The Soul, the ‘Self’ cannot be experienced because it is ever nondual and it is cause of the experience.+

Self-realization is not an experience because the ‘Self’ is not you but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The Soul, the ‘Self’ cannot be experienced because it is the cause of the experience. The Soul, the Self is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. Experience implies duality. Duality is nearly an illusion.

Experience requires experiencer. in non-dualistic reality, there is neither experience nor experiencer.

The Soul, the Self which is present in the form of consciousness, is prior to any experience. The experience is possible only in dualistic illusion. The world in which you exist is a dualistic illusion.

Consciousness is the cause of the dualistic illusion and it itself is uncaused. Consciousness is the only real thing within the dualistic illusion. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Anubava in the Advaitic contest is not an experience but it is the realization of the 'Self' hidden by the dualistic illusion (Maya or illusory universe).

Remember the 'Self', is not an individual but the Self is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. The experience is possible only in the domain of form, time, and space. In reality, form, time, and space are one in essence.

Individual truth is not a universal truth. An individual cannot claim that he has experienced the whole.

There is no proof he has seen it because the whole is not an individual experience.

The man and the world are within the whole. Therefore such claims of experiencing the Soul, the Self is hallucinations because the whole cannot be experienced. After all, the experience of form, time, and space is merely an illusion created out of the formless soul or consciousness.

All claims of experiencing ( anubava) the 'Self' or Brahman is a falsehood because experience implies duality and duality is a falsehood from the ultimate standpoint.

Thus, 'Self 'or 'Brahman' cannot be experienced because it is prior to any experience and there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. 'Self' has to be realized by getting rid of ignorance through wisdom.:~Santthosh Kumaar