Till you hold the ‘Self’ as the ‘I’ all the confusion will go on and on.+

 Till you hold the “Self’ as the ‘I’ all the confusion will go on. The ‘I’ is not the Self. The ‘I’ is the whole universe in which your body, and ego exist.

The ego cannot be killed because the ego and the world appear to gather and they disappear together. Who has to kill the ego? How can the ego kill itself when it is the very basis of the physical existence (universe)?

You are present in the form of ego. You have an inborn conviction that ‘you are an individual apart from the world’ and the world existed prior to you and you are born in this world and you are living in this world.

Even In the dream, the dream entity has the same inborn conviction that ‘he is an individual apart from the world’ and the world existed prior to you and he is born in this world and you are living in this world. Till this conviction is there the dualistic illusion prevails as reality.

The illusory nature of the dream is exposed when the waking takes place. Similarly, the illusory nature of the waking will be exposed when wisdom dawns. The wisdom dawns when the waking entity (you or ego) realizes it, itself is not the Self but the Self is the Soul, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states, in the midst of the dualistic illusion.

The ego cannot be killed. Instead of getting rid of the ego, one has to get rid of ignorance. It is a foolish venture to kill or destroy the ego. There is no need to kill the ego to get Self-realization.

A perfect understanding of ‘what is Self ‘and ‘what is non-self is very much necessary. The discrimination between the Self and non-self leads to Non-dualistic Self-awareness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar