The sun, the moon, the stars, and planets shine because of the Soul or Spirit.+

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

The sun, the moon, the stars, and planets shine because of the Soul or Spirit. The Soul shines, and all things else shine as a result. Everything in the universe reflects but that light of the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness. Merely knowing the truth is not enough to escape from the tangle of illusion.

Consciousness is ever-present. Without consciousness, the world in which you exist ceases to exist. Consciousness is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny consciousness because it is the very essence of the one who denies it. Consciousness is the basis of all kinds of knowledge,

presuppositions, and proofs. Consciousness is everything. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

The Bhagavad Gita: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God in truth) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).

When the Bhagavad Gita says, God is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material, then everything is nothing but consciousness.

The Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the substance of the dualistic illusion because the dualistic illusion is created out of consciousness.

For the invisible and unborn Soul, the Self: ~

What are projection and retraction, what are the end and means; what are the failure and success of the invisible Soul, which is formless, timeless, and spaceless in its nature.

The illusory world that appears and merges back into its essence is not an appearance at all.

What is the knower, the means of knowledge, the object of knowledge; what is anything or nothing to the invisible Soul which is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless?

Knower, knowledge, object, thing, nothing, or any word one may utter is, after all, they are a word and words have meaning only within the illusion.

Consciousness is ever-present in all three states, but as a person, one is unconscious of the consciousness because they think the Self is their body.

When all-knowing, known, and knower are simultaneously mental as in the dream, what else is there to trouble about understanding them? Because one considers the waking experience as a reality, one is incapable of understanding and assimilating the Advaitic truth.

What is the distraction? What is the concentration, dullness, and delusion, happiness, and sorrow to the invisible Soul, which is ever actionless because it is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless?

As a person, one may be drawn to observe his body and the world, but the Gnani is not disturbed because he has realized his body and his experience of the world are made of consciousness.

What is the distraction? What is the concentration, dullness, and delusion, happiness, and sorrow to the invisible Soul, which is ever actionless because it is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless? In all three states, but as a person, one is unconscious of consciousness because one thinks the Self is his body.: :~Santthosh Kumaar