Sage Vasistha:~ We contemplate that reality in which everything exists, to which everything belongs, from which everything has emerged, which is the cause of everything and which is everything.+

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.

Sage Vasistha:~ We contemplate that reality in which everything exists, to which everything belongs, from which everything has emerged, which is the cause of everything and which is everything. 

Sage Vasistha: ~’ This world's appearance is a confusion, even as the blueness of the sky is an optical illusion. I think it is better not to let the mind dwell on it, but to ignore it. 

The universe is a reality on the base of a false Self (you or waking entity) within the false experience (waking). 

The universe is an illusion from the standpoint of the Soul, which is the  Self.  The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

People do not accept the universe is unreal because of logical reasons. Logic is based on the false self and false experience(waking). 

One has to first analyze the definition of the truth and hence why the universe is not considered true.

The Advaitic wisdom consists in knowing the truth, that everything (mind or universe or physical existence) is the consciousness. 

Freedom (ultimate truth) is always there yet one does not know it. But to those whose reason is turned away from physicality and who have attained the serenity of the Soul the 'Self' is quite nearer to the ultimate truth or Brahman.

To think one own body and experience of the world is an illusion is a difficult matter unless one realizes the 'Self' is not the form (waking entity) but the 'Self’ is an invisible Soul it is difficult to have a glimpse of the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

When one realizes that, the 'Self' is neither the waking entity nor the Self’ is the dream entity, but the Self is the formless Soul, then naturally the body and universe become an illusion.

The mind (universe) emanates from the Soul (consciousness) means the mind is the effect of consciousness is not different from it.

The deeper the analysis shows it. Analysis needs deeper thinking and reasoning. The mind is the whole universe thus, it has a form. But where is the form in consciousness (Soul) because consciousness is like an ocean and the mind is like a wave? 

The universe is the same consciousness, as the ocean produces the wave, so consciousness produces the mind(universe).

The moment one knows the mind (universe) is the consciousness, and then there is no ignorance. If one knows the Soul the 'Self', which is present in the form of consciousness. 

Everything is consciousness. Consciousness is second to none. The mind is consciousness in its essence but due to ignorance one mistakes it for something else. 

One thinks the 'Self’ is within the body, but the “Self’ is without the body and the world.

The Mind ceases to exist without the matter. Without the matter, the mind ceases to exist as the mind, but it exists as matterless awareness or consciousness.

Without the mind, neither the world nor its perceiver can exist. Without the matter, there is no duality. 

Without duality, there is no experience. Without experience, it is a non-dualistic reality. Therefore, whatever prevails without the mind is the ultimate reality.

The true nature of the Soul (consciousness) is camouflaged by the illusion/duality. To know the truth, one must discover and realize the formless substance of the mind or illusion. 

One must learn to view and judge the worldview from the standpoint of the Soul as the Self.

Self’-Knowledge is the prime goal of the truth seeker. This goal is hidden within the mind as its invisible substance and witness. Therefore, it is necessary to inquire, analyze, and reason into the nature of the mind (duality/illusion) to unfold the mystery of the mind (duality or illusion).

The person, who stamped their foot on the ground to refute to show the world, is real, ignores that in the dream he would do exactly the same--stamp his dream foot on the ground and assert it to be real. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar