Without the ‘I’ there is only the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Without the mind, there is only the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Without form, time, and space, there is only the Soul, the fullness of consciousness.

Without the universe, there is only the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Without the waking or the dream, there is only the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Without the individual experience of birth, life, and death, there is only the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness

Remember this: ~ 

From the standpoint of the Soul, the ‘I’ is an illusion. 

From the standpoint of the Soul, the mind is an illusion. 

From the standpoint of the Soul, form, time and space is an illusion. 

From the standpoint of the Soul, the universe is an illusion. 

From the standpoint of the Soul, the waking or dream is an illusion. 

From the standpoint of the Soul, the individual experience of birth, life, and death is an illusion. 

The Soul is the cause of all that exists as an illusion and the Soul itself is uncaused.:~Santthosh Kumaar 

Without the ‘I’ the world in which you exist cease to exist.+

 The ‘I’ is not limited to you. ‘I’ is the whole universe in which you exist.

Without the ‘I’ the world in which you exist ceases to exist. The world in which you exist appears when ‘I’ appears and the world in which you exist disappears when ‘I’ disappears.

Keep reading and reflecting on my old posts and well as new ones all your doubts about the ‘I’ will vanish.

The Soul, the ‘Self is the whole hidden by the ‘I’.

The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind, therefore; ‘I’ is the mind.

The mind is present in the form of form, time, and space.

The form, time, and space together are the mind.

The duality is present only when the form, time, and space are present, therefore, the form, time, and space together are the duality.

The form, time, and space are present in the form of the universe, therefore, the form, time, and space together are the universe.

The universe appears as the waking or dream, therefore, the waking or dream is the universe.

The waking is a parallel dream and the dream is a parallel waking.

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

The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the Self, which is the cause of the 'I'.

People think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The seeker has to understand the fact that ‘I’ is not the Self, but the witness of the ‘I’ is the true Self, which is eternal.:~Santthosh Kumaar

There is no need to indulge 24/7 in spirituality but use your spare time for that. +

Your inner work is on. There is no need to neglect practical life within the practical world. There is no need to indulge 24/7 in spirituality but use your spare time for that. 

Do not neglect your family and personal life and spend money on your pursuit of truth. Be happy like any other human being and enjoy life with humility and dignity in the practical world.

Internally focus your attention on the formless ‘Self’ or consciousness, which is free from form, time, and space. There is no need to renounce and take sanyasa to get Self-realization.

No amount of Diksha or yoga meeting Gurus and visiting Ashrams leads anywhere. Your guide is within and it guides you to the core of what you are seeking.

Swami Vivekananda said:~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, and none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own Soul.”

Bhagavan Buddha said:~ Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you, yourself test and judge to be true.

You should not neglect your individual and family life. Enjoy life as it comes and also face the difficulties as they come. 

As your inner conviction about the Soul grows you will be able to realize ‘What is the truth?’ and ‘What is the untruth?’ and be able to see the world in which you exist as a passing cloud that hides the truth, which is beyond the form, time and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

The practical life within the practical world is merely an illusion.+

Suppose you had asked me some question in the dream, the dream becomes unreal when waking takes place. Similarly, the waking experience (the universe in which we exist) becomes unreal when Advaitic wisdom dawns. The Advaitic wisdom dawns when you realize the 'Self', not you but the Self is the invisible Soul.

If the Self is not you then whatever is seen, known, believed, and experienced as you, is bound to be a falsehood. The falsehood (three states) is created out of a single stuff, and that single stuff is consciousness. 

Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

It takes time to understand and assimilate what I am saying, but as we go deeper and deeper the truth starts revealing on its own. Advaita is not a teaching or theory, but it is the knowledge of the Soul, the Self.

Advaitin Sage and Maya.

The King of the Hoysalas was a dualist and was greatly incensed at the doctrine taught Advaitin sage that everything here below is an illusion. He wanted to teach the exponent of this doctrine a lesson. So he invited the then Advaitin sage to his palace. That Advaitin sage went there and stoutly maintained that everything in this world was an illusion. The king had arranged to let loose an infuriated elephant against, Advaitin sage. The beast rushed at Advaitin sage who took to a precipitate flight to save himself.

'Oh, Venerable Sir,' shouted the king, 'why do you run so fast seeing that the elephant is only an illusion?'

'Oh, king,' said Advaitin sage in the course of his flight, 'my running too is an illusion. Everything in this world is an illusion.’

Similarly, the practical life within the practical world is merely an illusion. A Gnani is fully aware of ‘what is truth’ and ‘what is untruth’.

A Gnani e is fully aware of the fact that the experiences the pleasure and pain within the waking experience are merely an illusion because the waking experience itself is an illusion.

Thus, life within the waking experience will go on, on its own. It has nothing to do with the Soul, the Self. The waking or dream is merely an object to the formless witness.

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is the witness. The Soul, the witness is nothing to do with the three states, because it is merely the witness of the coming and going of the three states or illusion. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

You, your experience of birth, life, death, and the world, is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.+

When you have searched for the truth in all the mountains, in all the ashrams, in all the pilgrimages, in all the books, in all the teachings, in all religions, in all the scriptures, and in all types of yogic practices and by glorifying the Gurus and Gods yet you fail to find it then finally you will realize the fact that there is nothing left to investigate other than the Self.

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, which is present in the form of the consciousness.

Thus, you, your experience of birth, life, death, and the world, is merely an illusion created out of consciousness,  consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

You are not the witness because the ‘Self' is not you. The Self is the Soul, which witnesses the world, in which you exist. The world is merely an illusion thus, you are part of the illusion.

In reality, the Soul and the world in which you exist are one, in essence. Thus, there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Perfect understanding and assimilation of ‘what is what,’ leads to a perfect conviction of ‘What is truth?” and ‘What is the untruth?. Perfect conviction of the truth leads to Advaitic -awareness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

If the Self is not form the Self is a formless Soul then:~

Where is the yogi?

Where are his chakras?

Where is the world in which he exists?

Where is the divine light?

Where is the divine sound?

Where is the divine vibration?

What needs us there to say more? Noting from the Soul because whatever seems to emanate from it, is non-different from itself.

There is no second thing other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. One should not mistake the Self (Soul) for the ‘I’.

Those who assert the world is a reality, are still in the elementary stages of the preliminary analysis.

The world is a reality within the waking experience, but the waking experience is merely an illusion. In the same way, the dream world was a reality within the dream experience.

The dream became unreal when the waking took place. In the same way, waking becomes unreal when Advaitic wisdom dawns.

When the Self is not you but the Self is the Soul. The yoga is based on you.

You are the false self within the false experience. The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

If the Self is not you then what is the use of arguing about the yoga which is based on the false Self (you) within the false experience (waking).

Sage Sankara said:- Neither by the practice of yoga nor philosophy, nor by good works nor by learning, does liberation come, but only through the realization that Atman and Brahman are one in no other way.(1) VivekaChudamani v 56, pg 25

Those who have a firm conviction that yoga is final then they must continue with the yogic pursuit.

The path of wisdom is not for those who believe the Self is within their body. The Self is not within their body, but the Self is within the world in which they exist.

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The consciousness is one and undifferentiated.

The dual and non-dual experiences (waking or dream (duality) and deep sleep (nonduality) are merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

In Self-awareness, the Soul withdraws the three states into itself and remains in its awareness in the midst of the duality. The Soul is indeed the Self—luminous. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Sage Goudpada said: ~ The merciful Veda teaches karma and Upasana to people of lower and middling intellect while Gnana is taught to those of higher intellect.+

When the ‘Self’ is formless there is no need for Pada Pooja (feet worship) of Advaitin Gurus to get freedom. All the religious baggage is not meant for the seekers of truth.

A Guru, who preaches conduct (action or karma) as the means to freedom, believes in birth, life, death, and the world as reality, whereas the Sage Sankara declares the world as unreal. Therefore, how actions performed in the unreal world can get Moksha or freedom. Therefore, there is a need to know the fact that, the Self is not physical to understand assimilate, and realize the truth beyond physicality.

That is why Sage  Goudpada said: ~ The merciful Veda teaches karma and Upasana to people of lower and middling intellect while Gnana is taught to those of higher intellect.

Sage Goudpada suggests that the religious paths and worship of the Guru and conceptual God are lower and middling intellect. But in this modern world, people are sharp enough to understand and assimilate the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. 

Thus, for people who want the higher truth then it is high time to discard the lower knowledge and move ahead to realize the ultimate truth, which is Brahman or God in truth.

That is why Sage Sankara says: ~ VC- 65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it, and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.

66. Therefore, the wise should, as in the case of disease and the like, personally strive by all the means in their power to be free from the bondage of repeated births and deaths.

When one realizes the fact that, the whole universe and its contents, movable and immovable, are known to be the consciousness, and thus the existence of everything else is negated, where is then any room to say that the universe is the universe? The universe and its contents are bound to be consciousness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar