Oneness means Advaita or Nonduality.+

The sky, the stars, the planets, the sun, the moon, the earth, the mountains, the ocean, and the person are all the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, but consciousness is not specifically any of these while simultaneously being all of these.

Only when the Soul is hidden within the illusory form, time, and space the sky, the star, the planets, the sun, the moon, the earth, the mountain, the ocean, and the persons are a reality.

The nature of the Soul is the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Thus, it is necessary to realize the sky, the stars, planets, the sun, the moon, the earth, the mountains, the ocean, and the persons are all created out of a single stuff, which is consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Thus God alone is real, the sky, the stars, the planets, the sun, the moon, the earth, the mountains, the ocean, and the person are all merely an illusion created out of consciousness

It is this Supreme Oneness which alone is real since there is nothing else but the Self. Verily, there remains no other independent entity in the state of realization of the highest truth."

Oneness is the non-dual nature of the Soul, the Self. Oneness means Advaita or nonduality. When the universe appears then the duality appears. When there is duality then there is no Oneness. When there is Oneness there is no duality.

By saying I and you are one the Oneness will not arise.

There is no Oneness in the realm of ignorance.

There is no Oneness when ‘I’ is present.

There is no Oneness when the mind is present.

There is no Oneness when the dualistic illusion is present.

There is no Oneness when the universe is present.

There is no Oneness when the waking or dream is present.

There is no Oneness when the individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world is present.

There is a conscious Oneness in the midst of the dualistic illusion when Advaitic wisdom dawns.

Remember:~

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

Sage Sankara: ~ “VC~ 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 human thought.

Sage Sankara:~ VC~63- "Without knowing and examining the external world, one can’t know the Truth, as the idea that the external world exists, won't go. It can go only by an inquiry into the nature of the external world.

After verifying through deeper inquiry if one finds the world is the reality within the illusion then he cannot again say the world is not an illusion.

If one is frightened to accept the world is an illusion (waking) then he is unfit to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Those who are stuck with the reality of the world are stuck with the reality of the individual experiences of birth, life, and death, which take place within the unreal world.

Thus, the pursuit of truth is for those who have the courage to accept reality as it is, that is the reality without form, time, and space.

When you finally realize the ‘Self’ ‘is not you but the ‘‘Self’’ is the Soul then you will realize the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul. The 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.

Till 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. Until ignorance is there the universe prevails as reality.

Sage Sankara says: ~ “The exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false is real meditation, then why you are indulging in other types of meditation.

Perfect understanding and realization of ‘what is what’ leads to Self-awareness. By holding onto theories one remains in the realm of duality.

You have to mentally go on dropping what is not the truth through deeper Self-search. Finally when you become aware that, your ego, your body, and the world are one in essence then there is Self-awareness in the midst of duality. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar