The ‘Self' is neither you nor your body nor the world in which you exist. The Self is the Soul the cause of the universe.
The Soul, the Self is hidden by the universe. It is hidden by the universe because the universe is a dualistic illusion or Maya created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Those who base the Soul as ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ will never be able to cross the threshold of ignorance.
You are not you but consciousness; your body is not the body but consciousness, the world in which you exist is not the world but consciousness.
Everything is known, seen, believed, and experienced by you is nothing but consciousness then what else remains, which is not consciousness. There is nothing else to realize other than to realize consciousness alone is, everything else is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.
By realizing everything is consciousness is the Advaitic wisdom dawns. A perfect understanding and assimilation of ‘what is what’ leads to Advaitic awareness.
Without the world, in which you exist God alone exists. When God disappears the world, in which you exist appears. The world, in which you exist disappears God appears. Thus, realize the God in truth to be the Soul.
The Soul is the Self. Thus, the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.
If you stick to the ultimate truth then the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the consciousness.
If you realize this truth you will live in this world but not of this world. Thus, consciousness alone is real and eternal.
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The ego, body, and the world in which you exist are created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Till we have a firm conviction about this single stuff it becomes difficult to grasp the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.
Until one thinks he is an individual separate from this world he remains in the realm of dualistic illusion or Maya. The dualistic illusion or Maya is the product of ignorance. When the Advaitic wisdom dawns, then ignorance vanishes. When the ignorance vanishes, then the duality never remains as a reality.
From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, the world, in which we all exist is merely an illusion.
Rest in consciousness by realizing the world in which you exist is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness. The Soul is the fullness of consciousness without illusory division of the form, time, and space. Thus, consciousness alone is real, and eternal all else is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.
It takes time for the seeker to gain the perfect understanding of ‘what is truth’ and ‘’what is untruth’. It takes time for the Soul, the Self to wake up from the sleep of ignorance, and it takes time for one realizes the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
