The word Self is a misnomer to indicate Athma. Athma is not you, but the cause of the whole universe.
All the Gurus of the East and West, however, apply the word Self to the individual. Sages apply it to non-duality. Athma is Brahman. Brahman, or the ultimate truth, is called "That" because it is something not known yet by the seeker.
Brahman ~ “The word Brahman or Sat has no proper equivalent in English. The nearest is the ultimate reality or the ultimate truth.
From the non-dualistic perspective, the words are meaningless. The words are used within the illusory world to indicate the truth, which is hidden by ignorance.
The word Self is not the best word to express because people are attached to the word Self. After all, all the translators used the word Self. The Self really means not you, but the Self means Athma in Adyathma or Spirituality.
Remember this:~
In Sanskrit literature, the word Brahman is philosophically used in the neuter gender as "It." But when the language comes down to religion, the Brahman is referred to as “Him.”
BRAHMAN: Brahman has no equivalent whatever in English, as it has never been thought of in the West. Do not confuse the word "Absolute" with Brahman. "Absolute" is opposed to "relative", whereas Brahman is opposed to nothing, to no second thing.
The Absolute, says Hegel, becomes the universe. This is ignorance from our standpoint. Brahman has not become anything that would involve change.
The best translation, therefore, is "non-duality". It also means the 'non-limited or the 'indescribable.' Brahman is that of which we can form no idea whatever, to which we can ascribe no meaning, and which therefore is beyond the reach of thinking. Hence, there is no Western equivalent word. :~Santthosh Kumaar
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