Nisargadatta, The Experience of Nothingness [1]

But unless the nature of the consciousness is understood, one will not be able to understood ones trues identity. Then, having understood the nature of the consciousness, you will also understand that you are not the consciousness. Anything that you have seen and understood, you cannot be; you as a subject, can only understand something which is object, and you are bound to accept it as such. Nisargadatta, The Experience of Nothingness [1]