Panchadashi:- The Atman is the witness-consciousness that
experiences the action, the actor, and the world of separate things. It is like
a light that illuminates everything in a theatre, revealing the master of
ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when
they all depart, the light shines to reveal their absence.
Everything in the duality exists when wisdom dawns but their unreal nature is revealed. There is self-awareness. A Gnani is fully aware that, his own body and his experience of the universe is a mere mirage created out of consciousness. Thus the form and names has no value because they are part of the mirage.
The real, is the consciousness from which the whole universe is made. Thus through wisdom one reaches the stillness of the self, which is formless nondual in its nature. Thus the one is aware of the material [consciousness] not the things [mirage] made out of the material.
As gold is an important material in making ornaments, so, consciousness is the material is essential for the three states to arise. Without the gold remains as gold when it is not ornaments. In self- awareness the consciousness remains in its formless nondual true nature in the midst of duality.
