Why you are waiting, conquer the truth on your own independently. That is what Sage Sankara wants you to do.+

The truth seekers from different walks of life from all over the world are struggling to know the mystery of their own existence. Due to inborn and the inherited conditioning or samskara, it becomes difficult to grasp the truth, which is hidden by ignorance

Religious beliefs, social and cultural bondage, personal predilections, and phobias become the greatest obstacle to discovering the ultimate truth. However, an intense inner urge to know the ultimate truth will not be satisfied until the journey to the unknown is completed. The seeker has to cross many obstacles and barricade injected by religion and society and beliefs and behaviors.

The fact is something that has to be proved beyond all doubts and cannot be challenged. The truth cannot be found in an antique shop there is no use in trying one old idea to another it leads to confusion. Nothing can be achieved or attained since the very basis of seeking the truth is based on the false self (ego) and false experience (waking).

The seeker has to learn to view and judge the three states from the standpoint of the Soul, the innermost Self. Only when the seeker becomes Soulcentric then the truth will start unfolding gradually according to the spiritual maturity of the seeker.

Remember:~

Your quest is over. You need not search for the truth. Sage Sankara has already declared 'what is the ultimate truth' and 'what is the untruth'. His declaration is final. There is no need to follow anyone or any teaching.

Sage Sankara says: ~ Atman is Brahman. The Atman alone is real is not religious truth. Sage  Sankara declared this Advaitic truth, which the ultimate truth to the whole world, many centuries back is the rational truth, scientific truth, and the ultimate truth.

The Atman which is present in the form of consciousness is real and eternal, the world in which we exist is merely an illusion or Maya.

There is no need to search for the truth the truth is already declared by Sage Sankara you have to realize the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. to realize this simple truth, why you are struggling.

That is why Bhagavan Buddha: ~ Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.

That is why Sage Sankara says:~ VC-65- As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.

To realize the Self’ is not you, but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, there is no need for a Guru, there is no need to study scriptures, there is no need to go to the mountain, there is no need for gurus blessing or grace. There is no need to waste your fortune and precious time of your life. There is no need to follow anyone

If you have an intense urge and ready to drop all your accumulated knowledge and start afresh then you are fit and ready to take this mental journey.

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.

So-called spiritual paths are useless unless it causes us to seek the truth of our true existence. All controversies about creation, the nature of the universe, evolution, the purpose of God, etc., are useless in the Atmic path.

Bhagavan Buddha: ~ There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way... and not starting.

Throw your accumulated mental garbage and start the quest for truth NOW.

Swami Vivekananda:~ This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind does not befit you, the Soul. Self is infinite, deathless, and birthless. Because the Self is infinite Spirit, it does not befit you to be a slave. ... Arise! Awake!

Sage Sankara said: ~ Neither by the practice of yoga nor philosophy, nor by good works nor by learning, does liberation come, but only through the realization that Atman and Brahman are one in no other way. (1) Vivekachoodamani v 56, pg 25

Why you are waiting, conquer the truth on your own independently. That is what Sage Sankara wants you to do. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Know what is this universe, which confronts you, and what is hidden by the universe will be revealed.+

The universe itself is what God is all about. The totality of the universe is what God is all about. You just study the nature of the universe with all the seriousness and sincerity to unfold the mystery of the universe. That is all you have to do.

Until the mystery of the universe is not solved, the Self hidden by the illusory universe will not be realized.

Sage Sankara: ~ “VC~ All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman which is absolutely free from all the limitations of Maya. 

Know what is this universe, which confronts you, and what is hidden by the universe will be revealed. "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they realize the Self hidden by the universe. When they realze the Self they will realze the illusory nature of the universe. 

When you mentally reduce the two into one, and when you reduce inside and outside as consciousness and when you reduce above and below as consciousness, and when you reduce male and female as consciousness, then will you enter the kingdom of nondualistic heaven. 

Remember:~

Mentally reduce your body and the world in which you exist as consciousness by realizing you, your body, and the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

Mentally reduce the form, time, and space as consciousness by realizing the form, time and space are merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

Mentally reduce the three states as consciousness by realizing the three states are nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

Mentally reduce the universe as consciousness by realizing the universe is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

Mentally reduce the experience of the birth, life, death, and the world as consciousness by realizing the experience of the birth, life, death, and world are mere an illusion created out of consciousness.

When you mentally reduce everything as consciousness then there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. Consciousness is second to none that is Advaita. Where there is unity in diversity, there is Advaita. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

When a yogi finds the yoga is inadequate and useless to realize the 'Self' he must drop yoga and take up the path of Gnana.+

When a yogi finds the yoga is inadequate and useless to realize the 'Self' he must drop yoga and take up the path of Gnana.

When yoga is finished, then he begins the inquiry into ultimate truth, and in due course, this inquiry produces the realization of the universal Spirit as the result.

Why is the word Yoga used in so many different senses in the Gita? Because there are grades and the highest demands concentrated brains, not sitting mindless and imagining you are seeing God.

In Gita Chap.IV where Lord Krishna says: ~ “This yoga has been lost for ages" the word yoga refers to Gnana yoga, not other yogas: the force of the word this is to point this out.

Lord Krishna describes some of the other yogas but devotes this chapter separately to Gnana Yoga. So, one sees even in those ancient days people did not care for Advaita; they wanted religion; hence Gnana got lost. That is why Krishna calls it "the supreme secret." Krishna points out that the yoga must-see "Brahman in action."

Gita Chap.IV: ~ “He who achieves perfection in Yoga finds the Self in time." This means that after his yoga is finished, he begins the inquiry into ultimate truth, and in due course, this inquiry produces the realization of the universal spirit as the result.

Understanding what is God in truth is not so easy. Religious people can only imagine God based on their inherited blind faith or beliefs.

That is why Lord Krishna Says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know the Self is in truth.". The last two words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.

Lord Krishna himself says that he can do nothing to make a man intelligent straight away. The adepts give Prasad, blessing, initiations, mantrams, etc. only to confer temporary peace of mind, to help one to get rid of worries, but not to confer Gnana. The capacity to receive it must first be inborn in man by evolutionary degree.

Manduka Upanishad:~ Yoga is in the sphere of duality and is unnecessary to one who knows non-duality

Sage Sankara pointed out yoga could in no way bring about wisdom, much less Moksha.

Avadhuta Gita: ~“The Atman cannot be purified through the practice of the six limbs of the yoga, or through the annihilation of the mind, or through the instruction of Knower of Brahman. The Atman is the Reality Itself and It is Purity Itself."

Whatever idea of God one familiar with through upbringing or teaching, that he will see in his visions i.e. imagination.

Mystics who promise a Garden of Eden, a joyous outlook on life, do not see that this must be duality, an object which is seen and must inevitably vanish. How long can it last? A Gnani regards Self-awareness as higher because it is apart from joy or sorrow, ecstasy or pain, and because it belongs to the Atman, the innermost self, and is, therefore, unbroken, permanent.

In the dream, one knows that the dream figures are also the mind, not different from it; similarly, when he knows that everything is Brahman, there is no need for the yogic control of the mind.

Manduka Upanishads:~ Control presupposes second, a duality. Hence, yoga is in the sphere of duality and is unnecessary to one who knows non-duality. (P.153 ).

Upanishad says ~ Atman the Self is known by Reason alone, by the sharpened and purified intellect. Yet still, people worship Yoga and mysticism as the sole means of attaining Atman.

If one feels ecstatic or exalted peace in the presence of Yogi’s or God-men or Guru is not wisdom. People with disturbed and troubled or unhappy find tranquillity in Ashrams or in the presence of gurus or yogis, because there are uneasy disturbances of the mind, probably over their practical life within the practical world.

This is because they do not know what truth is, and they mistake this physicalized peace as Atamic peace. Non-dualistic peace is the nature of the Soul, the Self.

Remember:~

Practicing yogic Samadhi up to the limit and extent of getting a strong and concentrative mind, and to be able to think of particular subjects, is good; beyond that, if they begin to weaken their mind and accept what they imagine as real, they begin to get hallucinated.

Yogi’s limit the mind to the physical entity, thus they fail to realize the non-dualistic or Advaitic truth. They stick up to their accepted truth and they remain stagnant with their belief.

The individual experience is merely an illusion. Thus without first examining them and inquiring into them thoroughly is to delude oneself. The three states common to all; therefore, one must begin his inquiry analysis and reasoning on the true base. It is only after it has inquired into the nature of the three states that he should inquire into who is the knower/witness. If, however, one inquiry into the knower before the analysis of the three states, then it is mere mysticism. What are these three states? Must precede what is this ‘I’? : ~

Santthosh Kumaar

Bhagavad Gita:~Atman (God in truth) alone exists~ everything is Atman, there exists nothing except Atman.+

Until a man thinks of himself as the ‘Self' he will remain in ignorance. Until he is ignorant he will not be able to believe his individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world as an illusion. Therefore it is very much necessary for the seeker to realize he is not the 'Self but the 'Self' is the Soul, which is hidden by the 'I'.

Until the seeker realizes what is this 'I' suppose to be in actuality it is very difficult to unfold the 'Self' hidden by the dualistic illusion(Maya). the dualistic illusion appears as 'I'.

The ‘I’ is present only when the form, time, and space are present. Without the form, time, and space the ‘I’ cease to exist.

The ‘I’ that appears and disappears is not permanent. The ‘I’ appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality). The ‘I’ itself is ignorance.

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 present in the form of consciousnes

Bhagavad Gita: ~ “You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.1

First, you must make sure the ‘I’ itself is illusory because the ‘I’ is not permanent.

Without ignorance, form, time, and space cease to exist. The ignorance will prevail until the experience of birth, life, death, and the world are considered as a reality.

Until experience of birth, life, death prevails as a reality the illusion will prevail as a reality. Thus, it is necessary to get rid of ignorance. Ignorance will vanishes only when Advaitic wisdom dawns.

Until he realizes the 'I' is an he will not be able to accept the birth, life, death, and the world as an illusion. Until he thinks of illusion as a reality he will not be able to assimilate Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnan

The Soul is the innermost Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is the witness-consciousness that experiences the action, the actor, and the world of separate things. It is like a light that illuminates everything in a theatre, revealing the master of ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when they all depart, the light shines to reveal their absence.

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is all-pervading. The Soul is present in the form of the consciousness is not within any particular body it pervades the whole universe.

Consciousness pervades form, time, and space. Without consciousness, the form, time, and space cease to exist.

Bhagavad Gita:~ 7: 19:~ "Such a man who has attained true knowledge the knowledge of Self, the knowledge of Atman, worships the Self as~ Atman (God) alone exists~ everything is Atman, there exists nothing except Atman. Such a man is extremely rare"

Bhagavad Gita: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27)

When Bhagavad Gita says God is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.

Only in ignorance, there is duality. In reality, there is only non-duality.

‘I’ is a false nature. Holding the ‘I’ as the Self is holding on to ignorance. Ignorance will not buzz till you hold on to the ‘I’ because ‘I’ itself is ignorance.

You must know what God supposed to be in actuality. God is the cause of this universe and God is uncaused. :~ Santthosh Kumaar

Sexual intercourse is not the means to Self-realization.+

Q:~ N v W -S - Santthosh Kumaar, I fully agree, yet as a bridge -- that is as a lesson to teach the pure unity of the Self and nonduality -- intercourse of two polarities (male and female principles), that is joining together to pure (sinless) oneness in true love and respect=appreciation, human sex could become at its peak a very faint resemblance and remembrance of the overwhelming state of Atma?

Santthosh Kumaar:~ Suppose if you had the same idea in a dream, the dream becomes unreal when waking takes place. Similarly, the waking becomes unreal when Advaitic wisdom dawns. The Advaitic wisdom dawns when you realize the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness.

On the Standpoint of the Soul, the Self the world in which you exist is merely an illusion. Thus, all the happening within the illusion is bound to be an illusion. Until ignorance is there, the world in which you exist prevails as a reality.

When the ignorance vanishes through Advaitic wisdom than the world in which you exist which you thinks as reality becomes an illusion.

Sage Goudapada quotes from the Upanishads: ~ "There's no plurality here"; "The Soul through its powers appears to be many"; "those who are attached to the creation or production or origination go to utter darkness"; "the unborn is never reborn, for what can produce it?”

Sage  Goudapada’s rational exposition of Advaita:~ Whatever is seen, whether external or internal, whether by the ordinary persons or yogis, is unreal.

Thus, whatever you have seen, known, believed and experienced as a person within the waking experience is bound to be an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus, the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness alone, is real and eternal.

Consciousness is ever-present. Without consciousness, the world, in which you exist cease to exist. Consciousness is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny consciousness, because it is the very essence of the one who denies it. Consciousness is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. Consciousness is everything. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Sexual intercourse is not the means to Self-realization. Those who believe sexual intercourse as a means to Self-realization will permanently remain in the prison of ignorance.

Sexual intercourse is a reality within the dualistic illusion or Maya. The Soul, the Self is hidden by dualistic illusion or Maya. The Soul, the Self is hidden by the dualistic illusion Maya because the Soul or consciousness is the cause of the whole dualistic illusion or Maya.

Remember:~

Jesus said: ~ Seek and ye shall find. Knock the doors shall open to you.

Gospel Thomas logian 22:- Jesus saw infants being suckled. He said to his disciples, “These infants being suckled are like those who enter the kingdom.”

They said to him, “Shall we then, as children, enter the kingdom?”

Jesus said to them, “When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside, and the above like the below, and when you make the male and the female one and the same, so that the male not be male nor the female is female; and when you fashion eyes in the place of an eye, and a hand in place of a hand, and a foot in place of a foot, and a likeness in place of a likeness; then will you enter the kingdom.”

Santthosh Kumaar: ~ This above passage is Jesus’s version of Nonduality or Advaita. When one realizes the mind (matter) and the Soul (Spirit), the Self, are one, in essence. There is no place for the duality. Without the duality, the universe ceases to exist. Without the universe, your existence within the universe is merely an illusion because there is scope for two because everything is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the consciousness or Spirit.

Until one thinks he is an individual separate from this world he remains in the realm of the duality. The duality is the product of ignorance. When the Advaitic wisdom dawns, then the ignorance vanishes. When the ignorance vanishes, then the duality never remains as a reality. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The Soul is without the 'I' because it is without the form, time, and space.+

Until a man thinks of himself as the ‘Self' he will remain in ignorance. Until he is ignorant he will not be able to believe his individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world as an illusion. Therefore it is very much necessary for the seeker to realize he is not the 'Self but the 'Self' is the Soul, which is hidden by the 'I'.

Until the seeker realizes what is this 'I' suppose to be in actuality it is very difficult to unfold the 'Self' hidden by the dualistic illusion(Maya). the dualistic illusion appears as 'I'.

The ‘I’ is present only when the form, time, and space are present. Without the form, time and space the ‘I’ cease to exist.

The ‘I’ appears and disappears is not permanent. The ‘I’ appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality). The ‘I’ itself is ignorance.

Remember:~

Self –knowledge is not the knowledge of the ‘I’, but it is the knowledge hidden by the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present only in the domain of form, time, and space.

Mentally cross the ‘I’ to realize the 'Self' is without the form, time, and space.

The Self is without the form, time, and space because the Self is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Realize the Soul is the real Self. The Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness is one without the second, therefore, the Soul is Advaita.

Remember:~

The ‘Self’ is not the ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is without the form, time, and space.

The ‘Self is not the ‘I’ because ‘I’ is present only within the domain of the form, time, and space.

If the ‘Self is not the ‘I’ then what is the use of saying ‘I AM THIS’ or ‘I AM’ THAT there is no individual to say ‘I AM THIS’ or ‘I AM’ THAT.

The Soul is without the 'I' because it is without the form, time, and space.

Do not stick to the ‘I’. Stick to the Soul, which is the cause of the ‘I’ and it itself is uncaused. The Soul is the ‘Self’.

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman. The ‘I’ is merely an illusion.

If you stick to the ‘I’ then you are sticking to the illusion. If you stick to the Soul then you are sticking to the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

The Soul is permanent and the ‘I’ is impermanent.

That is why Bhagavad Gita: ~ “The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)

The ‘I’ hides the Self, which is the Soul. 

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’. is no need to convince such mindsets. The seeker of truth accepts only the truth nothing but the truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

It is time to discard the ‘I’. Never use the word the ‘I’ or I AM for the Self.+

The experience of birth, life, death, and the world is happening within the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is extraneous to the Self. Remember the Self is not the ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ is the Soul the witness of the ‘I.

Until 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 e 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.

But 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 Self. The ‘I’ hides the truth.

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.

The Soul is not within your body but the Soul pervades the whole world in which you exist.

Those gurus who think the ‘Self’ is within the body propagated the Self is to be ‘I AM and they also propagate consciousness is limited to the physical body. They think consciousness is not permanent because it disappears along with physical death.

When the Self is not the body but the Soul, which is birthless and deathless how can you relate the ‘’Self’ to the Soul, which the ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

The experience of birth, life, death, and the world is happening within the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is extraneous to the Self. Remember the Self is not the ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ is the Soul the witness of the ‘I.:~Santthos Kumaar

The Upanishads:- “Neti, Neti — not this, not this, not that.”+

 

The Upanishads:- “Neti, Neti — not this, not this, not that.”

This does not mean that consciousness, which is ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth is a negative concept, or a metaphysical abstraction, or a nonentity, or a void. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Consciousness is second to none. Consciousness is not another. Consciousness is all-full, infinite, changeless, Self-existent, Self-delight, Self-knowledge, and Awareness. Consciousness is the essence. Consciousness is the formless knower of all that is known. Consciousness is the formless Seer and the Seen. Consciousness is transcendent and formless Witness. Consciousness is impersonal and without attributes, formless, without special characteristics, immutable, eternal, and non-agent. Consciousness is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing Subject. It can never become an object as it is beyond the reach of from, time and space.

Consciousness is non-dual, one without a second. It has no second thing besides it. Consciousness is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Consciousness cannot be described because description implies a distinction. Consciousness cannot be distinguished from any other than it. In consciousness, there is not a distinction between substance and attribute. Awareness is the very essence of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

The attributeless consciousness is impersonal and pure. Consciousness becomes a personal or attributed consciousness only through its association with illusion, which appears in the form of mind or the universe or waking or dream.

Attributed consciousness and attributeless consciousness are not two different consciousnesses. Attributeless consciousness is not the contrast, antithesis or opposite of attributed consciousness. The same attributeless consciousness appears as attributed consciousness. The mind and the Soul are one in essence. The essence is consciousness. Thus, consciousness is second to none.

The attributed consciousness appears in the form of the mind. The mind is in the form of the universe. And the universe appears as waking or dream. Thus, the Mind, the universe, the waking or dream are one and the same thing.

The universe is a reality from the standpoint of the waking entity. The universe is unreal from the standpoint of the Soul, which is attributeless consciousness.

The practical life within the practical world is a reality from the standpoint of the waking entity, which is attributed to consciousness. It is the same consciousness from two different points of view.

Attributeless consciousness is real and eternal, the ultimate truth from the transcendental standpoint; attributed consciousness is the illusory consciousness that appears as the universe, is a reality within the illusory waking experience.

Rig Veda: ~ 'Prajnanam Brahma'- Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.

Remember:~

The universe is an illusion on the standpoint of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the innermost Self. The practical life within the practical world is a reality within the illusory waking experience. The three states are the product of ignorance. Ignorance is the cause of experiencing the illusion as a reality.

When ignorance vanishes through wisdom then consciousness alone will prevail as the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth. Thus, Consciousness is absolutely real and eternal.

The illusion or mind or the universe, which appears as waking or dream is the product of ignorance. The unchanging consciousness appears as the changing mind through illusion. The illusion is a mysterious indescribable power of the consciousness that hides the real and manifests itself as the unreal: mind or illusion is not real because it becomes unreal when one attains Self- knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The mind or waking remains a reality until ignorance is there. When non-dual wisdom dawns then the waking experience becomes unreal. due to ignorance The superimposition of the illusion, on the consciousness.:~Santthosh Kumaar

Self means existence. The real existence is without the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is merely an illusion.+

Self means existence. The real existence is without the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is merely an illusion. The Soul, the Self is all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then nothing has to be accepted as the 'Self' other than consciousness.

The Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness is the real existence. And the ‘I’ is the dualistic illusion, which appears and disappears.

Bhagavad Gita: ~ “The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)

Do not make the mistake of holding the Self as ‘I’ because it is not permanent. ‘I’ appears and disappears.

Bhagavad Gita: ~ “You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.16

‘I’ is an illusion and the Soul, the witness of the ‘I’ is real and eternal. The Soul ‘appears as ‘I’ and ‘I ’‘disappear as the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The ‘I’ hides 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.

Self is not Selfless 'Self'.

The Self is the Soul, which is without the ‘I’. The Self is not within you because the Self is not the body. The ‘self is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness pervades in everything and everywhere in the universe

Remember:~

Yourself is nothing to do with the Soul, which is the real Self. Yourself means the ego and the real Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

If you consider yourself the real Self then you will never be able to get rid of ignorance.

Remember:~

The Soul is one but individuals are many. There are no separate individual Souls. No one has seen the Soul of a man. You can only say that you have seen different bodies.

The Soul is one but individuals are many. Many souls' idea is a religious idea.

People believe the Soul is within the physical body but in reality, the Soul is hidden by the universe because the universe is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Advaita means the Soul, the one without the second. There is no scope for the second Soul. Advaita is ekathma vada.

Sage Sankara asks his opponents "How do you know there are separate individual Souls? Have you seen the Soul of a man? You can only say that you have seen different bodies. To say more is to misuse language. Therefore, I call you liars unless you give proof, which is impossible.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe.

So, it proves the Soul is not an individual but it is the support of all that exists in this universe.

The Soul is not limited to an individual. The individuals are many but the Soul is one. The individual exists within the universe. The Soul is the cause of the universe and it itself is uncaused.

The Soul is not within the human body. The universe is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Thus, whatever the universe contains is bound to be the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

All the Gurus propagated the Soul is within the human body or heart this is the great mistake.

People think the Athma or the Soul or ‘Self’ is limited to an individual but it is not so because the Athma or the Soul or ‘Self’ pervades everywhere and everything in the universe.

The universe is merely an illusion created out of the Athma or the Soul or ‘Self’, which is present in the form of the consciousness.:~Santthosh Kumaar