If you realize the ‘I’ itself is an illusion then the universe is bound to be an illusion.+

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

If you realize the ‘I’ itself is an illusion then the universe is bound to be an illusion because the universe ceases to exist without the ‘I’.

If you realize the ‘I’ itself is an illusion then the form, time, and space are bound to be an illusion because the form, time, and space cease to exist without the ‘I’.

If you realize the ‘I’ itself is an illusion then the three states are bound to be an illusion because the three states cease to exist without the ‘I’.

If you realize the ‘I’ itself is an illusion then the individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world is bound to be an illusion because the individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world cease to exist without the ‘I’.

Remember:~

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

The universe is present in the form of form, time, and space. Without form, time, and space, there is no duality.

The duality is not a reality from the standpoint of the Soul, the Self.

The mind is present in the form of form, time, and space. Whatever belongs to form, time and space is a falsehood. The universe in which we exist as a reality is a falsehood.

There is a need to know ‘what is what’ in order to realize the truth hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.

The ‘I’ disappears as deep sleep, so what is the use of being attached to it? It is impermanent and illusory because ‘I’ is physical awareness.

Physical awareness is not Self-awareness. ‘I-less awareness is Self-awareness.

There is really no ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. And the mind is in the form of the universe.

And universe appears as a waking or dream. The ‘I’ or mind or the universe or waking or dream dies disappears as deep sleep.

Thus, one that appears as ‘I’ or mind or the universe or waking or dream is consciousness, and it disappears as deep sleep is also consciousness. In deep sleep, it is in its formless nondual true nature. The one, which witnesses the coming and going, of the three states, is also consciousness. Thus, the witness and witnessed are one in essence.

Thus, the universe is a reality on the base of individuality and the universe is unreal on the base of the Soul (consciousness), which is the Self.

The seeker gradually will grasp and realize the unreal nature of the universe or mind.

Individuality is illusory because the Self is not an individual because the Self is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. And it pervades everything and everywhere in all three states.

Remember:~

Till you hold the “Self’ as the ‘I’ all the confusion will go on. The ‘I’ is not the Self. The ‘I’ is the whole universe in which your body and ego exist.

The ego cannot be killed because the ego and the world appeared to gather and they disappear together. Who has to kill the ego? How can the ego kill itself when it is the very basis of physical existence (universe)?

You are present in the form of ego. You have an inborn conviction that ‘you are an individual apart from the world’ and the world existed prior to you and you are born in this world and you are living in this world.

Even In the dream, the dream entity has the same inborn conviction that ‘he is an individual apart from the world’ and the world existed prior to you and he is born in this world and you are living in this world. Till this conviction is there the dualistic illusion prevails as reality.

The illusory nature of the dream is exposed when the waking takes place. Similarly, the illusory nature of the waking will be exposed when wisdom dawns. The wisdom dawns when the waking entity (you or ego) realizes it itSelf is not the Self but the Self is the Soul, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states, in the midst of the dualistic illusion.

The ego cannot be killed. Instead of getting rid of the ego, one has to get rid of ignorance. It is a foolish venture to kill or destroy the ego.

There is no need to kill the ego to get Self-realization. A perfect understanding of ‘what is Self ‘and ‘what is non-Self is very much necessary. The discrimination between the Self and non-Self leads to Non-dualistic Self-awareness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar