Ability to observe the Soul, the Self as it is in the midst of the illusion through the Advaitic wisdom leads to Self-awareness.+

The ability to observe the Soul, the Self as it is in the midst of the illusion through the Advaitic wisdom leads to Self-awareness.

For a Gnani sees the world in which he exists as consciousness, just as the goldsmiths view the ornaments as nothing but the gold.

The whole universe is nothing but the Soul. There is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The universe is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

Realizing the universe is an illusion leads the seeker to realize, that consciousness hidden by the illusion is real and eternal.

You are not you but the consciousness; your body is not the body but the consciousness, the world in which you exist is not the world but the consciousness.

Everything known, seen, believed, and experienced by you is nothing but consciousness then what else remains, which is not consciousness. There is nothing else to realize other than realizing that consciousness alone is, everything else is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

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All is consciousness. The whole universe is consciousness. From consciousness, the universe comes. When the universe disappears,   consciousness still remains without form, time, and space.

You and your experience of birth, life, death, and the world are within the dualistic illusion or Maya.

When the Self is not you but the Soul then what is the use of inquiring WHO AM ‘I’? because you are part of the dualistic illusion or Maya.

The Soul, the Self is not an entity or identity within the dualistic illusion or Maya but the Soul, the Self is hidden by the dualistic illusion or Maya. The Soul, the Self is hidden because, the dualistic illusion or Maya because the dualistic illusion or Maya is created out of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.    

That is why Sage Sankara says: ~ A buried treasure is not uncovered by merely uttering the words: “Come forth.” You must follow the right directions, dig, remove the stones and earth from above it, and then make it your own. In the same way, the pure truth of the Atman, which is buried under Maya and the effects of Maya can be reached by meditation, contemplation, and other spiritual disciplines but never by perverse arguments.

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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 Maya.

When you finally realize the Self is not you but the Self is the Soul, then you will recognize the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Sage Sri, Sankara says: ~ VC-47- All the effects of ignorance, root, and the branch is burnt down by the fire of knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the non-Self.

Remember: ~ All is consciousness. The whole universe is consciousness. From consciousness, the universe comes. When the universe disappears,  consciousness still remains without form, time, and space.

Till you think you are an individual separate from the world and the world existed prior to you and you are born in it afterward ignorance will prevail as a reality. Till ignorance is there the universe prevails as reality.

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.

Perfect understanding and realization of ‘what is what’ leads to Self-awareness. By holding onto theories, one remains in the realm of duality.

You have to mentally go on dropping what is not the truth through deeper Self-search. Finally when you become aware that your ego, your body, and the world are one in essence then there is Self-awareness in the midst of duality. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar