As soon as ‘I’ comes, there arises the universe. The Soul is the cause of the ‘I’ and it itself is ‘I-less Soul’.
That is why Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent (consciousness) is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)
The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the Self, which is unborn eternal.
Remember:~
The Soul appears as the universe and the universe disappears as the Soul.
The universe is nothing but an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is the ultimate Truth or Brahman. Brahman is God in truth.
‘I’ is not within your body because the ‘I’ is the whole universe. Therefore, by inquiring ‘WHO AM ‘I’? the truth of the whole will not be revealed.
First realize the ‘I’ is not limited to the body because the ‘I’ is present in the form, time, and space.
Bhagvad Gita: ~ “You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.16
The truth will not be revealed without knowing what is this ‘I’ in actuality.
Holding the ‘I’ as real and identifying the Self as ‘I’ AM’ is getting stuck to ignorance.
Using the word ‘I’ and ‘I AM’ will not allow the seeker to transcend the form, time, and space. The stubborn attitude of the seeker to stick to the world ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ makes him remain in ignorance and he will never be able to succeed to transcend the dualistic illusion.
Sage Sankara says the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by the illusion, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, (Gnani)
~ Then why you are sticking a Guru who is not a Gnani.
That is why Swami Vivekananda said: ~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher, but your own Soul.”
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 'I' 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. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
