Seeker has to remove and abandon his wrong ideas about the self, in order to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Soulcentric reason alone leads to Self-awareness.   There is no confusion when one becomes aware of the fact that, the form, time and space are one in essence.   Therefore there is no form, time and space in the realm of truth because there in only oneness. 

 

The self, that one wants to know, is the innermost self, which is formless, birthless, deathless, world less eternal existence. 

There is only one self and that self is not the waking entity.  The real self is the soul. Waking entity (you are) false self within the false experience (waking). Identifying the self as ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ is erroneous. 

The formless soul is the only self.  Seeker has to remove and abandon his wrong ideas about the self, in order to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.    

 

Identifying the self as waking entity (body)   one does not understand its root. It is wrong to    think the self is with the body because deeper self-search reveals the fact that the body and the world are within the soul, which is the innermost self. 

By deeper discrimination between dual (waking or dream) and non-dual (deep sleep) experiences one realizes the form, time and space are one in essence and enters into Self-Awareness.  

Formless Soul is the source of the mind. The mind is in the form of universe. Universe appears as waking or dream. Waking or dream disappears as deep sleep.  The form, time and space are within the waking or dream. The waking or dream are absent in deep sleep. Thus form time and space are absent in deep sleep. The nature of the self is like deep sleep. But deep sleep is not wisdom has to be got in the midst of waking experience. 

Self is ‘I’- less. Self is bodiless. Whatever is connected to ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ is ignorance. When ignorance ends it is Gnana. When Gnana arise than the body, ego and the universe is mere mirage created out of consciousness.    Until one gets the firm conviction that the self is not physical but self is formless consciousness and learns to view and judge and conclude on the base of formless self, Gnana will not arise.  Gnana is the result of contemplation; it in annihilates ignorance. Ignorance is the cause of experiencing the illusion as reality.  

Ignorance is cause of the illusion.  When the self becomes aware of it formless non-dual true nature then the ignorance vanishes and   reality appears. When the reality appears than the universe is illusion created out of the consciousness, which is the inner most self. 

Once the conviction about the soul, the innermost self becomes firmer  and one becomes aware of ‘what is what’ then the innermost self will unfold its own meaning.

This has to be understood and assimilated for getting firm conviction to realize ‘what is what’. Suppose you hold the deep sleep experience as ‘self’ than the waking or dream are absent there is only oneness this is only illustration. When the ‘self’ (soul) becomes consciously aware of its true nature in the midst of waking experience it is called self-awareness.  Thus Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is necessary to get necessary to get Self-Awareness.   

The innermost self or formless soul or consciousness is nothing to do with the three states because it is not an entity or identity within the three states. Consciousness pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states as their formless substance and it is apart from the three states as their formless witness. The formless substance and witness are one in essence. Thus all the three states are mere mirage created out of consciousness.  Therefore, no second thing exists, other than consciousness, the innermost self. By Realizing the soul or consciousness as innermost self, leads to non-dual Self-Awareness or Brahmic awareness or Atmic awareness. 

Once the conviction becomes firmer of ‘what is what’ then the soul or consciousness, the innermost self will unfold its own meaning.