Sage Sankara :~When the whole universe is known to be Atman (consciousness), and thus the universe is negated then Atman alone exists as Brahman or God in truth.+

Sage Sankara says:  When the whole universe is known to be Atman (consciousness), and thus the universe is negated then Atman alone exists as Brahman or God in truth. 

By observing nature you will not find the truth you are seeking for but by realizing the unreal nature of the universe the truth you are seeking will be revealed on its own.

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.

Sage Sankara says: ~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? 

The ‘Self’ is not the mind(I). 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 (nonduality).

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 single stuff. That stuff is consciousness.

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

Remember:~

In spirituality, God means the ultimate truth or Brahman. Self –realization is truth- realization. Truth-realization is God-realization.

All that is real in this world in which we exist is God. The world in which we exist hides God because the world in which we exist is an illusion created out of God.

The Soul itself is God, only held in the bondage of the dualistic illusion; perfection will be reached when the ignorance vanishes through wisdom and the dualistic illusion will no longer remain as a reality.

It is not you who has to get Mukti or freedom it is the Soul, the Self that has to get Mukti from the dualistic illusion (world).

Therefore it is necessary for you to make sure the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness.

The Mukthi or freedom is for the Soul, the Self   from experience the dualistic illusion or Maya as a reality.

Freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from ignorance, freedom from the illusion.

It does not befit you to be a slave of the inherited belief. It is time to wake up and start your quest for truth.

Arise! Awake! There is none to help you. The Soul, Self is the entire universe. No one can help you. :~Santthosh Kumaar