What is the use of inquiring ‘Who am ‘I’ when the ‘Self’ is not He or She?+

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. The Soul is the substratum of the universe.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ “The universe raises from the Soul, the Self like bubbles from the sea. Thus, know the Self to be One and enter into the state of dissolution."

You are not the ‘Self’ because you are mortal. You are mortal because you are bound by the experience of birth, life, death, and the world.

The ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness and is immortal because it is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

The one that is in ignorance is the Soul; the one that has to wake up from the sleep of ignorance is the Soul, the Self.

The world in which you exist is the product of ignorance. When ignorance vanishes the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

Without the illusion, the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness alone will prevail as the ultimate reality or Brahman. Thus, consciousness is Brahman.

Self-realization is necessary to realize ‘what is truth and ‘what is untruth.

Self-realization is to realize the 'Self' is not you, but the 'Self' is the Soul, which is the substance and witness of the world in which you exist.

From the standpoint of the Soul, the world, in which you exist is merely an illusion. The world in which you exist is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The Self is not limited to you, but it is the cause of the world in which you exist.

What is the use of inquiring ‘Who am ‘I’ when the ‘Self’ is not He or She?

The Self-inquiry is not for finding out 'Who AM I?’

The Self-inquiry is for finding out the fact that, the ‘Self' is not the ‘I’, but the Self is the Soul, which witnesses the 'I'.

The world in which you exist is present only when the 'I' is present.

Without the 'I', the whole world, in which you exist ceases to exist.

From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, the world in which you exist is merely an illusion.

If the world is an illusion then the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. In reality, your existence as an individual is non-existent as a reality.

Thus, a perfect understanding of ‘what is what' leads to Advaitic Self-awareness. :~Santthosh Kumaar