Whatever belongs to the domain of the ‘I’ is an illusion.+

Whatever belongs to the domain of the ‘I’ is an illusion. The Advaitic Gurus of the East and West hold the ‘Self’ as the ‘I’ is a great error because ‘I’ itself is the cause of the dualistic illusion.

The ‘I –centric’ Gurus, spiritual pundits, and learned are called children because a child takes whatever it thinks as truth. The question never occurs to children “Is what I have seen or thought really the truth?"

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 universe in which we exist will not remain a reality when wisdom dawns. The universe is merely an illusion created out of consciousness and there is conscious awareness of unity in diversity because there is no second thing exists other than consciousness.

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.

The universe is the product of ignorance. The ignorance is present in the form of the ‘I’.

The mind itself is the matter. The mind is present in the form of the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

If the mind itself is the matter then: ~

The ‘I’ is bound to be a matter.

The universe is bound to be a matter

The form, time, and space are present in the domain of the matter.

The three states are bound to be in the domain of the matter.

The individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world is in the domain of the matter.

The illusion is bound to be in the domain of the matter.

The duality is present only in the domain of the matter.

The Soul is present in the form of the Spirit: ~

The matter is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Spirit.

The mind is an illusion created out of the Soul, the Spirit.

The ‘I’ is an illusion created out of the Soul, the Spirit.

The form, time, and space are merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Spirit.

The three states are merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Spirit.

The individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Spirit.

The duality is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Spirit.

In Atmic reality, the mind and Soul are one in essence. That essence is the Soul, the Spirit, which is present in the form of consciousness. Thus, the Soul, the Spirit alone is real and eternal.

Remember: ~

Chandogya Upanishads: ~ “This universe comes forth from Brahman and will return to Brahman. Verily, all is Brahman. A person is what his deep desire is. It is our deepest desire in this life that shapes the life to come. So, let us direct our deepest desires to realize the Self.

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

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?

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.

The ‘Self’ is not the mind. The mind is present in the form of not the world in which we exist. The world appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (non-duality). The ‘Self’ is the Soul. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in all three states. Thus, diversity is created out of a single stuff. That stuff is consciousness.

Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman because there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. From the standpoint of the Soul, the form, time, and space are one, in essence.

In Spirituality, God means the ultimate truth or Brahman. Self–realization is truth-realization. Truth-realization is God-realization. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar