The seeker of truth should not to become attached to words as being in perfect conformity with meaning, because ultimate truth is not in the letters.+*****

Yoga Vasishtha: ~ "Teachers, interpretations of sacred texts, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of that Ultimate Truth which is revealed in the clear reflection of the heart, engendered from contact with the good." 

Without the ego the world ceases to exist. Without the world, the ego ceases to exist.  You are the ego. Without the ego, you cease to exist.   Thus you cannot be your own servant.  Without realizing 'what is what' one will not be able to understand. Assimilate and realize non-dualistic truth.  

The ego, body and the experience of the world appear together and disappear together. The ego + body= waking entity (person).  On the Non-dualistic perspective, the ego, body, and experience of the world are one in essence.  That essence is consciousness. Thus there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness.  Thus there is only oneness.  There is no division in consciousness in Non-dualistic reality. Till one is egocentric, all sorts of doubts and confusion arise. If one is soul-centric then there are no doubts and confusion because everything is consciousness.

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In a dream, there are dream ego, dream body, and the dream world. The whole dream disappears when waking takes place. Similarly, the whole waking disappears in deep sleep and also when wisdom dawns. The wisdom dawns when the waking entity realizes it is not the Self.   

The dream is a parallel waking experience and waking experience is a parallel dream. The one that witnesses the coming and going of the three states is not the waking entity (ego) but the Soul, the Self.  Till one hold the ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ as the Self, all the confusion will go on. The ‘I’ is not the Self. 

The ‘I’ is the whole universe in which your body, ego exists. The ego cannot be killed because the ego and the world appeared to gather and they disappear together. Who has to kill the ego? How can the ego kill itself when it is the very basis of the physical existence (universe)?

You are present in the form of ego. You have an inborn conviction that: - you are an individual apart from the world. And the world existed before you and you are born in this world and you are living in this world.

Even in the dream, one has the same inborn conviction that: - he is an individual apart from the world. And the world existed before you and he is born in this world and you are living in this world.

Till this conviction is there the duality prevails.  The illusory nature of the dream is exposed when waking takes place. Similarly, the illusory nature of the waking will be exposed when wisdom dawns.  The wisdom dawns when the waking entity (you or ego) realizes it is not the self but the self is the formless soul, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states, in the midst of duality.

The ego cannot be killed. It is a foolish venture to kill or destroy the ego. There is no need to kill the ego to get self-realization. Perfect understanding of ‘what is this Self ‘and ‘what is non-self is very much necessary.  The discrimination between the self and non-self leads to Non-dualistic self-awareness.  

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Holding some teachers or teaching as a yardstick leads to all types of doubts and confusion and unnecessary argument. An argument fuels the ego. The argument is possible only when one trying to grasp the Non-dualistic truth on the dualistic perspective.  One has to unlearn what he has learned. Without mentally burning the accumulated dross it is impossible to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The seeker of truth should not become attached to words as being in perfect conformity with meaning, because ultimate truth is not in the letters. When a man with his finger-tip points to something, the finger-tip may be mistaken for the thing pointed at; in like manner the ignorant, are unable even to the day of their death to abandon the idea that in the finger-tip of words there is the meaning itself. They cannot realize Ultimate Reality because of their intent clinging to words that are intended to be no more than a pointing finger. Words and their discrimination bind one to the duality; meaning stands alone and is a guide to non-dual awareness. Meaning is attained by much learning, and much learning is attained by becoming conversant with meaning and not with words; therefore, seekers of truth have to avoid the sticklers for particular words."

The search for ultimate truth is a very difficult path to tread for it will expose the unreal nature of the world in which you exist. But if your motive is love for truth and life, you need not be scared because you will realize you and the world are part of the illusion. 

The Self is that which is the substance and the witness of the illusion.   The substance and witness of the illusion are one essence that essence is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.  

Thus you are not the self because you are bound by the form, time and space. If you are bound by form, time and space it means you are bound by birth, life, death, and world.  If you are bound by birth, life, death,  and the world, it means you are bound by duality. If you are bound by duality it means you are bound by falsehood because on non-dualistic perspective duality is not reality. The ego and the world are part of the duality, which not reality.  Thus all the imagination based on dualistic perspective is bound to be falsehood because the ego (waking entity or you) is the false self within the false experience (waking) .:~Santthosh Kumaar