The Self is indeed Brahman, but
through ignorance people identify it with intellect, mind, senses, passions,
and the elements of earth, water, air, space, and fire. This is why the Self is
said to consist of this and that, and appears to be everything.
The soul is in the form of consciousness. Soul or consciousness is the true self. And it is formless and limitless primal substance of the mind, which is in the form of universe.
The soul and the mind are one in essence. only in ignorance one feels they are not the same. When one becomes aware of the ultimate truth and realizes the fact that, the universe or diversity is mere mirage created out of consciousness. Thus, the mirage which is in the form of universe has no value in the realm of truth, because the mirage is created out of single substance. That substance is formless consciousness. Thus, the individual experiences of birth, life and death which are happening within the unreal universe are bound to be falsehood. Thus the formless substance and witness of the universe is real and eternal. Thus consciousness is ultimate truth.
The consciousness dwells within the universe or mind as its formless substance and witness. When the universe or mind disappears, then the formless witness is present without the physical body and the experience of the universe. Thus holding the waking or dream entity as self and trying to discover the truth is like trying to drain the ocean drop by drop.
When self-wakes up in its formless true nature, the whole universe becomes mere mirage created out of it. And no second thing exist other than consciousness.
It takes the role of Witness when wisdom dawns. But when its appearance is withdrawn,
The role of Witness is abandoned as well. Thus only in wisdom one consciously becomes aware of the fact that the witness is real and witnessed is unreal and the unreal is created out of the real, thus there is no second thing exists other than consciousness.
The role of Witness is abandoned as well. Thus only in wisdom one consciously becomes aware of the fact that the witness is real and witnessed is unreal and the unreal is created out of the real, thus there is no second thing exists other than consciousness.
Consciousness assumes the form of the universe; without the universe, it is left naked. If night and day were to approach the Sun, both would disappear. In the same way, their duality would vanish if their essential Unity were seen.
In fact, the duality of soul and mind cannot exist in that primal unitive state from which mind or universe emanates.
One returns as waking entity when he awakens from sleep; likewise, one perceived the truth by waking from ignorance.
