The waking becomes deep sleep and deep sleep becomes dream but the Soul, the ‘Self’ remains unaffected witnessing the illusory passing show.+

You and your experience of the world disappear when the waking experience disappears. The waking experience disappears in deep sleep. The dream disappears when waking takes place. Neither is waking nor the dream in deep sleep.

The seeker has to find out ‘what is it’ that’ becomes the waking or dream (duality) and ‘what is it that becomes the deep sleep (nonduality).

The one that becomes the dual (waking or dream) and that one that becomes non-dual (deep sleep), is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The Soul is the Self. In the realm of the Soul, diversity has no value because there is unity in diversity in consciousness.

All three states are made of single stuff. Realizing that single Stuff, which is the Soul is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Remember:~

The waking becomes deep sleep and deep sleep become a dream but the Soul, the ‘Self’ remains unaffected witnessing the illusory passing show.

You are not the witness because you are not the Self. The Soul is the witness of the ‘I’, which appears and disappears.

Do not make the mistake of saying ‘I AM THIS or I AM THAT - without knowing what this ‘I’ is in actuality.

However many books you read. However many gurus you follow, However, many Gods you worship what good will they do you if you do not realize the fact that the ‘Self is not you but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

You have to drop all your accumulated knowledge accumulated from different sources as inadequate and useless. You will realize the truth hidden by ignorance only after you drop your accumulated knowledge, which is blocking your realization of the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

The Advaitic truth has to be proved not assumed. The gurus of the east and west have not proved the Sage Sankara’s Advaitic truth because their knowledge of Advaita is based on the dualistic perspective. 

Seekers of truth have to realize how this practical life within the practical world is unreal. And on ‘what standpoint it is unreal.

It is foolish to cling to the unreality because the reality is hidden by the unreality. The people have stuck by the reality of the world and they stop there.

Only when we independently search the truth without religion, yoga, and its doctrine then we will be able to realize the truth beyond form, time, and space.

Unless you exercise your reason (Buddhi) -there is no chance of getting the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.:~Santthosh Kumaar