On the standpoint of the soul or consciousness, the innermost self, the three states are non-existent. On the standpoint of the physical self the three states appears to exist as reality.
It is erroneous to view and judge the truth on the standpoint of creator or god without verifying the fact ‘Self’ is not physical but it is the formless soul. It is impossible to assimilate truth on the base of ego(waking entity),which is false self within the false experience(waking).
people are having the strong conviction of their birth, life, death and the world and they are ignorant about the fact that, the experience of the birth, life, death and the world are reality within the Waking experience.
There is no second thing other then soul(consciousness) because all the three states are created, witnessed and subsides as consciousness( Soul or Spirit). Constant reflecting on the witness if the three states the seeker will be able to assimilate and grasp the knowledge of the soul, the innermost self.
Whatever position, power, pleasure and wealth one may possess within the Waking experience is only an illusion. Same way whatever pain and suffering and misery one has in waking experience also illusion.
When the waking or dream subsides as deep sleep, then the duality vanishes. Therefore, the formless substance of the waking experience and deep sleeps is one in essence. By discovering and realizing that formless substance and witness –the duality will not remain as reality.
Absent of duality is absent of experience. Absent of experience is absent of illusion. The illusion is present when the there is experience. When there is experience then there is ignorance. When there is ignorance then there is duality. When there is duality then the birth, life, death and the world becomes reality.
All the individual experiences are possible only within the waking experience. One has to become aware of the fact that, the three states are not the experience of the waking entity or ego but of the formless soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the formless substance and witness of the three states.
When one becomes aware of the fact that the self is neither the waking entity nor the self is dream entity but the self is formless soul or consciousness and when this conviction becomes firm then he will be able to mentally rectify his reasoning base from form to formless.
When one establishes on the formless base then gradually the sense of reality of experience of duality starts receding. The person and world co- exist within the waking or dream experience.
Absent of mind is present of the formless soul because without the soul consciousness the mind or universe is non-existent. The mind, which rises and subsides as waking and dream, cannot be real. It is totally illusory. Therefore, the formless source where the mind rises and subsides itself is the self.
When the source is formless then the diversity, which rises and subsides is also created out of formless stuff. Therefore, realizing the fact that, the experience of birth, life, death and the world are within the mind. Mind are mere illusion created out of single stuff. The stuff is the soul or consciousness. Realizing the fact that, formless soul or consciousness is the innermost self and all else other then the soul or consciousness mere mirage is truth realization.
Religion is not based on the spirit or soul, but it is based on the physical self. Therefore, religion is based on the birth, life, death and the world not the truth. Spirituality is based on the formless soul or consciousness .