You, your experience of the birth, life, and death part and parcel of the illusory universe or Maya.+

You, your experience of the birth, life, and death part and parcel of the illusory universe or Maya.

The Self is not you but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul or consciousness is the cause of the illusory universe or Maya.

When the universe along with you is created out of consciousness then consciousness, which is the cause of the universe alone is real and eternal.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~” The universe rises from the ‘Self’ like bubbles from the sea. Thus, know the Self to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

Realizing the world in which you exist is nothing but the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness is Self-realization because the Self is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

When the Soul remains in its own nondual awareness in the midst of the dualistic illusion (the world in which you exist) is Self-awareness.

Remember:~

Sage Sankara said: ~A.A~ 88. When the whole universe, movable and immovable, is known to be Atman (consciousness), and thus the existence of everything else is negated, where is then any room to say that the body is Atman?

That is why Sage Sankara Says: ~ VC-63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the ‘Self’ how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.

What is the use of saying ‘I AM THAT’- without knowing what the ‘Self’ is in actuality? Without knowing the truth of the Self, without realizing the truth of the world in which you exist it is impossible to realize the truth beyond the form, time, and space. By a mere utterance of the word ‘I AM THAT', the truth will not be revealed.

Sage Sankara: ~VC~ if the universe is true, let it then be perceived in the state of deep sleep also. As it is not at all perceived, it must be unreal and false like dreams.

That is why Sage Sankara's declaration: ~ “Brahman is the truth The World is Unreal everything is Truly Brahman and nothing else has any value.

Sage Sankara says: ~ ‘What is accepted without a proper inquiry will not lead to the final Goal. (Commentary on Vedanta Sutra)

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.

Those who tell you that Brahman is unity, that you can get it only by intuition, that you should not reason, you should not question or inquire, are deluding you. Verification must come by thought. :~Santthosh Kummar