People, who hold the ‘Self’ as ‘I’, are dualists because the duality exists only in the domain of the ‘I’. +

People, who hold the ‘Self’ as ‘I’, are the dualists because the duality exists only in the domain of the ‘I’. The duality ceases without the ‘I’. The dualists are ignorant people.

Dualists could not distinguish between ‘I’ and ‘Self.’ They hold the Self as 'I'. Their highest understanding is that 'I' is the Self.

You are so much attached to the 'I' that you do not want to think that 'I' does not exist. Again you are unable to detach the ‘I’ from the Real ‘Self’.

Dualist Gurus have written big volumes about the Soul. Yet they are quite ignorant of the fact that the ‘I’ about which they write itself comes and goes and has no permanent existence, is only an idea after all.

What is it that appears as the ‘I’ and disappears as the ‘I-less? It is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Until you hold the Self as ‘I’, ignorance will prevail as a reality. Till ignorance is there the universe prevails as a 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.

Perfect understanding and realization of ‘what is what’ leads to Self-awareness. By holding on to theories one remains in the realm of duality.

You have to mentally go on dropping what is 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.

The Soul, the Self is entrapped in the dualistic illusion in waking experience. In deep sleep, the Soul is free from the dualistic illusion.

The dualistic illusion is the product of ignorance. Without ignorance, the dualistic illusion ceases to exist as a reality.

The dualistic illusion is present in the form of the ‘I’.

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

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

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

The universe appears as a waking or dream.

The dream is a parallel waking experience.

The waking experience is a parallel dream.

The individual experience of the birth, life, death and that takes place in the world is the dualistic illusion.

Only when the Soul, the Self wakes from its sleep of ignorance it can disentangle itself once and for all. But it is possible only after acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The Soul, the Self is hidden by the dualistic illusion. It is not possible to realize the Self by judging it from the dualistic perspective.

Only by getting rid of the ignorance by acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana the true nature of the Soul, the ‘Self’ will be revealed.

Perfect understanding and assimilation of what is truth and what is untruth will help the seeker to mentally hold on to the truth and negate the untruth.

Everyone wants to realize the truth, but truth cannot be known without knowing what is the untruth. The truth is hidden by ignorance truth unless one realizes the ‘I’ itself is ignorance. Thus, there is a need to realize what this ‘I’ is supposed to be in actuality.

Hence, arises the importance of understanding what this ‘I’ is supposed to be in actuality to unfold the mystery hidden by the ‘I’.

The ‘I’ is present only when the mind is present. The mind is present only when the world is present. The world is present only when there is a waking experience.

Deeper self-search reveals that the waking experience is not considered different from the world. The world is not considered different from the mind. The mind is not considered different from the I’. This truth has to be assimilated.

The ‘I’ is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. ‘I’ is not the subject. The ‘I’ is an object to the Soul, which is the formless, timeless, and spaceless subject.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the world in which you exist is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then three states, are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the form, time, and space are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the individual experience of birth, life, and death is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the words and thoughts are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the duality is bound to be an illusion.

The seeker has to make sure what is this ‘I’ supposed to be? The seeker has to make sure the unreal nature of the ‘I’ comes and goes to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

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

The ‘I’ hides the truth of the whole.

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.

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.

People are stuck with the reality of the ‘I’, which they take as real because some Gurus have propagated that the Self is the ‘I’. is no need to convince such a mindset. The seeker of truth accepts only the uncontradictable truth nothing but the uncontradictable truth

Unless the seeker drops all his accumulated knowledge and strives to realize the truth with patience and humility it is not possible to realize the ‘Self’ hidden by the dualistic illusion. In the path of wisdom discussion of the unimportant subject matter, it creates a hindrance. The path of truth is the path of verification. Nothing has to be accepted as truth without verification.

The seeker has to read umpteen times, think deeply, and reflect repeatedly until his reasoning base becomes Soulcentric. Once he becomes he becomes Soulcentric the truth will start revealing on its own.

As the seeker digs into old and new posts, he will gradually start understanding and assimilating the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

We have to discard all accumulated knowledge accumulated from different Gurus and their teachings to realize the truth hidden by ignorance. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar