You will not find the 'I' if you inquire into 'I' because 'I' is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as the waking or dream.
Without the universe, the 'I' cease to exist because 'I' itself is the universe.
Till you hold the ‘Self ‘as the ‘I’ you will never be able to get Self-realization. ‘I’ hides the Soul, which is the Self. ‘
'I’ is ignorance.
‘I’ is the duality.
‘I’ is form, time, and space.
‘I’ is the universe.
‘I’ is the waking.
‘I’ is the dream.
‘I’ is the illusion.
‘I’ is the experience of birth, life, death, and the world.
Remember:~
Without the ‘I’ there is no ignorance.
Without the ‘I’ there is no duality.
Without the ‘I’ there is no form, time, and space
Without the ‘I’ there is no universe.
Without the ‘I’ there is no waking.
Without the ‘I’ there is no dream.
Without the ‘I’ there is no illusion.
Without the ‘I’ there is no experience of birth, life, death, and the world.
The ‘I’ hides the truth. The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the Self.
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.
Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)
It is time to discard the ‘I’. Never use the word the ‘I’ or I AM for the Self.
Remember:~
Bhagavad Gita: ~ “You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.16
WHAT IS THIS ‘I’?
The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the Self. which is present in the form of consciousness.
The earliest ancient sages used the word ‘I’ to the witness of the three states not to the ego as moderns use it and think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The seeker has to understand the fact that, the ‘I’ is not the ‘Self’, but the Self is the witness of the ‘I’, which comes and goes.
Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)
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.
The ‘I’ disappears as deep sleep, so what is the use of being attached to it? It is impermanent and illusory.
There is no ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. And the mind is in the form of the universe. And the universe appears as the waking or the dream. The ‘I’ (duality) disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).
Thus, one that appears as ‘I’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness and it disappears as deep sleep is also consciousness. In deep sleep, the Soul remains in its own awareness.
The Soul witnesses the coming and going, of the ‘I’. On the standpoint of the Soul, the witness and witnessed are one, in essence.
The universe is a reality on the base of individuality and the universe is unreal on the base of the Soul, the Self.
The seeker gradually will grasp and realize the unreal nature of the universe. Individuality is illusory because the ‘Self’ is not an individual because the ‘Self’, is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
