The ego, body and the world are part and parcel of the mirage

The ego, body, universe are mere mirage created out of soul, the innermost self, which is in the form of consciousness. Illusion   is like Banyan tree, which has roots above and branches below reaching the ground, where they root secondary trunks all around. One cannot recognize the beginning or the end; neither its shape. One has to  cut down this illusion with the sword of wisdom and realize the consciousness alone exists, all else is mere mirage created out of consciousness.  Thus, the ego, body and the world are  part  and parcel of the mirage. The one who is able to grasp this truth, he becomes aware the birth, life, death and the universe are unreal on the standpoint of the true self, which is consciousness. Thus being judgmental on the base of the false self (waking entity or ego)  leads one towards  imaginary truth.

The non-duality cannot be theorized. All theoretical non-duality is based on the false self.  All the religious based non-duality is based on the false self. Non-duality has to be grasped and realized only through self s-search not by reading books, hearing sermons, mastering the scriptural knowledge.  

The seeker has to drop all the accumulated knowledge and verify the facts of his own existence.  There is neither sun nor moon or universe, body, but only the self, which is consciousness. The three states are part of the true self, which is in the form of consciousness. The three states are mirage on the standpoint of the formless soul, the innermost self.  The soul or consciousness is the formless substance and witness of the mirage. The  formless soul or consciousness, the innermost self can exists with or without the mirage. Thus consciousness alone is   real and eternal.  


 The ego, body and the universe are part and parcel of the mirage.  Thus the birth, life, death and the universe has no value in the realm of truth. Therefore judging the truth on the base of the ego  or waking entity  and the universe is judging the truth by holding the unreal (mirage) as reality.   

 Please note that the brilliance of the one sun shining over the whole world as also of the moon is consciousness. Consciousness pervades in everything and everywhere in the mirage, which is in the form of universe. The consciousness is within the mirage but it is without the mirage. The universe, which is in the form of mind, is myth. The formless substance and witness of the mind is real and eternal.

By Self Realization or Brahma jnana, one becomes a Brahmin."

In Vedic era  a Brahmin was a person who had attained Self- knowledge  or Atma Jnana. This was an extremely difficult path of discipline of body, mind , and intellect, and people irrespective of their birth or class, who dedicated to such an austere life were recognized as Brahmins. 

A great example of this tradition (that a person becoming a Brahmin, rather than born as one) is the case of Vishwamitra, a warrior (kshatriya), who became a Brahmin after attaining Atma Jnana  or Self-Knowledge.

A smritis, or code of conduct composed by sage Atri defines brahminhood very clearly.

"By birth, every man is a Shudra (an ignorant person). Through various types of disciplines (samskaras), he becomes a dwija (twice born). Through the studies of scriptures, he becomes a vipra (or a scholar). Through realization of supreme spirit (brahmajnana), he becomes a brahmin."

The belief that people born in Brahmin caste, automatically become Brahmins, is a much later concept in the very ancient  India.  Thus, Brahmin means not caste but  one who has attained Atma Jnana or Bramha Jnana.