The one that appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality), is the Soul, the ‘Self’. +

The ‘I’ is not a thought. The ‘I’ is the mind. The mind is the whole universe. The universe appears as a waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

The one that appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality), is the Soul, the ‘Self’.

The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in all three states.

Without knowing what is mind in actuality, it is impossible to realize the truth, which is hidden by ignorance.

People think the mind is within the body but deeper Self-search reveals the fact that the world in which you exist itself is the mind.

When the ‘I’ is there then only the mind is there. If the mind is there then only the universe is there.

If the universe is there then only the waking is there. Thus, it is very much necessary to realize the ‘what ‘I’ is in actuality.

Without knowing ‘what is this ‘I’ it is impossible to realize the ‘I-less’ truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Remember:~

The three states are not caused by the mind, nor is the mind caused by them because they are the mind itself. The mind is a myth from the standpoint of consciousness as self. Hence one has to hold to the principle of absolute non-creation.

In a dream, one sees a whole variety of individuals,. These entities, which are within the dream, do not exist apart from the witness of the dream. Likewise, the dream is an object to the formless witness or true Self or consciousness. Likewise, the waking experience is also an object to the formless witness or consciousness.

The waking man, wandering about in all the ten directions in his waking experience, sees the whole variety of individuals within the dream. Similarly, there are a variety of individuals in the waking world. The waking also disappears as a dream.

The witness of the three states is within but it is apart from the three states. It is within because it is the formless clay of the three states and it is apart as the formless witness of the three states, it is apart because it is not an entity or identity within the waking /dream.

The waking or dream cannot exist independently without the formless witness/true self. There is no evidence of the existence of the one without the other; they are cognized only through each other. :~Santthosh Kumaar