The sky, the stars, planets, the sun, the moon, the earth, the mountains, the oceans, and people are all an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, but consciousness is not specifically any of these while simultaneously being all of these.
Only when the Soul is hidden within the illusory form, time, and space the sky, the star, planet, the sun, the moon, the earth, the mountain, the ocean, and the persons are a reality.
The nature of the Soul is the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.
Thus, it is necessary to realize the sky, the star, planet, the sun, the moon, the earth, the mountain, the ocean, and the persons are all created out single stuff, which is consciousness.
Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. Thus, God alone is real, the sky, the star, planet, the sun, the moon, the earth, the mountain, the ocean, and the person are all merely an illusion created out of consciousness.
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People think everything is energy but without consciousness, how can one know it is energy. It is only intellectual speculation.
Chandogya Upanishad:~ One who meditates upon and realizes the 'Self' discovers that everything in the cosmos-- energy and space, fire and water, name and form, birth and death, mind and will, word and deed, mantrams and meditation--all come from the Self.
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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.
Bhagavad Gita: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).
When Bhagavad Gita says, God is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then everything is nothing but the consciousness.
The Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the substance of the dualistic illusion because the dualistic illusion is created out of the consciousness.:~Santthosh Kumaar
