Whatever you have seen, known, believed and experienced as a person of the universe is mere an illusion because the universe itself is mere an illusion.

The search for ultimate truth is very difficult path to tread for it will expose the unreal nature of the world in which you exist. But if your motive is love of truth and life, you need not be scared because you will realize you and the world are part of the illusion. The self is that which is the substance and the witness of the illusion.   The substance and witness of the illusion are one essence that essence is the soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.  Thus you are not the self because you are bound by the form, time and space. If you are bound by form, time and space means you are bound by birth, life, death and world.  If you are bound by birth, life, death and world means you are bound by duality. If you are bound by duality means you are bound by falsehood because on Non-dualistic perspective duality is not reality. —FORMLESS PATH

Whatever you have seen, known, believed and experienced as a person of the universe is mere an illusion because the universe itself is mere an illusion. The ego, body, word and thought and experiences are part and parcel of the illusion. Thus the illusion is nothing to do with the soul the innermost self.  The soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is free from the limitation of the form, time and space.  When the soul, the innermost self is free from the limitation of the form, time and space then it is free from the experience of the birth, life and death.  If the self is free from the experience of the birth, life and death then it is free from the experience of past, present and future.  Thus there is no second thing exists other than the soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Thus consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Sage Sri, Sankara says:-  The world is illusion, it includes birth, life and death, which happens within the world.  Thus the seekers main aim is to mentally trace the formless substance of the illusion, which is also the witness of the illusion. The formless substance and witness of the illusion (world) is the Atman, and this Atman itself is Brahman.

 This Brahman cannot be attained by indulging in egocentric religious orthodoxy. The knower of Brahman is Brahmin not the Brahmin who indulges in priest craft, which leads one to utter darkness as per Yajur Veda.

Brahmin is the one who has realized the Brahman (ultimate truth) and helps fellow seekers towards inner path. The one who knows Brahman knows his body and his experience of the world are mere illusion and also he knows his body and his experience of the world are also as Atman (consciousness), which is Brahman.  Thus, the priest craft which are crafted on the body based theories will lead one to hallucinated Moksha  But real Moksha or freedom is possible only through non-dual wisdom. 

Thus it is necessary to follow the path of Brahman not the path of the orthodox priest- craft. Only by   dropping all the accumulated priest crafted baggage, one has to move forward to reach the non-dual destination in lesser time and effort.