A Gnani sees everything as consciousness, even though he is in the midst of diversity.+

A Gnani wears no signs. Gives up the insignia of a monk's life…his signs are not manifest, nor his behavior."

Sage Sankara states that the Knower of the Atman (i.e., a Gnani) "bears no outward mark of a holy man" (Viveka Chudamani (2), Stanza 539).

Sage Sankara “Sometimes Gnani appears to be a Fool, sometimes a wise man. Sometimes he seems splendid as a king, sometimes feeble-minded. Sometimes he is calm and silent. Sometimes he draws men to him. Sometimes people honor him greatly, sometimes they insult him. Sometimes they ignore him.

An ignorant observation is based on a dualistic (matter or body or ego) perspective, whereas a Gnanis judgment is based on the nondualistic (Soul or Spirit or consciousness) perspective.

A Gnani is one who sees the three states in equanimity because he is fully aware of the fact that all the three states are merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness. A Gnani sees everything as consciousness, even though he is in the midst of diversity.

A Gnani sees only unity in diversity, just like a goldsmith estimating the gold in various items of jewelry sees only gold. When one identifies the Self with the form then only the form, time and space are present. But when one transcends form, time, and space the duality never remains as a reality.

A Gnani says everything exists (illusion) but everything is created out of the Soul, the consciousness. Everything rises from the Soul, the consciousness, and subsides as the Soul, the consciousness. Thus, the whole diversity has no relevance, from the standpoint of the Soul as Self.

Everything (universe or illusion or matter) is the Soul, the consciousness realizing the three states are created out of consciousness

Awareness is the nature of the Soul, the consciousness because there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of the consciousness. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. : ~Santthosh Kumaar