The ‘I’ becomes the invisible ‘Soul’ in deep sleep and the invisible ‘Soul’ becomes the ‘I’ in the waking.+

The ‘I’ becomes the invisible ‘Soul’ in deep sleep, and the invisible ‘Soul’ becomes the ‘I’ in the waking.

The ‘I’ becomes the ‘I-LESS-Soul’ in deep sleep, and the ‘I-LESS-Soul ’ becomes the ‘I’ in the waking.

The ‘mind’ becomes the ‘Soul’ in deep sleep, and the ‘Soul’ becomes the ‘mind’ in the waking.

The ‘universe’ becomes the ‘Soul’ in deep sleep, and the ‘Soul’ becomes the ‘universe’ in the waking.

The ‘duality’ becomes the ‘nonduality’ in deep sleep, and the ‘nonduality’ becomes the ‘duality’ in the waking.

Think the nature of the ‘Self’ is like the deep sleep state, and then think of the waking experience and the dream.

There is neither the waking experience nor the dream in deep sleep. Therefore, there is no division in consciousness. In waking or dream, there was a division of form, time, and space.

Thus, the one that appears as the waking one that appears as the dream, and the one that disappears as deep sleep is nothing but consciousness. Thus, the three states are one in essence.

Deep sleep brings a sense of non-dualistic peace with it. This experience one gets only in the absence of the ‘I. ’ Therefore, there is a need to investigate this ‘I. The ‘I’ appears and disappears.

A deeper investigation reveals that the ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. The mind is in the form of the universe.

The universe appears as waking or the dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

The ‘Self’ is not the ‘I. ’ If you hold the ‘Self’ as ‘I,’ then you will never be able to realize the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.

The ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is the witness of the ‘I’ that appears and disappears. Thus, the ‘I’ is not permanent.

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 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 says:~ 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’.

There is no need to convince such mindsets. The seeker of truth accepts only the truth, nothing but the truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar