The Soul, the Self hidden by the illusory universe reveals ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal” when the seeker is receptive and ready.+

People who are not digested Advaitic wisdom think that awareness is prior to the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul or the consciousness, or awareness, is one and the same thing. Those who are stuck up in their intellectual wealth will never be able to cross the ocean of ignorance.

Intellectuals are still using dualistic lenses and they think they know the non-dualistic truth. This ‘I know business blocks their realization of Advaita.

Upanishads:~ Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking they wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. (Upanishads Nikilanada - Ch II-5 P-14)

Awareness is the nature of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The  Soul, the Self hidden by the illusory universe reveals ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal” when the seeker is receptive and ready.

Do not believe in a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe in a thing because a wise man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by dualistic knowledge Find out the truth for yourself. Use Soulcentric reason, which leads to the realization of the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Advaitic wisdom can never be gained by argument and provocation. Discard all the accumulated dualistic knowledge by realizing the world in which you exist, exists because of ignorance. Get rid of the ignorance by realizing the world in which you exist is created out of single clay and that single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Realizing the ‘Self’’ is not you but the Soul is Self-realization. The Soul is the cause of the universe and it itself is uncaused. 

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The best course for the seeker is to remember the Soul, the 'Self' continually, which is hidden by the ‘I’(dualistic illusion or Maya).

The seeker must first know the Soul is the only reality and that the world in which he exists is an illusion.

The seeker must reason upon this truth from all points of view and up all further argumentation and realize the truth. This realization comes from being certain that Soul is the ultimate truth or Brahman or is real and the world in which he exists is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

By remembering ‘I AM ‘the ignorance will not vanish because the ‘I AM it itself is ignorance.

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The Self is not you. You are not eternal because you are bound by the experience of birth, life, death, and world. The Soul, the Self is eternal.

The Soul is birthless and deathless because it is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. It is foolish to say I AM THIS or I AM THAT’ because the ‘Self ‘is not ‘I’. The ‘Self is the Soul, which witnesses the ‘I’.

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.

Even after knowing the ‘Self’ is not ‘I’ people are stuck to ‘I-centric teaching and Gurus. Those who are stuck with ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ will never be able to get rid of ignorance.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar