The world in which we exist is the dualistic illusion or Maya. Whatever is real in the world in which we exist is consciousness, which is God in truth.
All that is real in the world in which we exist is the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Thus, by realizing the Self, which is the Soul, we discover the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness itself is Godin truth. The Soul is hidden by the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the universe, which is the dualistic illusion.
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 Maya.
Rig Veda:~ 'Prajnanam Brahma' - Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.
Even Bhagavad Gita says: ~ 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 nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.
Even Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ Brahman (God) present in is the form of the Athma, and it is indeed Athma itself.
Even Rig Veda: ~ The Atman is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman the innermost self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)
The world in which you exist is a dualistic illusion created out of the ‘Self’ which not you but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Whatever you have seen, known, believed, and experienced is within the dualistic illusion. Thus, your existence is bound to an illusion created out of consciousness, which is real and eternal.
Like an ornament made from gold is Gold. That which is born out of consciousness is consciousness. Like gold is the permanent thing, in ornaments made of gold, similarly, the mind, which is in the form of the universe is born out of consciousness, is consciousness in its essence. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
