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