The invisible Soul, the Self, is permanent, and ‘I’ is impermanent.+

The Self is not you but the invisible Soul, the cause of the ‘I’. You and your thoughts and the world in which you exist belong to the dualistic illusion. The dualistic illusion appears in the form of the ‘I’.

The invisible Soul, the Self, is permanent, and ‘I’ is impermanent. The invisible Soul is the witness of the coming and going, of the ‘I’.

The one that appears as the ‘I’ and disappears as the ‘I-less is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Do not make the mistake of holding the ‘I’ as the Self because it is not permanent. ‘I’ disappears and becomes invisible Soul.

‘I’ is an illusion, and the invisible Soul, the Self, is real and eternal. The invisible Soul appears as ‘I’ and ‘I' disappears as the invisible Soul.

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

The ‘I’ hides the invisible Soul, the Self, which is present i the form of consciousness.

Remember:~

It is erroneous to identify the invisible Soul, the Self, as 'I' or 'I AM' because the invisible Soul, the Self, is not 'I' or I AM’. The invisible Soul, the Self, is the cause of the 'I'.

To understand the false nature of the ‘I’, Self-knowledge, or Brahma Gnana, or Atma Gnana, is necessary.

The Self is not ‘I’, but the Self is the invisible Soul which is the witness of the ‘I’. Holding the ‘I as the Self leads to hallucination based on the imagination.

Bhagavad Gita: ~ “You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.16

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.  : ~ Santthosh Kumaar