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In plain words

Sri Ramakrishna, to M.: You see, the Ashtavakra Samhita speaks of the knowledge of the Self. Those who know the Self say "Soham", that is, "I am that Supreme Self." This is the view of Vedantist sannyasis; it does not suit a householder. One is doing everything, and yet "I am that, the actionless Supreme Self": how can that be? The Vedantists say the Self is unattached. Happiness and sorrow, sin and virtue, can do the Self no harm whatever, though they can trouble people who identify themselves with the body. Smoke blackens a wall but can do nothing to the sky. Krishnakishore used to speak like the jnanis: "I am 'kha'," meaning, like the sky. But he was a great devotee; from his lips such words are fitting enough, but not from everyone's.