To acquire Self-knowledge of Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana there is a need to realize what is this ‘I’ is in actuality.+

Whatever appears as dualistic illusion is consciousness, and whatever is the cause of the dualistic illusion is also consciousness.

There is no second thing exist other than the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness.

It is foolish to limit consciousness to the individual and think consciousness is limited to physicality.

Consciousness appears as ‘I’ in waking or dream, and ‘I’ disappears as consciousness in deep sleep.

That is, the Soul appears as the universe in waking or dream and the universe disappears as the Soul in deep sleep.

That is, the dualistic illusion appears as waking or dream and disappears as nondualistic reality in deep sleep.

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is Seer and also Seen (I). The Seen is mere an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

From the ultimate standpoint, the illusion has no value because the Seer and the Seen are one in essence.

The ‘I’ appears on its own, it perishes on its own. The ‘I’ is not the cause of the appearance and disappearance because the ‘I’ itself is the appearance. The ‘Self’ not ‘I’, but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. ]

The one which witnesses the appearance and disappearance is not ‘I’ because the ‘I’ appears and disappears.

The one which is aware of the appearance and disappearance ‘I’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Realize, ‘what is this ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality’ and what is hidden by the ‘I’ will be revealed.

If you realize the ‘Self ‘not the ‘I’ but the Soul, then whatever hidden by the ‘I’ will be revealed.

Realizing the Soul is not the ‘I’ but the Soul is the Self, is Self –realization.

That is why Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent 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 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 some Gurus have propagated the Self is the ‘I’. There is no need to convince such mindset.

The seeker of truth accepts only the truth, nothing but the truth. Perfect understanding and assimilation of ‘what is what’ lead to Advaitic Self-awareness.

Remember:~

The Self is not the ‘I’.

The ‘I’ is the product of ignorance.

Ignorance will disappear neither by ‘WHO AM ‘I’?' nor by the ‘I AM THAT-teachings. Ignorance will vanish only through Self-knowledge of Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. To acquire Self-knowledge of Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana there is a need to realize what is this ‘I’ is in actuality.

Remember this:~

The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind.

The mind is present in the form of the universe.

The universe is form, time and space together.

The universe appears as the waking or dream.

The waking is parallel waking (duality).

The waking is a parallel dream (duality).

The waking or dream disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

The one which appears as duality and disappears as nonduality is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

‘I’ is the dualistic illusion or Maya.

The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of: ~

The mind

The universe

The form, time and space

The Waking

The Dream

The dualistic illusion is the whole universe.

The universe appears as ‘I’ and disappears as ‘I-LESS-Soul.

The experience of the birth, life, death and the world is a happening within the dualistic illusion.

The ‘I’ is the whole universe, which is the dualistic illusion or Maya.

The ‘I’ appears as waking and becomes ‘I’-LESS-Soul and deep sleep.

The one that appears as the ‘I’ and disappears as ‘I –LESS - Soul.

The Soul is formless, timeless and spaceless existence.

The one that becomes dual and one that becomes nondual is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, whatever that exists as dual and nondual is nothing but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Bhagavad Gita says: ~ Among thousands of men, scarcely one strives for perfection; and of those who strive and succeed, scarcely one knows the ‘Self’ in truth.

The path of wisdom attracts only those who are in search of truth, and they appreciate it greatly. The ignorant are not spiritually matured to receive Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The ignorant indulge in argument and provocation and personal attack, which hinder their own realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman.

That is why Jesus said: ~ Do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. (Matthew -7:6)

~ Jesus meant knowledge of the Spirit or Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Bhagavad Gita says ~ “Don't unsettle the minds of the ignorant by revealing the esoteric truth.” :~ Santthosh Kumaar