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