First know the difference between yourself and the real Self. All the Gurus in the past misled seekers by limiting the Self to an individual. +

First, know the difference between yourself and the real Self. If you hold the Self as yourself, then you are holding the ego as the Self. Yourself belongs to an individual whereas the real Self is not an individual because the real Self is the Soul, which is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

All Gurus propagate ‘yourself’ as real Self. They think the Self is within the physical body but they are unaware the Soul is ‘one’ but individuals are many. There are no separate individual Souls.   No one has seen the Soul of a man. You can only say that you have seen different bodies. All the Gurus in the past misled seekers by limiting the Self to an individual. 

The Soul is one but individuals are many. Many souls' idea is religious idea. People believe the Soul is within the physical body but in reality, the Soul is hidden by the universe because the universe is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

Advaita means the Soul, the one without the second. There is no scope for the second Soul. Advaita is ekathma vada.

Sage Sankara asks his opponents "How do you know there are separate individual Souls? Have you seen the Soul of a man? You can only say that you have seen different bodies. To say more is to misuse language. Therefore, I call you liars unless you give proof, which is impossible.

 The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. All-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material.

Remember: ~ All is consciousness. The whole universe is consciousness. From consciousness, the universe comes. When the universe disappears, consciousness remains without form, time, and space.: ~Santthosh Kumaar