TAT TVAM ASI

there are no unenlightening beings in existence, 
anywhere, anytime.  the term 'unenlightened being' 
is itself oxymoronic, since there are no beings 
in existence other than brahman.  this is the 
core message of advaitam.

therefore who is there to save, and from what?

one of the first things learned in advaita is
how to hunt down the source of the alleged jiva.
and the process [of Self-enquiry] instantly 
reveals the jiva [ego] is only a locus that 
is however unsubstantial.  that is, it is only
a means for *expression* in a world that can only 
function through relative multiplicity.  one is 
hence and straight-away given the answer to the 
entire dilemma.  ironically however, the problem 
is that it's too easy a solution.  and it's a 
unique problem because the mind is geared toward 
grappling with complexity, and [this simplistic] 
discovery proves anticlimactic for it.  thus the 
habit of the mind [which is *by habit* steeped 
in complexity, resists stubbornly and vigorously.  

so the advaitin must stick to his guns and 
disallow the ancient tendency to dwell in the 
idea of a separative jiva, centered on its 
attending attributes of ignorance and bondage. 

yet, the pursuit of the Self exposes one very
basic and unavoidable fallacy:  IS THERE A REAL, 
*ISOLATED* ENTITY THAT IS IGNORANT AND BOUND?  

from this one has no choice but to conclude that 
only an entity that doesn't exist can be ignorant
and bound.  ridiculous?  yet this is, in effect,  
what we've been conditioned to believe.  since as 
it's ordinarily left uninvestigated, it doesn't 
dawn this way.  yet, after x numbers of firing
the divine weapon on the chimera of jiva, the 
outcome is inevitable...where here, seeing one's 
true nature in *Being* goes beyond believing.

tat tvam asi