Nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.+

The final stage of the pursuit of truth is to know that the ‘Self’ is consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth, or Brahman or God in truth.

Even the Bhagavad Gita says: ~ 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 that God is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all animate and inanimate entities and matter, then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.

Consciousness is not limited to the waking state alone because it pervades everything and everywhere in all three states.

Waking and dream emerge from consciousness. The emergence of the waking or dreams does not make any difference to consciousness.

Consciousness remains unchanged and unaffected by the waking or dream, even though both the waking and the dream objects and the waking or dreams are aspects of consciousness.

The dreamer would not realize that dream objects and the dreams are simply aspects of consciousness unless he wakes up from the dream. When the waking takes place, the dream becomes unreal; in the same way, when Advaitic wisdom dawns the waking becomes unreal.

The unchanging reality behind the waking or dream experience is consciousness.

The waking or dream experiences are external manifestations of consciousness.

As long as a person is caught up in phenomenal existence, he does not see the unity behind the multiplicity.

When one wakes up to consciousness as it is in itself, not perceived or interpreted, or the noumenal level, he becomes aware of the one, non-dual consciousness, which was the cause of the three states.

Thus, consciousness is supreme. It is the reality. It has no beginning and end. It is eternal and beyond the reach of pain and pleasure.

Consciousness is indivisible, immeasurable, and without names and forms. It cannot be avoided, as it is present everywhere.

Consciousness cannot be grasped, as it is transcendent. It cannot be contained in anything, as it contains everything.

Consciousness is indefinable, for it is beyond the range of action and speech. Thus, consciousness is reality itself, pure and absolute consciousness.

Consciousness is the ultimate reality is defined as that which persists. Consciousness exists in all periods of time and remains the same in the past, present, and future.

Consciousness is the ultimate reality that exists both in the manifest and the unmanifested.

The mind, which is in the form of universe arises out of the consciousness . Consciousness exists in all the three states. The mind rises from it and Merges back into consciousness.

Consciousness is the substratum and the three states. Consciousness is like the ocean, and the mind is like a wave. A wave exists in the ocean and Merges back into the ocean. Similarly, the mind or universe is nothing but consciousness. Everything is consciousness.

Consciousness is a principle of utter simplicity. There is no duality in consciousness, for no qualities are found in the concept of consciousness. It is also simple in the sense that it is not subject to inner contradictions, which would make it changeable and transitory.

To understand the nature of consciousness and to speak of it, consciousness in its reality is not a metaphysical postulate that can be proved logically, but it must be grasped and realized mentally, not through argument or logical conclusions, but through perfect reasoning.

Consciousness is one: It is not a `He or She ', a personal being; nor is it an `It', an impersonal concept. It is that state which comes about when all subject-object distinctions are obliterated.:~ Santthosh Kumaar