Bhagvad Gita: ~You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory.+

Bhagvad Gita: ~ “You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.16

When the ‘Self is not you still say ‘Self is "I," If you feel the ‘Self’ is the ‘I without the body, you are not a wise seeker. You are still ignorant.

’I’ is not the Self and the Self is not the 'I '. 'I ' is bound by form, time and space. Without the form, time and space, the ‘I’ cease to exist. Holding, ‘I’ as the Self, the Soul, the  Self remains in the clutches of dualistic illusion.

When there is duality then there is ignorance. Ignorance is the cause of experiencing dualistic illusion as a reality. 

One, who identifies the Self as the ‘I’, will not be able to cross the threshold of dualistic illusion. There is no point in saying 'I ' or 'I AM THAT', because, the 'Self' is that which witnesses the 'I ' and the world together without the physical apparatus.

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.

The dualistic illusion is present in the form of the ‘I’. ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. The mind is in the form of the universe. The universe appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).  

The individual experiences of birth, life, death, and the world are within the waking experience.  The dream is a parallel waking experience and waking is a parallel dream.

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

The nonduality is the nature of the Soul. Therefore, the Soul becomes mind (I). And mind (I) becomes the Soul. The Soul and mind (I) are one in essence. That essence is the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness. The consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

There is nothing to realize other than realizing the fact that, you and the world in which you exist are created out of single stuff and that single stuff is the Soul, the  Self. 

The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Thus, you and the world in which you exist is nothing but consciousness. Thus, by realizing this truth the Soul becomes free from the cage of the illusory form, time, and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar