It is foolish to say I AM THIS or I AM THAT without knowing the 'Self 'hidden by the dualistic illusion or Maya (I).+

When the Self is not you but the Self is the  Soul then what is the use of saying I AM THAT. It is foolish to say I AM THIS or I AM THAT without knowing the 'Self 'hidden by the dualistic illusion or Maya (I).

 

Realize Soul, the Self is not you. So you are not that to say I AM THAT. You are a reality within the universe but the universe is merely a dualistic illusion or Maya (I). 

 

The Soul, the Self not an entity or Identity with the dualistic illusion or Maya. Your existence is a reality within the dualistic illusion or Maya. 

So what is the use of saying I AM THAT without knowing the 'Self' hidden by the dualistic illusion or Maya? 

Sage Sankara says: ~   A buried treasure is not uncovered by merely uttering the words: “Come forth.” You must follow the right directions, dig, remove the stones and earth from above it, and then make it your own. In the same way, the pure truth of the Atman, which is buried under Maya and the effects of Maya can be reached by getting rid of ignorance.

Sage Sankara: ~ “VC~ All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman (Consciousness) which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought. 

When you finally realize the ‘‘Self’ ‘is not you but the ‘‘Self’’ is the Soul then you will realize the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. 

Remember:~

Holding the Self as an individual is a great error. Those who propagated Self as an individual and say I AM THAT - are still in the domain of ignorance. 

Until you remain in the domain of the ‘I’ you will not be able to realize the ‘Self’ hidden by the ‘I’. The ‘I’ itself is the mother of ignorance.

When the Self is not you but the Soul then why you are holding the Self as you and saying I AM THAT.

When you are not that what you are saying I AM THAT.  you are an individual whereas the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness is not individual because it pervades everything and everywhere in the universe.

You are born, live, and die within this world whereas the Self is unborn eternal. 

When the Soul, the Self is formless then why you are saying I am not the body.

When you and the world in which you exist have nothing to do with the Soul how can you relate to the Soul, which is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. 

All the Advaitic teachings of the Gurus of the East and West are based on the individual. All the teachings based on the individual have nothing to do with Sage Sankara’s wisdom, 

All the teachings based on the individual are based on the religious and yogic perspectives, therefore, they are dualistic.  

All the Advaitic teaching of the Gurus of the East and West did not go deeper in the investigation they are stuck up with WHO AM ‘I’? and I AM THAT- which misled the seeking world. 

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is the source of the universe in which the universe appears.  From the standpoint of the Soul, the universe is merely a dualistic illusion or Maya. 

In Atmic-awareness, there is no ignorance. Without ignorance, the dualistic illusion or Maya loses its reality.  There is a conscious awareness of oneness in the dualistic illusion or Maya.    

All individual activities are happening within the universe, which is the dualistic illusion or Maya.  

The individual has nothing to do with the Soul, the Self.  If the individual has nothing to do with the Soul, then the individual experience of the birth, life, and death that happens within the universe has nothing to do with the Soul. 

All the scriptures based on the head and heart (Chidākāsha) have nothing to do with Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom. 

Sage Sankara’s wisdom is based on inquiring into the nature of the universe.  Who Am ‘I’? and I AM THAT- teachings are based on the individual has no value, because, the individual is a reality within the dualistic illusion or Maya. 

Sage Sankara: ~ “VC~ All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms is nothing else but Brahman (Consciousness) which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought. 

Sage Sankara: ~ VC- 63- "Without knowing and examining the external world, one can’t know the Truth, as the idea that the external world exists, won't go. It can go only by an inquiry into the nature of the external world. 

After verifying through deeper inquiry if one finds the world is the reality within the illusion then he cannot again say the world is not an illusion. 

If one is frightened to accept the world is an illusion (waking) then he is unfit to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.  

Those who are stuck with the reality of the world are stuck with the reality of the individual experiences of birth, life, and death, which take place within the unreal world. Thus the pursuit of truth is for those who have the courage to accept reality as it is, that is the reality without form, time, and space. 

When you finally realize the Self is not you but the Self is the Soul then you will realize the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. 

Sage Sankara says: ~ VC-47- All the effects of ignorance, root, and branch are burnt down by the fire of knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the non-self. 

Till you think you are an individual separate from the world and the world existed prior to you and you are born in it afterward ignorance will prevail as a reality. Till ignorance is there the universe prevails as reality. 

Sage  Sankara says: ~ “The exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false is real meditation, then why you are indulging in other types of meditation. 

Perfect understanding and realization of ‘what is what’ leads to Self-awareness. By holding onto theories, one remains in the realm of duality.  

You must mentally go on dropping what is not the truth through deeper Self-search. Finally, when you become aware that, your ego, your body, and the world are one in essence then there is Self-awareness in the midst of dualistic illusion or Maya.:~Santthosh Kumaar