The Soul is a subjective reality. The universe is a objective reality.+

Ish Upanishad:~“Those people who have neglected the attainment of ‘Self’-knowledge and have thus committed suicide.

Those people who have neglected the attainment of Self-knowledge and have thus committed suicide, as it were, are doomed to enter those worlds after death. This is a condemnation of people who do not try to attain Self-knowledge.

We think our practical life within the practical world as a reality but it is not so, because the world in which we exist is an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

The Soul is the subjective reality. The universe is the objective reality. The universe is an object to the Soul, which is the formless, timeless, and spaceless subject.

That subjective experience need not be proved or disproved. However, all the confusion it creates because of ignorance of the subject is hidden by the object. This ignorance can be removed by Advaitic wisdom.

The world in which we exist is both real and unreal. It is real because it is a manifestation of the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness, but is unreal, in the sense, that it is not absolute and eternal like consciousness itself.

The Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness, cannot be negated and that which is beyond contradiction.

The dualistic reality is limited to form, time, and space. From the standpoint of the Soul, the form, time, and space are one in essence. Until ignorance prevails the form, time and space prevail as a reality. 

Ignorance will prevail till you hold the “‘Self’’ as the ‘I’. If there is no ‘I’ then there is only the Soul, the witness of the coming and going of the ‘I’.

You have got stuck up with the Gurus and their ‘I-centric'  teaching. You will never be able to cross the prison of the ‘I’ because you are immersed in worshipping the Gurus instead of completing your journey. Such worship, devotion, and reverence to Gurus will never allow you to realize the truth,  hidden by ignorance. 

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‘I’ is the cause of all contradictions whereas the truth you are seeking is beyond all contradictions. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is infinite.

There are two dimensions of reality. The dualistic and nondualistic reality does not mean they are two orders of reality. There are only two perspectives. Whatever that is there is real and is unaffected by our views.

The dualistic reality is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is the nondualistic reality.

The Soul is caught up in ignorance; and encounters the dualistic illusion (form, time, and space). However, the Soul, in reality, is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. The Soul is infinite. The infinite ‘Self’, is perceived as limited to form, time, and space.

The illusory form, time, and space are superimposed on the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness. In reality, form, time, and space are made of the same clay, which is consciousness. Consciousness alone is real and eternal and the form, time, and space are merely an illusion.

You are an individual in the world you are unaware that the ‘Self’ is not you but the  Self is the Soul, which is the cause of the world in which you exist. Thus, the ‘Self’ is not an individual because it is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

The Soul is originally a pure, transcendental consciousness taken it is due to ignorance that hides the Soul, the ‘Self’ that the individual fails to see the nexus between the Soul and the world in which he exists.

That nexus indicates the oneness underlying the subject-object, inner-outer distinctions. All that is required is to remove the error and the Soul will shine on its own accord.

Water in the pond that is clear and undisturbed. One can see the bottom of the pond through its still water. When, however, pebbles are thrown into the pond, the water in it is disturbed and the bottom of the pond becomes no longer visible. That bottom, however, is there all the time and it remains unchanged, no matter whether the surface water is disturbed or not. The water in the pond is the transactional world. The bottom of the pond is the transcendental reality. The disturbance created is ignorance.

The seeker has to mentally recognize subjective and objective reality. Objective reality is merely an illusion created out of subjective reality. Objective reality never exists from the standpoint of subjective reality. The subjective reality is the fullness of consciousness. Objective reality is merely an illusory division of form, time, and space created on subjective reality.

The objective reality is superimposition over the subjective reality. The objective reality (world) seems as real but it actually is unreal.

The superimposition of the illusory form, time, and space on the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the cause of the ignorance. When the ignorance is removed through Advaitic wisdom then illusory division of form, time, and space never again prevails as a reality the same way, as the dream never becomes a reality when waking takes place.

The superimposition of the illusory form, time, and space becomes one with the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

By constantly repeating ‘I THAT” ‘I AM THIS Who AM ‘I, without realizing what is this ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality, the ignorance becomes more and more deep-rooted, Then it becomes impossible to come out of the prison the intoxication of the ‘I’.

The Soul is not ‘I’ but the Soul is the witness of the ‘I’. The ‘I’, which appears and disappear is not permanent. The Soul is eternal. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar