Where there is ‘I’, there is ignorance.+

Your birth, life, death, and the world have nothing to do with the Self because the Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible and unborn Soul, which is the eternal.

You will always remain in a state of ignorance until you realize the Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Where there is ‘I’, there is ignorance.

Where there is ‘I,’ there is an illusion.

Where there is ‘I’, there is the mind.

Where there is ‘I’, there is form, time, and space.

Where there is ‘I’, there is the universe.

Where there is ‘I’, there is waking or dream.

Wherever there is ‘I’, there is the individual experience of birth, life, and death.

But remember:~

If there is no ‘I’, there is no ignorance. If there is no ‘I’, there is no illusion.

If there is no ‘I’, there is no mind.

If there is no ‘I’, there is no form, time, and space.

If there is no ‘I’, there is no universe.

If there is no ‘I’, there is no waking state or dream.

If there is no ‘I’, there is no individual experience of the birth, life, and death.

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.

By inquiring WHO AM I?, it unfolds the fallacy of the universe. The truth is revealed only when the mystery of the universe is solved. The ignorant who fail to apprehend the Self, hidden by ignorance.

People who think of the Self as 'I' are caught up in the web of dualistic illusion because the ‘I’ itself is the dualistic illusion.

Realize, ‘what this ‘I’ is supposed to be in actuality,’ and what is hidden by the ‘I’ will be revealed. If you realize the Self, not the ‘I’ but the Soul, then whatever is hidden by the ‘I’ will be revealed.

Realizing the invisible Soul is the Self, not the ‘I’, but the invisible Soul is the Self, is the cause of the 'I'.

Remember:~

If the Self is not ‘I’ but the Self is the invisible Soul, then from the standpoint of the invisible Soul, the Self: ~

Where is the ‘I’?

Where is the ego?

Where is the body?

Where is the mind?

Where is the world in which you exist?

Where is the form, time, and space?

Where is the waking experience?

Where is the duality?

Where is the void?

They are or have become one with the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman, or God in truth.

The ‘I’ is present only when the mind is present. The mind is present only when the world is present. The world is present only when there is a waking experience.

Deeper self-search reveals the fact that the waking experience is not considered different from the world. The world is not considered different from the mind. The mind is not considered different from the’ I’. This truth has to be assimilated.

The ‘I’ is merely an illusion created out of the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. ‘I’ is not the subject. The ‘I’ is an object to the Soul, which is the formless, timeless, and spaceless subject.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the world in which you exist is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the three states are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the form, time, and space are bound to be an illusion.

If the I’ is an illusion, then the individual experience of birth, life, and death is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the words and thoughts are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the duality is bound to be an illusion.

The seeker has to make sure what this ‘I’ is supposed to be. The seeker has to make sure of the unreal nature of the ‘I’, which comes and goes, to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space

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

The ‘I’ hides the invisible Soul, the Self, which is the cause of the 'I'.

People think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The seeker has to realize that the fact that ‘I’ is not the Self, but the witness of the ‘I’ is the true Self, which is eternal.

People are stuck with the reality of the ‘I’, which they take as real because some Gurus have propagated that the Self is the ‘I’.

There is no need to convince such mindsets. The seeker of truth accepts only the truth, nothing but the truth.

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.

People refuse to accept anything other than their Guru's words. For them, their Guru's words are the ultimate truth. They do not accept anything other than their accepted truth. There is no need to convince such a mindset.

Such mindsets are not fit to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana, or Atma Gnana. The seekers of truth accept only the truth, nothing but the uncontradictable truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar