Know what this ‘I’ is first. Without realizing what this ‘I’ is supposed to be it is impossible to free the Soul, the Self from the 'I', which is the dualistic illusion or Maya.+

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

Know what this ‘I’ is first. Without realizing what this ‘I’ is supposed to be it is impossible to free the Soul, the Self from the 'I', which is the dualistic illusion or Maya.

The ‘I’ hides the truth of the whole. The ‘I’ hides the truth.

I’ is ignorance.

‘I’ is the duality.

‘I’ is the 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

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.

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)

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

When the Advaitic wisdom dawns then this ‘I’ which you think as reality becomes unreal. It is time to discard the ‘I’. Never use the word the ‘I’ or I AM for the ‘Self’. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar