First, know what the ‘Self’ is supposed to be in actuality.+

Bhagavad Gita Krishna says: ~It is only one amongst thousands of people who strive for spiritual salvation. Even amongst such seekers, it is only the rare person who gets to know the “Self” correctly.’ (7.3)

First, know what the Self is supposed to be in actuality. Simply saying ‘I AM without the body is an error because the ‘Self’ is not ‘I’, but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, the witness of the coming and going, of the ‘I’.

Till you hold the ‘Self ‘as the ‘I’, you will never be able to get Self-realization. The ‘I’ hides the Soul, which is the 'Self'.

What is this 'I'?

The 'I’ is ignorance.

The ‘I’ is the duality.

The ‘I’ is the form, time, and space.

The ‘I’ is the universe.

The ‘I’ is the waking.

The ‘I’ is the dream.

The ‘I’ is the illusion.

The ‘I’ is the experience of birth, life, death, and the world.

Remember:~

Without the ‘I’, there is no ignorance.

Without the ‘I’, there is no duality.

Without the ‘I’, there is no form, time, or space.

Without the ‘I’, there is no universe.

Without the ‘I’, there is no waking.

Without the ‘I’, there is no dream.

Without the ‘I’, there is no illusion.

Without the ‘I’, there is no experience of birth, life, death, and the world.

The ‘I’ hides the truth of the whole. The ‘I’ hides the truth.

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.

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

It is time to discard the ‘I’. Never use the word ‘I’ or I AM for the Self. Use the word 'Self only for the 'Self'.  : ~ Santthosh Kumaar