Mentally reduces the universe as consciousness by realizing the universe is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.
To realize the God is hidden behind the illusory universe in which you exist, a perfect understanding of 'what is what' is needed.
Why you are struggling to realize this simple truth. There is no need to go from one mountain to another, one Guru to another, one Ashram to another, read books after books.
Realize the world, in which you exist is nothing but the consciousness. Without consciousness, the universe, in which you exist ceases to exist.
Thus, there no second thing exists other than consciousness. Thus, everything is consciousness whether it exists as the universe, in which you exist or without the universe, in which you exist.
A permanent view of the world as an illusion comes only after Soul centric reasoning; such knowledge cannot change. Where the seeker who is sufficiently sharpness he could grasp the unreal nature of the world by Soul-centric reasoning alone.
To know the whole truth, one must know the whole universe, otherwise, he gets only half-truth.
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Renouncing the worldly life and accepting sannyasa or monk-hood means the incapacity to think deeper, impotency to inquire, and reason.
People speak of getting rid of conditioning or samskara, but they themselves are unaware of the fact that the universe in which they exist is the product of the inborn samskara or conditioning. The ignorance is the cause of the inborn samskara or conditioning which present as ‘I’ or ‘I AM’.
The real Moksha or freedom is to realize the fact that ‘I’ consciousness is mere physical awareness. Physical awareness is present in form, time, and space. The form, time, and space are present in the form of the mind. The mind is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality) Physical awareness is not Self-awareness. The Self –awareness is when the formless Soul or consciousness remains aware of its own non-dual true nature.
Ashtavakra Gita: ~ “Truly the dualism is the root of suffering. There is no other remedy for it than the realization that all this that we see is unreal and that the Soul, the innermost Self, is the one stainless reality, consisting of the consciousness”. 2:16
The sun, the moon, the stars, planets shine because of the Soul or Spirit. The Soul shines and all things else shine as a result. Everything in the universe reflects but that light of the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness. Merely knowing the truth is not enough to escape from the tangle of illusion.
The mind is in the form of the universe. From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, the universe is merely an illusion. The illusion arises from ignorance.
Enlightenment comes with detachment from the illusion by realizing the experience of the form, time and space are one in essence.
Ashtavakra Gita: ~ “The Self is pure awareness though through ignorance the ‘Self has imagined itself to have additional attributes. By continually reflecting like this, the Self’s dwelling place is in the unimagined. 2:17
Ashtavakra Gita: ~ “For the 'Self' there is neither bondage nor liberation. The illusion has lost its basis and ceased. Truly all this exists in the Self though ultimately it does not even exist in the Self. 2:18
By saying I know the truth; I know Brahman is not wisdom. The truth is found only in the unity of understanding that is the knowledge of both matter and spirit. That is the matter and the spirit are one in essence. And that essence is the spirit, which is present in the form of the Soul or consciousness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
