Advaitic wisdom never comes about until one realizes the universe in which he exists is merely an illusion or Maya.+*****

Advaitic wisdom never comes about until one realizes the universe in which he exists is merely an illusion or Maya. 

Self-realization is possible only when you realize the Self is not you but the Soul, which is hidden by the universe.

The universe is the dualistic illusion or Maya. The Soul, the Self reveals by negating the universe, which is the dualistic illusion or Maya and realizing the Soul, the Self hidden by the universe the mystery of the universe is revealed.

The duality remains as reality remains only so long as we have not inquired into the nature of the universe. From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, the universe is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

Sage Sri 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.

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

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

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

Sage Sri, 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

Sage Sri, Sankara: ~ VC~.63: "Without knowing and examining the universe, one can’t know the Truth, as the idea that the external world exists, won't go. It can go only by an inquiry into the nature of the external world.

Perfect understanding and realization of ‘what is what’ leads to Self-awareness. By holding onto theories, one remains in the realm of duality. You must mentally go on dropping what is not the truth through deeper Self-search

 The Seeker is working toward Self-realization. The Soul is the Self. The Soul is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God.

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The consciousness cannot be dominated or superseded by anything. Consciousness sustains the whole universe because the universe is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. 

The seeker has to efforts to decondition his subconscious from egocentricity to Soulcentricity in order to realize the Self, which is hidden by the  universe, which is the dualistic illusion or Maya. .: ~ Santthosh Kumaar