It is impossible to discard the ‘I’ because people are stuck with the idea that the‘I’ itself is the Self. +

It is impossible to discard the ‘I’ because people are stuck with the idea that the ‘I’ itself is the Self.

In the past, some famous Gurus and their teachings glorified the ‘I’ people took it as final and accepted it as the ultimate truth. Such acceptance without verifying the ‘I’, their journey is incomplete.

Blind acceptance and reverence for the guru will not help the seeker to get rid of ignorance.

Firstly, doubt about this ‘I’, how it came into existence. There are no other means to the final goal is the realization of the source of the ‘I’.

There is a need to understand, assimilate, and realize the nature of this ‘I’, which appears and disappears.

It is erroneous to use the word ‘I’ for the Self, because ‘I’ represents the form, time, and space, whereas the invisible Soul, the Self, is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

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

To understand the false nature of the ‘I’, the 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’. By holding the Self ‘I' leads to hallucination based on imagination.

Those who are stuck with the ‘I’ based teaching will never be able to cross the domain of form, time, and space.

All the Gurus glorified the ‘I’. Thus, it becomes very difficult to discard the ‘I’. Those who have accepted the ‘I’ based teaching refuse to accept anything other than their accepted truth. Till you hold the Self as the ‘I’, your knowledge remains skin deep.

The world in which you exist came into existence because of the ‘I’. The world, in which you exist, ceases to exist without the ‘I’.

Sage Sankara: ~ “VC~ All this universe, which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman, which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought.”

The ‘I’ is what the seeker begins his investigation. Perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ will help the seeker to reach the invisible Soul, which is the Self.

Sage Sankara: ~ "VC~ if the universe be true, let it then be perceived in the state of deep sleep also. As it is not at all perceived, it must be unreal and false like dreams.

This universe is nothing but the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

From the invisible Soul, the universe appears, and when the universe disappears from consciousness, consciousness still remains without any division of form, time, or space.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ The universe rises from the invisible Soul, the Self, like bubbles from the sea. Thus know the Self to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

To enable the seeker to steer clear of any possible doubt, the seeker should take the Atmic path. The ‘I’ is the clue, and study the nature of the ‘I’ and discover its source. :~ Santthosh Kumaar