Until you hold the ‘Self ‘as the ‘I’ you will never be able to get Self-realization.+

The experience of birth, life, death, and the world is happening within the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is extraneous to the Soul. 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 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 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 Soul, the Self, which is the cause of the 'I'.

Remember:+

The man and his world are within the dualistic illusion. The man recognizes his body as the body, his ego as the ego, and his experience of the world as the world; he is unaware that the world in which he exists is the product of ignorance.

It is not the man who is in ignorance but it is the Soul, the Self is in ignorance of its own true nature. The nature of the invisible Soul is nondual. Nondual means a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Once the ignorance vanishes through Advaitic wisdom then the body will not remain as a body, the ego will not remain as the ego, and the world will not remain as the world because everything merges into the substance from which they are created.

That substance is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate reality of Brahman. It is necessary to drop all accumulated knowledge that is blocking our realization.

A perfect understanding of ‘what is what’, leads to nondualistic or Advaitic Self-awareness.

The Self is not ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. Limiting the mind (’I’) to the waking entity (you) is the main hurdle in the pursuit of truth.

The seeker of truth must investigate ‘What is this mind?’ to realize the mind ('I') is not limited to the ego (waking entity).

The ‘I’ is the mind. The mind is present in the form of the universe. And the universe appears as a waking or dream.

The ‘Self’ is neither the ego nor the 'I' therefore 'WHO AM 'I'? - inquiry will not yield the full truth it is based only on the individual.

The Self is not ‘I’ but the Self is the unborn Soul. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the substance and the witness of the ‘I’.

When one realizes the Soul is the Self, then the Soul is freed from experiencing the duality as a reality.

When the seeker recognizes that, consciousness pervades everywhere and in everything, in all three states then that very recognition leads to a total dissolution of ignorance and leads to nondual -awareness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar