Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom becomes very easy to grasp when one gains soulcentric vision of the universe.+

The intellectual knowledge of Advaita is based on the dualistic perspective. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is based on the nondualistic perspective. 

Swami Vivekananda said: ~ “You see, no one can teach anybody. The teacher spoils everything by thinking that he is teaching. Thus Vedanta says that within man is all knowledge? Even in a boy, it is so? And it requires only an awakening, and that much is the work of a teacher. We have to do only so much for the boys that they may learn to apply their own intellect to the proper use of their hands, legs, ears, eyes, etc., and finally, everything will become easy.

 

The form, time, and space cease to exist without the mind. The form, time, and space appear together as mind (I) and disappear together when the mind disappears. Space cannot exist without form and time.  The form, time, and space appear together and disappear together. 

In reality, the form, time, and space are one in essence that essence is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness alone is real and the form, time, and space are merely an illusion. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman. 

There is no duality in reality. The reality is Advaita the one without the second. 

The Self is not you. Whatever is based on you is an illusion. You are not the author because you are not the Self.  All the judgment has to be based on the Soul not on the ego (you) to realize that form, time and space are one in essence. 

You cannot deny the existence of the Soul. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is ever-present.  

Without consciousness, the world, in which you exist ceases to exist. Consciousness is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny consciousness because it is the very essence of the one who denies it. Consciousness is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. Consciousness is everything. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman. 

The Soul is not limited to an individual. The individuals are many but the Soul is one.  The individual exists within the universe.  The Soul is the cause of the universe and it, itself is uncaused.  

The Soul is not within the human body.  The universe is created out of single stuff.  That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Thus, whatever the universe contains is bound to be the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Like an ornament made from gold is Gold, which is born out of consciousness is consciousness. Like gold is a permanent thing, in ornaments made of gold, similarly, the mind, which is in the form of the universe is born out of consciousness, is consciousness in its essence.

Deeper Self-search reveals the fact that you are not the Self, the world in which you exist is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, but the consciousness is specifically not an entity or identity or a thing within the world in which you exist. But it is the cause of the world in which you exist and it, itself is uncaused.

The Soul is hidden by the world in which you exist. The nature of the Soul is the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Tripura Rahasya: ~ Second-hand knowledge of the Self-gathered from books or Gurus can never emancipate a man until its truth is rightly investigated and applied; only direct realization will do that. Realize yourself, turning the mind inward. (18: 89) 

Thus, it is necessary to realize the world in which you exist is created out single stuff, which is consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. Thus, God in truth alone is real; the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar