Prior to the appearance of the ‘I’, there was only the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.+

Prior to the appearance of the ‘I’, there was only the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

After the disappearance of the ‘I’, the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness alone, prevails as the ultimate reality.

That is why Bhagavad Gita: ~ ‘The permanent (consciousness) is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)

The ‘I’ hides the invisible Soul, the Self.

Bhagavad Gita: ~ “You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.16

First, you must make sure the ‘I’ itself is illusory because the ‘I’ is not permanent.

No second thing existed other than the invisible Soul prior to the appearance of the ‘I’, and ‘I’ never exists now, and also ‘I’ never exists in the future. The ‘I’ is merely an illusory appearance.

Let you be clear on one thing. The ‘I’ is merely a dualistic illusion created out of the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. But in reality, ‘I’ neither exists in the past nor exists now, nor is going to exist in the future.

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Whatever existed in the past and whatever exists now, and whatever is going to exist in the future is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

Whatever has appeared as ‘I’ is nothing but consciousness. The ‘I’ has no value because it is merely an illusion.

If you search for the truth, then you will find only the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

If you search for the Soul, then you will find only the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.

The ‘I’ is both real and unreal. It is real because it is a manifestation of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, but is unreal, in the sense that it is not absolute and eternal like consciousness itself.

Some Gurus used the word ‘I’ to indicate the Self. And they think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The ‘I’ is not the Self, but the Soul; the witness of the ‘I’ is the true Self, which is real and eternal.

When the invisible Soul is the real Self, then how 'I' remain? Only the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, prevails, not the ‘I’.

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The world in which you exist is an illusion. Thus, you are the false Self within the falsehood. The falsehood appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

Realize ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal’ to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ helps to get rid of ignorance, which is the cause of experiencing the dualistic illusion (world) as a reality.

People's approach is more practical, and they are stuck with the reality of the illusory world; they take it as real. That is why all the confusion. : ~Santthosh Kumaar 

You, your experience of birth, life, death, and the world, is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. +

People never accept the universe is an illusion, it is because they are part and parcel of that illusion. The reality of the illusory universe often confuses people.

Only when one acquires Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, then he realizes the world in which he exists is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness. The Soul is the Self.

The universe is a reality on the base of ‘you (ego). You are the false Self within the false experience (waking).

The universe is an illusion from the standpoint of the invisible Soul, which is the Self.

The invisible Soul is in the form of formless consciousness. This is because of some logical reasons.

First, you have to analyze the definition of truth, and hence why the universe is not considered as reality.

People who strongly believe this world is real must realize:~

A person who stamped his foot on the ground to refute, to show the world, is real, ignore that in a dream he would do exactly the same--stamp his dream foot on the ground and assert it to be real.

When you finally realize the Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible Soul, then you will realize that the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

You, your experience of birth, life, death, and the world, is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

The world is both real and unreal. It is real because it is a manifestation of consciousness, but it is unreal in the sense that it is not absolute and eternal like consciousness itself.

People's approach is more practical, and they are stuck with the reality of the illusory world; they take it as real. That is why all the confusion.

In Self-awareness, the witness and the witnessed are one in essence. That essence is consciousness.

There is no second thing that exists other than consciousness.

Thus, whatever is seen, known, believed, and experienced as a person is a reality within the waking experience (duality), but waking experience (duality) itself is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Where there is ‘I’, there is always duality. The duality is there only when the universe is present. +

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, mantram and meditation--all come from the Self.-

The past, present, and future experiences are limited to the domain of form, time, and space. Where there is ‘I’, there is always duality. The duality is there only when the universe is present.

The universe is there only when waking is present. You are present only when waking. Where there is duality, there is always a limitation. The limitation is an illusion. Ignorance is the cause of the illusion.

The Illusion is created by the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is unlimited, which is hidden by the ‘I’, which is the limited.

Without realizing the falsity of the ‘I’, it is impossible to cross the threshold of the dualistic illusion.

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 that consciousness alone is, and everything else is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

By realizing that everything is consciousness is the Advaitic wisdom dawns.

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 God to be the invisible Soul.

The invisible Soul is the Self. Thus, the invisible 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 consciousness. If you realize this truth, you will live in this world but not of this world. Thus, consciousness alone is real and eternal. : : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

People mistake the ego for the mind. The illusion is not the projection of the mind. +

Without realizing what the mind is supposed to be in actuality, it is impossible to realize the Self hidden by the mind.

Know what this mind is in actuality. People mistake the ego for the mind. The illusion is not the projection of the mind.

It is high time to realize the mind is not within the body, but their body and the world are within the mind. The mind itself is an illusion.

Without knowing what is the mind, it is impossible to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

The ‘I’ is present only when the mind is present. The mind is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as the waking or the dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

The one that becomes dual and nondual is consciousness. Thus, all three states are nothing but consciousness. Consciousness alone is real, and all three states are merely an illusion.

