The ‘I’ is the physical awareness.+*****

The Soul is the real Self; therefore, the Self is not 'I'. 'I' is non-existent in reality. The Soul, the Self is hidden by the 'I'. The 'I' is the whole universe. The universe is the dualistic illusion or Maya.  The Knowledge of the Soul is Self- Knowledge or Bramha Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

The ‘I’ is the physical awareness.

The ‘I’ is present only when the mind is present.

When the mind is present then only there is awareness of the form, time and space.

When the mind is absent then the form, time and space are absent.

If the form, time and space are absent then the mind is also absent.

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If the form, time and space are present then only the universe is present.

If the form, time and space are absent then the universe also is absent.

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The universe appears only when the waking appears.

The universe disappears when waking disappears.

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The ‘I’ appears along with the waking and ‘I’ disappears along with the waking.

That is why Bhagavad Gita: ~ “The permanent (consciousness) is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)

The ‘I’ hides the Soul the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

People think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The seeker has to understand the fact that ‘I’ is not the Self, but the witness of the ‘I’ is the true Self, which is eternal.

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.

People are stuck with the reality of the ‘I’, which they take it as real because of some Gurus have propagated the Self is the ‘I’. is no need to convince such a mindset. The seeker of truth accepts only the truth nothing but the truth.

You and the world in which you exist belongs to physical awareness. Physical awareness

is not Self-awareness.

Realize you, the world in which you exist is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness. Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge.

When firm conviction of Self-knowledge becomes firmer in subconscious then Self-awareness arises on its own.

When the Soul, the 'Self’ ‘remains in its own awareness: ~

What is this body?

What is the ego?

What is this world?

What is 'I'?

What is duality?

What is existence, nonexistence, unity or duality?

What needs us there to say more?

Noting from the Soul because whatever seems to emanate from it, is non-different from itself. There is no second thing other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. One should not mistake Self (Soul) for the ‘I’.

Those who assert the world is a reality, are still in elementary stages of the preliminary analysis. The world is a reality within the waking experience, but the waking experience is merely an illusion. The same way the dream world was a reality within the dream experience. The dream became unreal when the waking took place. The same way the waking becomes unreal when Advaitic wisdom dawns.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar