Sage Sankara:~ VC "All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought.
This universe is common to all of us, therefore one must include the universe in his investigation in order to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman. It is only after one has inquired into the nature of the objective universe, that he should inquire into who is the knower. If, however, one inquiries into the knower before the inquiry into the universe, then it is mere mysticism. One must have a perfect understanding of what is what.
v “What is the universe?”
v “What is this ‘I’?”
That is why Sage Sankara indicated in (VC):- 63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the ‘‘Self’’ how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.
65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the ‘‘Self’’, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.
Remember:~
The world subjected to creation and dissolution only from the standpoint of the ego. The Soul, the Self cannot be subjected to creation and dissolution because the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. The Soul is as it is.
Let you be clear on one thing that you and the world in which you exist is merely a dualistic illusion or Maya created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
But in reality, you and the world in which you exist neither exists in the past nor exists now nor going to exist in the future.
Whatever existed in the past and whatever exists now and whatever is going to exists in the future is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.
All our experience of birth, life, and death is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.
The only real thing in the world in which we exist is consciousness, which is the cause of this world and it itself is uncaused.
All your doubts and confusions are based on an unsupported assumption because your views and judgments are based on the dualistic perspective.
You presume that the cause-effect relationship is valid and real. But causal relationships have no reality. they lack reality because, on the non-dualistic perspective, there is neither the cause nor the effect there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Whatever is perceived, the one who perceives and the perception within the dualistic illusion is not different from the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, because the dualistic illusion is created out of single stuff and that single stuff is consciousness. :~ Santthosh Kumaar
