I ' is bound by form, time and space. Without the form, time and space, the ‘I’ cease to exist.+*****

’I’ is not the Self and the Self is the Soul hidden by 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 "mine," 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.

Bhagvad 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. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar