If the inquiry does not include the universe then it is incomplete.+

Sage Sankara: ~ VC~63- "Without knowing and examining the universe, one can’t know the Truth, as the idea that the external world exists, won't go. It can go only by an inquiry into the nature of the external world.

If the inquiry does not include the universe, then it is incomplete. The universe itself is what God is all about. The totality of the universe is what God is all about.

You just study the nature of the universe with all the seriousness and sincerity to unfold the mystery of the universe. That is all you have to do.

Until the mystery of the universe is solved, the Self hidden by the illusory universe will not be realized.

Consciousness is the one single reality or Brahman. The individual self is a reality within the illusory universe or Maya.

Manduka:~ Those who want the ultimate truth, Brahman, will not practice control of the mind. (p.231)

Mundaka Upanishad: ~ “The study of the Vedas, linguistics, Rituals, astronomy, and all the arts can be called lower knowledge. The higher is that which leads to Self-realization.

Manduka Upanishad has no assumptions whatever. It is an honest and bold inquiry into truth. The world is believed to be a superimposition on consciousness, which is Brahman. Superimposition cannot be true.

Manduka Upanishad:~ Reality and illusion together make Brahman: nothing can be left out.

Manduka Upanishad:~ Atman is the highest Reality.

Manduka Upanishad:~ Only a few will be able to understand and assimilate it

Manduka Upanishad is not meant for all, as it is based entirely on reasoning.

Sage Goudapad:~ Duality is for the unwise, non-duality and undifferentiated Reality is for the wise and difficult to grasp.

Remember:~

The world is believed to be a superimposition on consciousness, which is Brahman. Superimposition cannot be true.

On the other hand, Sage Sankara claims that the world is not false. It appears false only when compared to Brahman (Consciousness).

In the pragmatic state, the world is completely true, which occurs as long as we are under the influence of Maya. The world cannot be both true and false at the same time; hence, Sage Sankara has classified the world as indescribable. The following points suggest that, according to Sage Sankara, the world is not false (Sage Sankara himself gave most of the arguments)

Remember:~

There is no need to study Advaita Vedanta. The seeker has to find out: - ‘What is mind or ‘I’?’, ‘What is the substance of the mind (I)?’ And what is the source of the mind? (I), to realize the nature of the mind (I).

The non-duality has to be grasped in the midst of the duality (waking experience).

When one is Soul-centric then he will realize ‘what is truth’ and ‘what is untruth’ and ‘what is reality and what is unreality’ and be able to establish himself in the truth and able to view and judge, the three states, on the base of the invisible Soul, the Self.

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth, or Brahman or God in truth.

Unfortunately, people are stuck with their accumulated ideas based on the false self, and imagine nonduality and say nothing exists other than the source. But a Gnani says everything exists (illusion), but everything is created out of a single stuff, and that single stuff is consciousness.

Everything arises from consciousness and subsides as consciousness. Thus, the whole diversity (three states) has no relevance, from the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Everything (illusion) is nothingness (consciousness), realizing the three states are created out of nothingness (Consciousness).

Nothingness is the nature of consciousness because there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness.

Religion, mysticism, and yoga are meant for the mass mindset, which is incapable of investigating and verifying their inherited beliefs.

The path of wisdom or truth is to get the pure essence of non-duality or Advaita.

The ultimate truth is based on the invisible Soul, the Self. Soul-centric reasoning leads one to non-dual Self-awareness.

There is a need to rectify the reasoning base from ego base to Soul base to understand, assimilate, and realize the Non-dualistic or Advaitic truth. :~Santthosh Kumaar