The soul is present in the form of consciousness.

The world cannot be dismissed as unreal, because it is actually experienced by us. But the seeker of the truth has to understand the fact that the man and his experience of the world are reality with in the waking and dream. But the waking  and dream both are unreal on the standpoint of the true self which formless soul,which is present in the form of consciousness. 

The dream becomes unreal when the waking takes place; similarly the waking becomes unreal when the true self, wakes up in its non-dual true nature.  Thus the true self which is formless soul has to wake up and make itself realize the waking is mere mirage. This awakening is possible only when the seeking mind realizes the fact that, ‘I’ is not  the self, and drops all its effort to discover and realize the self, on the base of ‘I’ as self. Since everyone trying to assimilate and realize the non-dual truth, on the base of false identity, it becomes difficult for them to assimilate and realize the non-dual truth.

When one is searching for the truth he is not aware of the fact that, he is searching for the truth within the false experience with his the false identity.  There is no I, me or you or us, no seeker, no enlightenment, no disciple and no guru, no teaching, when one becomes aware of the fact that the true self is not ‘I’ but the formless soul, which is in the form of consciousness. From the ultimate standpoint:-  there is no birth, life and death, no purpose of life, and nothing that has to be achieved when one realizes and becomes aware of the fact that, his physical identity and his experience of the world are mere illusion.

All that appeared as three states or illusion is a mere mirage created out of consciousness. The soul is the true self and also it is the source of the mind from where it rises and subsides as waking or dream . All that apparently manifests in the illusion create ignorance. And ignorance creates separation. This separation is the cause of duality, which cause division within the consciousness. Man and his world, his belief of god, the search for truth is part of the illusion. The ignorance makes one appearing as two. Absent of ignorance absent of duality. Whatever prevails without duality is nondual reality.

All past, present and future are reality in ignorance. Absent of ignorance absent of diversity/illusion. The wisdom brings unity in diversity. Destiny is part of the illusion, because birth, life and death itself is an illusion.

 All the happenings are part of the illusion.  The seeker has to discover the source.  The source is the soul or consciousness which is uncaused, unchanging, formless and nondual.

The nature of the true self is oneness is incomprehensible and so any communication about it can only be an interpretation of the ideas based on the false self/ego. Ignorance generates doubts and confusion. Ignorance makes one experience the duality as reality.  Ignorance makes one view and judge on the standpoint of false physical self/ego. Whatever is based on false physical self/ego is bound to be falsehood because everything is viewed and judged believing the duality as reality. Thus, one is unable to think beyond duality.

Deeper understanding and assimilation are required for self-realization.  It becomes difficult to understand and communicate about the oneness on the base of false self.   Thus rectifying the reasoning  base from,  form(ego) base to formless(soul) base is necessary in order  to understand and assimilate and realize the non-dualistic or Advaitic truth.

Ego is well established as the subject of perception whereas the body is the object within the “mind” which appears as waking or dream. This is learnt from the fact that when one speaks of his body within the universe. Man and the world exist within the waking or dream.” Thus the man cannot be the self, because the self, pervades everywhere and in everything in all the three states.

It is a fact of direct experience that the “self”, which is in the form consciousness, is without any change, whereas the waking or dream is always undergoing changes. Thus the physical entity, which is within the waking or dream, cannot be the self. The true self is that witnesses all the changes but it itself is changeless.

Seeker of truth has to ascertain the real nature of the true self through deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning on the true base then only they become fully aware of the fact that, “There is nothing higher than consciousness.  Thus consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman.

All the three states are verily the consciousness. Thus this waking entity cannot be the self, because the waking entity is limited to the waking experience, whereas the consciousness pervades all the three states.

Consciousness is completely unattached” from the universe, because it is not an entity or identity within the universe. The universe is a mere mirage created out of consciousness.  All the forms and names within the mirage have no value from the ultimate standpoint.  Thus the division created by the forms and names are within the illusion. Absent of division there is unity in diversity.

Consciousness is within the universe but it is without the universe. It is within the universe as its the formless substance and it is without the universe as its formless  witness.  The formless substance and witness are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. Thus consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman.  

The soul is the ultimate truth. The Soul is self-evident. The soul is present in the form of consciousness.  It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny the soul, because It is the very essence of the one who denies It. The soul is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions and proofs. The soul is the true self. Self is within, Self is without; Self is before, Self is behind; Self is on the right, Self is on the left; Self is above and Self is below.