By finding out who you are, the Self, which is hidden by the illusory universe will not be revealed.+

You (ego), body, and the world appear together and disappear together. Therefore, you cannot get rid of the ego alone because your body and the world also appeared along with the ego.

It is a foolish venture to get rid of the ego alone. Therefore, it is necessary for the seeker to realize ‘what is what’ in order to discover the truth, which is hidden by the ‘I’.

The ‘I’ is not different from the mind. The mind is not different from the universe. The universe is not different from waking. Without the ‘I’ there is neither the mind nor the universe nor the waking.

The universe is verily consciousness. Without realizing ‘what is the Mind? it is impossible to get Self- realization.

Remember:~

First, realize yourself is the ego and the real Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

All the 'I-centric' gurus and their teaching hold yourself as real Self. so, it is a great error.

Understanding reality without clarity is disastrous. The lethargic attitude makes one remain in ignorance without proper inquiry and a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’.

Until you know What ‘Self is in actuality all your accumulated knowledge is garbage of ignorance.

If you hold the Self is within you then you are holding the ego as the Self.

The Soul, the Self is not within you because it pervades in everything and everywhere in the universe.

The Soul, the Self is hidden by the universe. When you finally realize the ‘‘Self’ ‘is not you but the ‘‘Self’’ is the Soul then you will realize the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Remember:~

You are part and parcel of the illusory universe. By finding out who you are, the Self, which is hidden by the illusory universe will not be revealed.

Sage Sankara: ~ VC-63-"Without knowing and examining the universe, one can’t know the Truth, as the idea that the external world exists, won't go. It can go only by an inquiry into the nature of the external world.

Sage Sankara says: ~ “What is accepted without a proper inquiry will not lead a person to the final goal. On the contrary, such acceptance will result only in evil, something which is detrimental to our spiritual progress.

Sage Sankara says: - VC-47- All the effects of ignorance, root, and branch, are burnt down by the fire of knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the non-Self.

Until you think you are an individual separate from the world and the world existed prior to you and you are born in it afterward ignorance will prevail as a reality. Till ignorance is there the universe prevails as reality.

Sage Sankara says: ~ The exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false is real meditation, then why you are indulging in other types of meditation. not the truth through deeper Self-search. Finally, when you become aware of the fact that, your ego, your body, and the world are one in essence then there is Self-awareness in the midst of duality. 

Remember:~

The birth, life, death, and the world take place within the domain of dualistic illusion or Maya.

Your existence and your individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world are illusory.

You are the false self within the dualistic illusion. The ‘Self is not you but the Self is the Soul.

The 'Self' does not die, only you die, because you are bound by birth, life, death, and the world.

The birth, life, death, and the world take place within the domain of form, time, and space.

Form, time, and space belong to the dualistic illusion. So your existence and your individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world belong to the dualistic illusion.

The Soul, the 'Self' does not die because it is birthless and deathless because it is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Form, time, and space are merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

First, realize the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The universe is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness. Without consciousness, the universe ceases to exist.

Mentally hold on to the Soul and mentally reduce the world in which you exist as consciousness by realizing the world in which you exist is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness and enter the kingdom of nondual heaven.:~Santthosh Kumaar