appears as waking and becomes ‘I’-LESS and deep sleep.

Remember:~

The one that appears as the ‘I’ and disappears as ‘I –LESS is the Soul. The Soul is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. The one that becomes dual and one that becomes non-dual is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Thus, whatever that exists as dual and nondual is nothing but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

Bhagavad Gita says: ~ Among thousands of men, scarcely one strives for perfection; and of those who strive and succeed, scarcely one knows the ‘Self’ in truth. 

The path of wisdom attracts only those who are in search of truth and they appreciate it greatly. The ignorant are not spiritually matured they receive Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

The ignorant indulge in argument and provocation and personal attack, which hinders their own realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. 

That is why  Jesus said: ~ Do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. (Matthew -7:6) ~ 

Jesus meant knowledge of the Spirit (God) or Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Bhagavad Gita says ~ “Don't unsettle the minds of ignorant by revealing the esoteric truth." : ~ Santthosh Kumaar