When you realize with a firm conviction that the Self is not you but the Self is the Soul, ignorance vanishes.+

People are blind to the ‘Self’ because they are part of the dualistic illusion. People don’t like to know how trapped the Self is within the dualistic illusion because they are stuck with the reality of the world, which is merely a dualistic illusion. 

People are unaware that without the dualistic illusion, the world in which they exist ceases to exist.

The dualistic illusion is the product of ignorance. Until ignorance is there, the world in which we exist prevails as a reality. When you realize with a firm conviction that the Self is not you but the Self is the Soul, ignorance vanishes.

When ignorance vanishes, the world in which we exist never again prevails reality, the same way as the dream never again becomes a reality when the waking takes place.

The Soul, the Self, is not an entity or identity within the illusion, but the Soul, the Self, is hidden by the illusion because the illusion is created out of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Remember this: ~

The ‘Self’ does not reside in the human heart, and one will not find the ‘Self’ in the human heart if he searches for it.

The Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in the world in which we exist. Limiting the ‘Self’ to the human heart is erroneous. The truth is not belief propagated by the belief system.

Tattireya Upanishad: ~ “The Self in man and in the sun is one. Those who understand this see through the world and go beyond the various sheaths of being to realize the unity of life”.

Holding the ‘I’ as the ‘Self’ is the main mistake. People refuse to rectify the mistake because they are sentimentally attached to their Gurus and their teachings. Such people are like stagnant water in a dirty pond. Rectifying the mistake will unfold the mystery of the whole world.

The sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light.

The Soul is the fullness of consciousness. The universe exists because of the Soul. Without the universe, the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness alone, exists. The universe is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. Realize that consciousness is the cause of the universe, and it, itself, is uncaused.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ “The universe rises from the ‘Self’ like bubbles from the sea. Thus, know the Self to be One and in this way, enter into the state of dissolution."

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman is the cause; the Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman, the Self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman."

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana frees the Soul from the cage of the illusory form, time, and space.

Due to ignorance, the Soul, the Self, is in forgetfulness of its own true nature in the dualistic illusion. When the Soul wakes up from its sleep of ignorance, the unreal nature of the world in which you exist is exposed.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar