What is the use of saying ‘I AM THIS’ or ‘I AM THAT’ without knowing what is this ‘I’ in actuality?+

I AMNESS or I AM is physical awareness. Physical awareness is not Self-awareness. Holding I AMNESS or I AM AS Self-awareness is a great blunder caused by some scriptures and Gurus of the past. 

The Self is the formless Soul which is in the form of the Spirit.   Ahum Brahmasmi = the Soul the Self is Brahman – that is Atman is Brahman.  Thus, it is wrong to say ‘I AM’ Brahman because the Self is not ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ but the Self is the witness of the ‘I’ or ‘I AM’.

What is the use of saying ‘I AM THIS’ or ‘I AM THAT’ without knowing what is this ‘I’ in actuality?

The ‘I-centric’ teachings are limited to the form, not the time and space. The ‘I-centric’ teachings will not help the seeker to reach the ultimate end of understanding.

All the ‘I-centric’ Gurus and their teaching make the seeker hallucinate. Playing with the sentiments and emotions of the seeker makes the seeker remain permanently in the domain of ignorance. Ornamental words satisfy only an emotional mindset.

The words that mean different things to different people are what is behind the words, between the lines that matter. 

If you are seeking truth nothing but the truth then you have to discard I-centric Gurus and their teaching to realize the truth hidden by the ‘I’, which is the dualistic illusion.

When a Gnani does not see his body as the body, his ego as the ego, his experience of the world as the world, then he has realized his body, his ego, and his experience of the world as consciousness. 

Thus, everything is Soul or consciousness. Thus, there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness.

When conviction of the Soul the innermost ‘Self’, grows stronger everything falls into the right slot.

Remember, the ‘I’ is not limited to the form, therefore, there is a need to realize ‘what this ‘I’ in actuality.

The ‘I’ is the mind.

The ‘mind’ is the form, time, and space together.

The form, time, and space together are the universe.

The universe is the waking or the dream.

The waking is a parallel dream

The dream is a parallel waking.

The ‘I’ cannot exist just by itself. The ‘I’ has no separate, independent existence. ‘I’ is dependent on the Soul, the Self for its existence. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

From  the standpoint of the Soul the Self: ~

The ‘I’ itself is an illusion,

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the mind is bound to be an illusion.

If the mind is an illusion then the form, time, and space are bound to be an illusion

If form, time, and space are an illusion then the universe is bound to be an illusion.

The universe is an illusion the waking or the dream is nothing but an illusion.

If the waking is an illusion then the experience of birth, life death, and the world which is present only when the waking experience is present is bound to be an illusion.

Sage  Sankara says the world is illusory; it includes birth, life, and death, which happens within the world. 

Thus, the seeker's main aim is to mentally trace the formless substance of the illusion, which is also the witness of the illusion. 

The formless substance and witness of the illusion (world) is the Atman, and this Atman itself is Brahman. This Brahman cannot be attained by indulging in egocentric religious orthodoxies. The knower of Brahman is Brahmin, not the Brahmin who indulges in priestcraft, which leads one to utter darkness as per Yajur Veda.

Yoga Vasistha: ~ "Teachers, interpretations of sacred texts, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of that Ultimate Truth which is revealed in the clear reflection of the heart, engendered from contact with the good."

Sage Sankara: ~ VC Let erudite scholars quote all the Scripture, let Gods be invoked through sacrifices, let elaborate rituals be performed, let personal Gods be propitiated---yet, without the realization of one‘s identity with the Self, there shall be no liberation for the individual, not even in the lifetimes of a hundred Brahmas put together (verses-6)

Sage Sankara said: ~ Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many Gods as you please, observe ceremonies, and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.

A perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is necessary to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar