Atman or conciousness is not 'void'.

 Void implies to duality: the universe may not exist but the thought of the second is there. If one knows there is Void (emptiness/nothingness), then there is something there to be known and know. They are or have become consciousness.

Advaitin disagree with Buddhists who say, there is nothing - nonentity. Advaitin believe there is some reality, even though things are not what they appear to be. If one knows the truth, he will know what to do to find inspiration for action. Seeker of truth‘s subject is to know what is it that is Real.

Soul means Atman. Atman is not 'void'. Atman is in the form of Consciousness. Atman is not any void or emptiness. The thought that it is a void or something like a void will lead to doubts and confusion of pursuit of truth. The consciousness is basis of everything that exists. Whatever exists, it exists because of consciousness. Nothing can exist without consciousness. 

The 'Void' of emptiness of Buddhism is only a stage. It cannot be ultimate. It says there is really nothing. The mistake of Hinayana Buddhism is to jump to assumptions where Buddha kept silent.

When one says "Nothing is" what is the meaning of "is"? "Nothingness” is something which exists: one cannot prove that consciousness does not exist.

Has the Void a meaning? If so then it is only your imagination.  Buddha gave up yoga after practicing it for six years. He saw it could not yield truth.

Buddha gave up his austerities of yoga as impossible and useless. [Page.70/71 "Buddhism in Translation” by Warren]

Thus Buddha got enlightenment only after he gave up Yoga. Unless one exercises his reason--there is no chance of getting truth.

Buddhism has not proved the truth of Non-duality.  There is no doubt Buddha pointed out unreality of world. He told people they were foolish to cling to it. But he stopped there. He came nearest to Advaita in speech but not to Advaita fully. 

Sankara was criticized for his views on Maya (illusion) without understanding him. He said that (1) Brahman [the Self] is real (2) the universe is unreal, and (3) Brahman is the universe. He did not stop at the second because the third explains the other two. It signifies that the universe is real if perceived as the ‘Self’ and unreal if perceived as apart from the Self. Hence Maya or illusion and reality are one and the same. 

The realists criticize the concept of illusion without understanding it. He said that

(1) Consciousness [the Self] is real

 (2) The universe or mind is unreal, and 

(3) Consciousness is the mind or universe, because universe or mind is mere illusion created out of consciousness.   

 One need not stop at the second because the third explains the other two. It signifies that the universe is real if perceived as the Self [consciousness] and unreal if perceived as apart from the Self [consciousness]. Hence illusion and reality are one and the same because both are one in essence. Realizing the essence, which is consciousness as the innermost Self, is Self-Realization or Truth- Realization of GOD- Realization. Thus Sri, Sankara‘s declaration is rational truth, scientific truth and also ultimate truth.

  Consciousness is not only the subject but also the substance of the object. The subject and object are one in its essence. The subject and object perception is possible only in ignorance. In reality there is no duality.  When the ignorance vanishes the duality vanishes and only the non-dual existence will prevail as ultimate truth. Thus the truth pursuit is to discover the fact that the subject is formless consciousness  and also the object is made out of the formless consciousness. Thus there is no second thing other than the consciousness in the experience diversity[waking] other than consciousness.  Thus everything in duality is appeared from consciousness and sustained by consciousness and finally disappears as formless consciousness.

 To understand such a simple truth, it becomes difficult task, since we have inherited or   accumulated the physical based dross.  Until we drop mentally all the accumulated dross, our subconscious will not become receptive or accept anything other than accepted truth.  Thus the FP blogs and posts are suggestions, we are injecting to the subconscious, and we go on reflecting on it, then the inner work will start, and the reasoning faculty starts analyzing with the new suggestions, with the old, and when it finds the un-contradicted truth, it will accept that as truth, and drop what is untruth.  When the suggestion suggest the consciousness  as innermost  self ,and consciousness  alone is ultimate  truth in every blogs and postings , when subconscious  is accepts this suggestion  on that base the it  will start analyzing through reasoning, and reject what is not Consciousness, and finally whatever prevails is the non-dual wisdom or Self-knowledge.  

If seeker isn’t able to understand this in the beginning of the truth pursuit, it is o.k.; he has to go on reading and reflecting on the F.P blogs and posting , until he creates a base mentally,   to replace the old base. Until he bases himself on the base of ‘I’, he has a different viewpoint, but eventually, he  will  become aware of the facts, and  he  will understand and remember what F.P blogs  have convey him, and becomes receptive and start assimilating the self -knowledge .

There is no other way to reach the non-dual destination other than rectifying the reasoning base from ‘I’ (form) to ‘I’-less (formless) base. Only when seeking mind is able to view on the base of formless base, all the confusions and doubts will vanish and he will
be able to assimilate the self-knowledge faster and better. 

Time cease to exist without the form and space.

Past, present and future means time. Time cease to exist without the form and space. Form, time and space exist together and disappear together.   Past, present and future are within the waking experience. The past, present and future of the dream gets over when waking takes place. The past, present and future   do not exist in deep sleep. The one which witness these three states is formless and apart. The past is mental and the future is also mental. 

When we constantly observe and be conscious of the formless witness, we become aware of the fact that the physical body and the world are also are consciousness, and realize the fact that everything is consciousness in the midst of the waking experience. Since we exclude the body and the world as a matter, and view and judge the worldview on the base of the matter [body] as self, we remain in ignorance the reality. Thus just think the deep sleep as the true nature of the self [ formless soul of consciousness ], where the  body, ego and the world are totally absent, then try to view and judge the waking or dream on the standpoint of the deep sleep as self, which is formless soul.

 If we think deeply in this line, we can ‘get the perfect understanding what is truth and what is untruth. The biggest obstacle in the truth pursuit is, we are fully immersed in the practical life within the practical world within the waking experience and we consider it as reality.  But we have to make sure our individual experience is part of the waking experience, and waking experience is mirage on the standpoint of our formless eternal identity.  Thus once we know the formless witness as our true self than the birth, life and death are mere mirage. The mirage is created out of consciousness, thus everything is consciousness and nothing exist other than consciousness.

Our body and the world cease to exist without the consciousness because there are created out of consciousness   but consciousness can exist with or without the body and the world.