The nature of the Soul, the Self is like deep sleep (Advaita). In deep sleep, there is no trace of duality.+

You, your experience of the world, your religion, your religious Gods you’re your religious heaven and hell, your paradise, your physical gurus, your sins, your good deeds, your karmas your holy rivers, your sacred mountains are within the universe, which is the dualistic illusion or Maya. The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of the ‘I’.

Only when the ‘I’ appears, the dualistic illusion appears. And when ‘I’ disappears, the dualistic illusion disappears.

The ‘I’ hides the ‘Self’. The ‘I’ hides the ‘Self’ means the dualistic illusion hides the Soul, the ‘Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

When Sage Sankara says clearly, the universe is not real. He says that Brahman and Atman are one. The ultimate and the Absolute Truth is the Self, which is one, though appearing as many in different individuals and things. The individual and things have no reality.

Only the Soul, the Self, is real; the rest, mental and physical, are but passing appearances. So, it indicates the universe is unreal because the universe is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Only Soul is real and ultimate reality because there is no second thing other than the Soul, the Self, which is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

The Soul is not limited to an individual. The individuals are many, but the Soul is one. The individual exist 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 a 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 an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

In the dream world, the dream people appeared together and disappeared together and disappear together. Similarly, the waking world and waking people appeared together and disappear together.

Thus, dream is created out of a single stuff and that stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. In the same way, the waking experience also created out a single stuff. And that single stuff is consciousness. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the cause of the three states and it itself is uncaused. The many soul theories are religious and yogic fable based on the false self (ego) and false experience (waking).

Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge of Brahma Gnana or Athma Gnana.

Like an ornament made from gold is Gold, that which is born out of consciousness is consciousness. Like gold is the 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 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 within the world in which you exist. The nature of the Soul is the formless, timeless and spaceless existence.

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

Scholars, interpretations of sacred texts, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of that Ultimate Truth or Brahman. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Athma Gnana is the knowledge of the immortal the Soul, the one and only ‘Self’ of all that exists as an illusion.

All this talk of immortality will crumble into nothingness because he has not known the knowledge of the Soul, which is immortal.

The nature of the Soul, the Self, is like deep sleep (Advaita). In deep sleep, there is no trace of duality.

The waking or dream is the world of objects. And the waking and a dream is an object to the Soul, which is the formless subject.

Without the knowledge of the formless subject, the object will remain as reality. By becoming aware of the formless subject, the reality of the object ceases to exist as a reality.

The knowledge of object (body) as the subject is the cause of the ignorance. Thus, it is necessary to examine the nature of the object in order to realize the fact that the object is not the subject.

The subject is not the form, but it is formless. The knower of the object is the subject, which is the Soul or consciousness. So, the object has no existence without the subject. Therefore, it is erroneous to view and judge, the truth on the base of the object as subject.

Conscious ignorance of all objects (three states) means really the positive knowledge of the Soul, the Self, which pervades everywhere and everything in the object. Consequently, ignorance of the ordinary man in deep sleep is really the knowledge of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

One can say about his deep sleep experience only when the waking takes place that is in the states of ignorance.

Ignorance of the mind (universe) in deep sleep is nothing but the knowledge of the Soul, the Self, which is nondual peace.

Thus, the experience in deep sleep, if properly understood, is only one; and that is the Soul, which is in the form of consciousness. There is only one there, and hence the ignorance of the many is no experience at all

A Gnani knows what he is talking about is not an explanation, what he is talking about is the realization of the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.

A Gnani shares his joy by sharing his wisdom; he is singing the song about the unsung truth. Remember whenever a Gnani speaks about God in truth it is not blind belief based God; he knows it, it is his realization. He is talking out of his realization; hence he can be of immense help to the whole humanity.

A Gnani always sees the world in which he exists as the Soul without any division of the form, time, and space. And a Gnani watches his own actions as if they were another's. He is never puffed up by the praise or disturbed by blame.

As for Gnani, his individuality is dead. It is merged in the Soul like waves in the ocean. A Gnani live in freedom have gone beyond the dualities of life.

A Gnani is not competing with anyone, he alike in success and failure and content with whatever comes to him. He is e free, without Selfish attachments; his attention is fixed in the awareness of the Soul.

A Gnani performs all practical duties of the practical world like others, and he helps other seekers to get rid of ignorance of their true existence.

The Seeker must first realize:

What is the Self?

If something is true, is real, is constant, is a foundation of a nature that is unchanging, this can be called the Self.

The Soul, the Self, is the fullness of consciousness without the illusory division of the form, time and space. The Soul is formless, timeless and spaceless and eternal existence.

People have not penetrated the meaning of the ‘Self’. The meaning is that the ultimate truth is the Self, which is the eternal is existence.

You are impermanent because the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

People have not penetrated the meaning of the ‘Self’. The meaning is that the ultimate truth is the Self, which is the eternal is existence.

You should not hold anything of the dualistic illusion (universe), which is impermanence. The world in which you exist makes you feel as though they are real, but ultimately they are merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is permanent.

You must cultivate to see the permanence (Soul) hidden by the impermanence (universe) as it is.

If you do this, you will be like one who sees a gem in the muddied water among the stones and rocks and waits for the water to settle before he skillfully plucks it out.

It is the same with cultivating the idea of the Soul, the Self hidden by the universe, which is the dualistic illusion or Maya. : ~Santthosh Kumaar