To reach pure consciousness or brahma gyana or para shiv a few conditions must be met
1. Fearlessness : if your afraid of events in life or death you don’t have the firm conviction that you are pure consciousness.
2. Faith : full faith in shiv scripture and a living guru
3. A perfected guru
4. Desire : Not wanting anything in this world. As long as there is desire for the world it is difficult to find a perfected guru
5. Patience : the process is long and past karma with sanskar or habits will relentlessly pull you down. Slowly , repeatedly one must eliminate each sanskar with guru Krupa and not personal ego
6. Ego : the final step is present in all four bodies. Sthula, sukshma, Karana and mahakarana.
7. The ultimate particle of ignorance is in mahakarana
It is only after having all the above is true brahma gyana possible. Not everyone is ready
Just mere reading or saying or thinking shiv is I is not brahma gyana. Using logic to think shiv is I is foolishness. Just direct experience bereft of thought or logic or emotions
Bhavin