By inquiring Who is that you? noting is gained. The inquirer himself is the ego. Without the ego, you do not exist. The Self is not you because you are the ego.
The Self is not you but the Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
The seeker has to drop all his egocentric accumulated knowledge and only then he is fit to grasp Self-knowledge.
The Soul, the Self is not an individual but you are an individual. It is erroneous to identify the Soul, the Self as I or YOU when the Soul pervades in everything and everywhere in the whole universe.
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You are not separate from the ego because you are the ego. Without the ego you and the world in which you exist cease to exist. In the awareness of the ego, the world in which you exist is a reality.
In the awareness of the ego, your individual experience of the birth, life, death, and the world experienced as a reality.
In the awareness of the ego, the form, time, and space prevail as a reality.
In the awareness of the ego, the dualistic illusion, or Maya prevails as reality.
In the awareness of the ego, the three states prevail as reality.
In the awareness of the ego, the ‘I’ prevails as a reality.
If ‘I’ prevails as reality the ignorance prevails as reality.
Self-knowledge or Advaitic wisdom is necessary to get rid of ignorance.
Without Self-awareness, the universe prevails as reality. Self-awareness means the conscious awareness of the Soul hidden by the ‘I’. In Self-awareness, the reality of the universe fades away.
Sage Sankara says:~ Liberation comes only through the realization that Atman and Brahman are one in no other way. (1) Vivekachoodamani v 56, pg 25:~Santthosh Kumaar
