Without being aware of the formless witness of the three states it is impossible to acquire Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Only through deeper self-search one becomes aware of the fact that, the formless substance and witness of the three states is the true self. The formless substance and witness of the of the three states is the soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

 

Only through deeper inquiry, analysis and soulcentric reasoning, the truth will start unfolding. 

v  Who or what sees various objects, scenes and persons during the dreams without the physical apparatus? 

v  If the dream world was without the witness, it is impossible to witness it. Then what witnessed the dream as a whole, if ‘the witness of the dream is not the physical? 

Therefore, one has to come to firm conclusion and conviction that the self is neither the waking entity nor the self is dream entity but the self is the formless witness of the three states. 

Deeper self-search reveals:-

The one that witnesses the dream as a whole is also witnesses the Waking experience as a whole, it is also aware of the deep sleep experience. But it is apart from the three states because it is not an entity or identity within the waking or dream. 

Man experiences the world within the mind, which appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (non-duality).  Therefore the formless witness of the three states is within the three states as their formless substance and it is without the three states as their formless witness.   The formless substance and witness are one in essence and that essence is consciousness (soul). The soul or consciousness is the innermost self. 

Only through deeper self-search one becomes aware of the existence of the formless witness of the three states. Without being aware of the formless witness of the three states it is impossible to acquire Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.