When the Self is not you but the Soul then what is the use of inquiring WHO AM ‘I’? - because you are part of the dualistic illusion or Maya.+

You and your experience of birth, life, death, and the world are a reality within the dualistic illusion or Maya.

When the Self is not you but the Soul then what is the use of inquiring WHO AM ‘I’?- because you are part of the dualistic illusion or Maya. 

What is the use of knowing who you are because the Self is not you or not within you? 

The Soul, the Self is not an entity or identity within the dualistic illusion or Maya but the Soul, the Self is hidden by the dualistic illusion or Maya. 

The Soul, the Self hidden, because, the dualistic illusion or Maya because the dualistic illusion or Maya is created out of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.    

That is why 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 meditation, contemplation, and other spiritual disciplines but never by perverse arguments.

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

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, roots, and branches are burnt down by the fire of knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the non-self.

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All is consciousness. The whole universe is consciousness. From consciousness, the universe comes. When the universe disappears, the consciousness still remains without form, time, and space

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