First, realize the truth you are searching for is hidden by the ‘I’. The Soul is hidden by the ‘I’, which is the Maya. Maya means the dualistic illusion.+

Realize the Self is not you but the invisible and unborn Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The moon reflecting on the water appears as many, the self is just like the reflection of the moon on water, which increases with the volume of water and decreases with its reduction, which moves when the water moves, and which differs as the water differs.

The moon seems to conform to the characteristics of water, but in reality, the moon never has these increasing or decreasing qualities. So also, from the highest point of view, consciousness always retains its sameness; it seems to conform to such characteristics as increase and decrease of the limiting adjunct, owing to its entry into such an adjunct as a universe.

Thread is drawn from cotton and is woven into cloth. But the reality of cotton is in both of these forms, viz., thread and cloth. Similarly, the projections of names and forms of this material universe on consciousness do not alter the nature of consciousness. It remains as it is without any change.

One can also illustrate the uniqueness of consciousness by analyzing the phenomenon of dreams. The dream is a parallel waking experience. And the waking experience is parallel.

The three states are an object to the subject, which is consciousness. Consciousness is the formless substance and witness of the three states. One is unaware of the subject because he considers the waking entity as self and views and judges the three states, which is erroneous.

The waking entity is limited to the waking experience, and the dream entity is limited to the dream experience. In deep sleep, the waking or dream experiences are absent; thus, the witness remains in its formless nondual true nature, but due to ignorance of the true self, which is the substance and witness of the three states, one experiences the three states as reality.

When one becomes aware of the formless witness of the three states, then one becomes aware of the fact that the three states are merely an illusion from the standpoint of the true Self, which is consciousness.

Thus, whatever is seen, known, believed, and experienced within the waking experience is falsehood. The experience of the universe and birth, life, and death are myths. Thus, gods based on blind belief, heaven, hell, paradise, sin, karma, rebirth, and reincarnation are a myth.

Thus, by worshiping individualized gods and following religion, studying scriptures is for those who are incapable of realizing the truth of their true existence.

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First, realize the truth you are searching for is hidden by the ‘I’. The Soul is hidden by the ‘I’, which is the Maya. Maya means the dualistic illusion.

The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

The invisible Soul, the Self, remains without the waking and without the dream in deep sleep. It means the invisible Soul, the Self, remains without you and your experience of the world.

We speak about the deep sleep experience only in the waking experience. The waking experience is the state of ignorance. The dream is a parallel waking experience, and the waking experience is a parallel dream.

The one that becomes waking and the one that becomes a dream, and one that remains without the waking and dream in deep sleep, is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the substance and witness, and the source of the three states.

In reality, the substance, witness, and source are one in essence. Therefore, there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.  : ~ Santthosh Kumaar