Consciousness remains as the universe in waking, and consciousness remains without the universe in deep sleep.

The nondualistic reality is hidden by the dualistic illusion. The dualistic illusion is created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul, the Self, is unborn and eternal.

Mentally reduce form, time, and space into consciousness by realizing that form, time and space are nothing but a dualistic illusion created out of consciousness.

The Soul is the fullness of consciousness without the illusory division of form, time, and space.

Even the Bhagavad Gita says: ~ ‘Brahmano hi pratisthaham’- Brahman (God in truth) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and materials. (14.27).

When the Bhagavad Gita says, God is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and materials, then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.

Realize that the ‘Self’ is not you; the 'Self is the Soul. Do not struggle by practicing this and that to know the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.

The ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the cause of the dualistic illusion, and it itself is causeless.

Consciousness is hidden by the illusory universe, or Maya, but it is without the illusory universe.

Consciousness can remain with or without the illusory universe, or Maya. Consciousness remains as the universe in waking (duality), and consciousness remains without the universe in deep sleep (nonduality). :~ ~ Santthosh Kumaar