When the conviction about the consciousness becomes firm, then it leads to Advaitic awareness in the midst of the dualistic illusion or Maya.

Thus, it is necessary to have a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Illusion’s "concealing power" merely means that when one looks at an ice block, he think only of the ice block. But a Gnani will think of the substance of the ice block, too. A wise man has the knowledge of the substance of the ice block.

Similarly, a Gnani has the knowledge of the universe and its formless substance also. Consciousness is concealed because of ignorance. As a man, one is not aware that his body, ego, and his experience of the world are merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

When one becomes aware of the fact that the universe is an illusion, then there is no-body no ego, and no world, then there is only the formless, timeless, and spaceless Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

All is consciousness. The whole universe is consciousness. From consciousness, the universe comes. When the universe disappears, consciousness still remains without form, time, and space.

Sage Sankara: ~ All this universe, which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman (Consciousness), which is absolutely free from all the limitations of Maya.

When you finally realize the Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible Soul, then you will realize the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the invisible Soul. The invisible Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Sage Sankara says: - VC-47 All the effects of ignorance, root, and branch, are burnt down by the fire of knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the non-Self.

Until you think you are an individual separate from the world, and the world existed prior to you, and you are born in it afterward, ignorance will prevail as a reality. Till ignorance is there, the universe prevails as reality.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Ahum Brahmasmi is physicalized, it gives a wrong interpretation – I AM BRAHMAN. But the Self is not ‘I AM’.+

It is you who says I AM. The invisible Soul, the Self, is the ultimate reality before you. The ultimate reality is nondual.

To realize the Self hidden by the illusory form, time and space are not easy; it is the most difficult without removing the obstacles that are blocking your realization of truth.

By thinking I am not the body, I am formless, I am Brahman, or I am God, the ignorance will not vanish.

People say Aham Brahmasmi -- I am not the body, I am formless, I am God, I am Brahman. But when Brahman is, how can 'I' remain? Only Brahman remains, not I. But there is no other way to express it.

The ultimate truth itself is God. When the Upanishadic quote: Ahum Brahmasmi is physicalized, it gives a wrong interpretation – I AM BRAHMAN. But the Self is not ‘I AM’.

The seeker must have an intense urge to realize the truth. Only the sincere and serious seeker who has the courage like Buddha and is ready to drop religion, scriptures, and beliefs in a religious God like Buddha will be able to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

When the invisible Soul, the Self, is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence, then the body and the world are merely a dualistic illusion or Maya.

The world in which you exist exists only in the domain of the dualistic illusion or Maya. The world in which you exist ceases without the dualistic illusion or Maya.

The truth-realization is possible only through perfect understanding and assimilation.

The reasoning base has to be rectified from (I) form to formless (I-LESS-Soul) to unfold the mystery of the universe.

When the Self is not you, then it is erroneous to judge and reason, and conclude the truth as you, because you are not the Self. You are the false ‘Self’ within the false experience (waking). : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Being in the present moment is not Self-awareness.+

Breathing in and breathing out, dwelling in the present moment, remaining in that moment, the ignorance will not vanish. Being in the present moment is not Self-awareness.

It is you who is breathing in and breathing out. The one who breathes in and breathes out is you. The breath has nothing to do with the invisible Soul, the Self, because it is an ever-formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

The Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Only through the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara, the Self hidden by the dualistic illusion or Maya will be revealed.

Remember:~

You are with the body. You are born in this world. You are living in this world, and you are going to die in this world. The world itself is an illusion.

When the Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness, then what is the use of discussing birth, life, death, and the world, because the one that is born, lives, and dies is not the Self. The invisible Soul is birthless and deathless because it is the ever-formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

You are the birth entity. Your existence is limited to form, time, and space. Your religion, your religious Gods, your beliefs, your religious rituals and prayers, your race, your nationality, are nothing to do with the invisible Soul, the Self, because the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness itself, is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

It is not that you have to establish in consciousness, but by realizing you, and your experience of the world is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness, Self-awareness arises in the midst of the dualistic illusion or Maya.

Mentally reduce the world in which you exist into consciousness by realizing that the world in which you exist is nothing but consciousness.

If everything is consciousness, then how can anything exist that is not consciousness

When the conviction about consciousness becomes firm, then everything falls into the right slot.

Self-realization is very much necessary to realize that the world is an illusion. Until and unless you realize the Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible Soul, Self-realization is an impossibility:~Santthosh Kumaar

If God is creator then it is foolish to worship anything as God from his creation because the creation is apart from God.+

All that God propagated by religion is nothing but imagination. There is nothing so absurd that men have not worshipped in religion; every imaginable face has been given to God.

If God is the creator, then it is foolish to worship anything as God from his creation because the creation is apart from God.

Every Religion has its own idea of God. Thus, every religion is based on the false self. Therefore, whatever is based on the false self has to be a falsehood. Thus, the idea of God of any religion is an imagination based on the false ‘Self’.

God is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. According to the Vedas, God neither has any image nor does God reside in any particular idol or statue. God cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions.

Mythological gods and Goddesses are based on blind belief. The belief is no God. The belief implies duality.

From the ultimate standpoint, duality is merely an illusion. Thus, whatever one sees, knows, believes, and experiences within the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion.

Mythological stories are a myth. Whatever is based on myth is merely a superstition. Mythology was introduced in the past for the ignorant masses. It has to be discarded as one progresses in his spiritual advancement.

All the mythological Gods are worshipped in the form of idols. The belief system that propagated ideas of many Gods and Goddesses, Bhakti is the only way to God, is simply trying to lead the people to darkness with its dogma and idea of many Gods, which is apart from the ‘Self’.

Mythology breeds superstition, blind belief, and senseless rituals, and is most irrational and giving them a divine outlook. Mythological stories are a myth. Whatever is based on myth is merely a superstition.

Mythology was introduced in the past for the ignorant masses. It has to be discarded if one has to realize the ultimate truth, or Brahman, or the real God.

Through deeper self-search, one gains a new understanding of certain dogmas.

Ideas injected by religion about the literal heaven where people are immersed in pleasure, in a literal hell where people suffer, are fables.

God is not up there to judge and decides our good and bad deeds. All the mythological stories and mythological Gods are religiously injected fables.

Hell is merely a metaphor for the isolated soul, which, like all souls, ultimately will be united in love with God.”

The seeker of truth must remember the fact that religion is not spirituality. The religion is based on the ego, which is the false self (ego) within the false experience (waking). Spirituality has nothing to do with religion.

Spirituality is based on the Spirit, which is present in the form of the Soul, the Self.

The Vedas are based on the Spirit because they hold God as the Spirit.

The Yajur Veda – chapter- 32:~ God is the Supreme Spirit, has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. God cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions.

Thus, idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

The Vedas and the Upanishads confirm that the Soul, the Self, is present in the form of the Spirit or consciousness.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman (Soul or Spirit) is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman, the Self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)

The Spirit is the root element of the universe. The Spirit is present in the form of the Soul, the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

From the Spirit, the universe comes into existence. In the Spirit, the universe resides. And into the Spirit, the universe is dissolved. The Spirit is the parent of all that is there.

Even the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ Brahman (God) is the form of the Athma, and it is indeed Athma itself.

There is a clear-cut idea of God in the Vedas, Upanishads, and Bhagavad Gita. And also, there is a clear-cut idea of what not to worship as God in place of the real God. Thus, it proves from a Vedic perspective that the Puranic Gods are not Vedic Gods.

Vedas says never accept another God in place of the Atman, nor worship other than the Atman.

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One must remember that for all periods the Vedas are the final goal and authority, and if the Puranas differ in any respect from the Vedas, the Puranas are to be rejected without mercy.

If you feel the Puranas say something and the Vedas say something else, reject the Puranas and believe in the Vedas. The Puranas are just a myth.

India takes pride in being the descendants of the Sages of truth who gave the Advaita the ultimate truth. The Advaitic truth is the truth beyond form, time, and space.

All the mythological Gods' existence is a myth. Such Gods can exist only within the dualistic illusion. Thus, the existence of such Gods is illusory.

Mythological Gods and Goddesses are based on the belief. The belief is not in God. The belief implies duality. From the ultimate standpoint, the duality is merely an illusion. Thus, whatever one sees, knows, believes, and experiences within the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion.

Mythological stories are a myth. Whatever is based on myth is merely a superstition. Mythology was introduced in the past for the ignorant masses. It has to be discarded as one progresses in his spiritual advancement.

Swami Vivekananda:~ This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind does not befit you, the Soul. Self is infinite, deathless, and birthless. Because the Self is infinite Spirit, it does not befit you to be a slave. ... Arise! Awake! Stand up and fight! Die if you must. There is none to help you. Self is the entire world. Who can help you?

Mythology breeds superstition, blind belief, and senseless rituals, and most irrational, and gives them a divine outlook.

Swami Vivekananda: ~ If superstition enters, the brain is gone. Superstition is our great enemy, but bigotry is worse.

Mythological stories, religious, are fables, yet are taken seriously by pundits. All these stories are a reality within the dualistic illusion. The waking experience is a dualistic illusion. Thus, whatever belongs to the dualistic illusion is bound to be a falsehood. In reality, there is no duality because there is only Oneness.

That the ancient sages had miraculous occult power and books relate stories of their feats, are fairy tales meant for children and those whose minds had not developed.

That is why Sage Sankara said:~ Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many gods as you please, observe ceremonies and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar