What is this ‘I’, which comes and goes? Instead of inquiring ‘Who am ‘I’? realize that ‘I’ itself is an illusion.+

What is this ‘I’, which comes and goes? Instead of inquiring ‘Who am ‘I’? realize that ‘I’ itself is an illusion.

Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)

If you use the word ‘I’ from the Soul you will never be able to realize the truth, which is beyond the ‘I’. Beyond the ‘I’ means beyond the form, time, and space.

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.

The means of attaining Self-realization for the acquisition of final liberation, the serious seeker should constantly reflect on the nature of the mind, which is present in the form of ’I’.

The ‘I’ is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as a waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

The indifference with which one treats the excreta of an animal – such an indifference to the three states from the realm of the Soul, the Self because of their impermanent nature, is called pure dispassion.

Consciousness the formless substance and witness of the three states itself is alone permanent, the three states (seen) are opposed to it that is transient – such a settled conviction is truly known as discrimination.

Turning away the focus of attention completely from the three states to the formless substance and witness of the three states with lots of patient endurance will help the seeker to establish in the Soul, which is the true Self.

Through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, one can be free from the bonds of this world that is - birth, life, and death.

To acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana seekers must have a burning desire.

Only that person who has an intense urge and courage to accept the truth and reject the untruth and is ready to drop all the pre-conceived ideas derived from the accumulated knowledge.

The seeker must be ready to accept only uncontradictable truth is qualified to indulge in the pursuit of truth.

The seeker has to learn to view and judge the worldview on the base of the Soul, the Self.

Seeker of truth should constantly reflect with a view to attaining Knowledge, desiring his own good.

Self- Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is not brought about by any other means other than inquiry, analysis, and reasoning on the true base, just as an object is nowhere perceived (seen) without the help of light.: :~Santthosh Kumaar