The universe does not disappear when wisdom dawns. The universe exists when wisdom dawns but only its unreal nature is exposed. The same way the unreality of the dream is exposed when waking takes place.
Advaitic wisdom dawns when you realize the Self is not you but the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness.
The universe itself is the dualistic illusion or Maya created out of the Soul or consciousness.
In Self-awareness in the midst of the dualistic illusion or Maya.
A Gnani is fully aware that, his own body and his experience of the universe is an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus, the form and names have no value because they are part of the illusion.
The real is consciousness from which the whole universe is made. Thus through wisdom one reaches the stillness of the Self, which is formless non-dual in its nature. Thus, the one is aware of the material (consciousness), not the things (illusion) made out of the material.
As gold is the important material in making ornaments, so, consciousness is the material that is essential for the three states to arise. The gold remains gold when it is not ornamented. In Self- awareness, the consciousness remains in its formless nondual true nature in the midst of the dualistic illusion.
The form, time, and space are the product of ignorance. Until the ignorance is there the waking remains as a reality when the ignorance vanishes in the midst of the waking experience then the waking experience also becomes unreal, the same way as the dream becomes unreal when the waking takes place.
Manduka Upanishad:~The objects do not disappear, they are there, and yet they are non-dual. Disillusionment is not the same as appearance. Page -74. v. 17
It is erroneous to believe the general impression is that the universe disappears to a Gnani, that he sees nothing in Samadhi. Only by deluded persons will have such an impression?
Nothing is destroyed. Only ignorance disappears and the unreal nature of the universe is exposed. The universe which appears as the waking experience is a dualistic illusion.
Remember:~
A Gnani has the full and firm conviction that the world in which he exists is nothing but the consciousness in the midst of dualistic illusion. The Soul, the innermost self, being aware of its true nature in the midst of dualistic illusion is called Self-awareness.
The universe or the waking experience will not disappear. It is there always, but the unreal nature of the waking experience is exposed in the midst of dualistic illusion through Advaitic wisdom.
If one thinks its mere disappearance in the Yogic Samadhi is ultimate Truth or Brahman, then he would get it in deep sleep. Thus, the yogic Samadhi is not the Advaitic wisdom.
The common people draw a wrong inference in thinking a Gnani must ascetically reject the world; this is only for those religious or yogic minds in the lower rungs of the ladder.
The yogi in Samadhi fails to see non-duality? Because he believes there is happiness to come to him from Samadhi. That shows he does not know the truth but still seeks bliss as something apart from his-Self.
Yoga is to be practiced only until one attains equilibrium of mind; when this is established, the continuance of yoga is foolish. The indifference practiced by a seeker is external to the Self, is formless; the indifference practiced by a Gnani is purely internal, is mental.
The greatest mistake is to think that a Gnani sees nothing. This blind reverence for Samadhi is as valuable as revering a man who has taken a Hemp.
The Gnani sees the essential universal unity and the multiplicity of objects simultaneously. The person in deep sleep or Samadhi leaves out the objects and sees the essence; hence, he has not the full Gnana. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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