Sage Sankara says:~ “He who knows the Brahman (God in truth) is one and the Self is another, does not know Brahman.”+

Sage Sankara says:~ “He who knows the Brahman (God in truth) is one and the Self is another, does not know Brahman.”

Sage Sri, Sankara also asserts that the Self is realized when All the effects of ignorance, root, and branch, are burnt down by the fire of Self-knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the non-Self.

Sage Sankara’s Gnanic path can help the seekers draw and prepare them for the journey to the reality hidden by the dualistic illusion or Maya. 

Remember:~ 

 The seeker has to realize the fact that ‘I’ is not the Self, but the invisible Soul, and the witness of the ‘I’ is the true Self.

People speak of getting rid of conditioning or the samskara, but they themselves are unaware that the universe in which they exist is a product of the inborn samskara or conditioning.

Ignorance is the cause of the inborn samskara or conditioning, which is present as ‘I’ or ‘I AM’.

The Self is not the 'I '. The 'I ' is bound by form, time, and space. Without the form, time, and space, 'I' cease to exist. Holding 'I’ as Self, one remains in the clutches of the dualistic illusion.

When there is duality, then there is ignorance. Ignorance is the cause of experiencing the dualistic illusion as a reality.

The one who identifies the Self as 'I' will not be able to cross the threshold of dualistic illusion. There is no point in saying the 'I AM THIS ' this or 'I AM THAT' because the Self is not ‘I’ or ‘I AM’. The Self is that which witnesses the 'I’.

The real Moksha or freedom is to realize the fact that ‘I’ consciousness is mere physical awareness.

Physical awareness is not Self-awareness. Self–awareness is when the formless Soul or consciousness remains aware of its own non-dual true nature. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar