First, realize what this Self is in actuality.+

                                                        First, realize what this Self is in actuality. 

The universe in which you exist hides the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Without consciousness, the universe in which you exist ceases to exist. 

The universe in which you exist is an illusion created out of consciousness. One is unaware of the Soul the  Self, due to ignorance. 

The Soul or consciousness is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny consciousness because it is the very essence of the one who denies it. Consciousness is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs.   Consciousness is the true Self.

Consciousness is hidden within the world in which you exist. Until one thinks of his body as a body, ego as ego the universe as the universe he remains in ignorance because he is still in ignorance and he is unaware that they too are the consciousness.

The consciousness is not an object, as it is invisible, beyond the reach of the eyes. It is not another. It is all-full, infinite, changeless, Self-existent, Self-delight, and Self-knowledge. It is the essence. It is the essence of the knower. It is the formless substance and witness of the dualistic illusion or Maya.

Realize with a full and firm conviction that: ~  You are not you but consciousness; your body is not the body but consciousness, the world in which you exist is not the world but consciousness. 

Everything that is known, seen, believed, and experienced by you is nothing but consciousness then what else remains, which is not consciousness. There is nothing else to realize other than to realize that consciousness alone is, everything else is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. 

By realizing everything is consciousness, the Advaitic wisdom dawns. Perfect understanding and assimilation of ‘what is what’ lead to Advaitic awareness. 

Without the world, in which you exist God in truth alone exists. When God in truth disappears the world, in which you exist appears. The world, in which you exist disappears God in truth appears. Thus, realize that God in truth to be the Soul. 

The Soul is the Self. Thus, the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. 

If you stick to the ultimate truth then the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. If you realize this truth you will live in this world but not of this world. Thus, consciousness alone is real and eternal. 

Remember:~

The Self is not you because you are bound by the experience of birth, life, death, and the world.

The experience of birth, life, death, and the world has nothing to do with the Soul, the  Self. 

When you are not the Self, then how can you relate the Self with your experience of birth, life, death, and the world. 

When the Soul wakes up with its own awareness, then you and your experience of the world becomes unreal same way as the dream becomes unreal when the waking takes place.

If you imagine within the dream it becomes unreal when the waking takes place. Your imagination within the dream remains a reality until the waking takes place. In the same way, your imagination within the waking remains reality until Advaitic wisdom dawns. 

Advaitic wisdom dawns when you realize you are not the Self, but the Self is the formless Soul. If you are not the Self then your imagination has no value because you are the false self (ego) within the illusion (waking).

When the Self is not you then what is the use dropping the ignorance. It is not you who has to drop ignorance but the Soul, the Self has to wake up from the sleep of ignorance. 

When The Soul, the Self wakes up, then the world in which you exist ceases to exist as a reality.

The one which is born, lives, and dies, is not the  Self. Your birth and death happen within the world. The world itself is the dualistic illusion created out of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

When the Soul, the Self is not limited to an individual then what is the use of ‘Who am ‘I’? -inquiry. What is the use of saying ‘I AM THIS’ and ‘I AM THAT’, without realizing what the ‘Self’ is in actuality?

WHO AM ‘I’? / I AM THAT’ is only helpful in elementary stages.

For Self-realization, you must first know what this ‘Self’ is in actuality.

Remember this:~ the ‘I’-centric and you-centric Gurus and their teaching is not Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Unless you discard the ‘I’-centric and you-centric Gurus and their teaching it is impossible to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

First, know what is this Self in actuality?

If something is true, is real, is constant, is a foundation of a nature that is unchanging, this can be called the Self.

The Soul, the Self is the fullness of consciousness without the illusory division of form, time, and space. The Soul is formless, timeless, and spaceless and eternal existence.

People have not penetrated the meaning of the ‘Self’. The meaning is that the ultimate truth is the Self, which is eternal existence.

You are impermanent because the ‘Self’ is not you but the Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

People have not penetrated the meaning of the ‘Self’. The meaning is that the ultimate truth is the Self, which is eternal existence.

You should not hold anything of the dualistic illusion (universe), which is impermanence. The world in which you exist makes you feel as though they are real but ultimately, they are merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is permanent.

You must cultivate to see the permanence (Soul) hidden by the impermanence (universe) as it is.

If you do this, you will be like one who sees a gem in the muddied water among the stones and rocks and waits for the water to settle before he skilfully plucks it out.

It is the same with cultivating the idea of the Soul, the Self hidden by the dualistic illusion (universe).: ~ Santthosh Kumaar