Sage Sankara: ~ “VC~ All this universe, which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman (Consciousness) which is absolutely free from all the limitations of Maya.
You appeared along with the universe, and you will disappear along with the universe. No use to know who you are? - Instead, inquire into the nature of the universe.
Self-realization arises only when you realize the Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible Soul hidden by the illusory universe.
The experience of birth and death is a reality within the illusory universe or Maya. The illusory universe is created out of consciousness.
You are born along with the universe, and you are going to die along with the universe.
Prior to birth, there was only consciousness, and after death, consciousness alone prevails as eternal existence.
The illusory universe, along with you, seems to be real until ignorance dominates and its unreality is exposed.
The invisible Soul is not limited to an individual. The individuals are many, but the invisible Soul is one. The individual exists within the universe. The invisible Soul is the cause of the universe, and it, itself is uncaused.
The Soul is not within the human body. The universe is created out of a single stuff. That single stuff is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Thus, whatever the universe contains is bound to be the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
In the dream world, the dream people appeared together and disappeared together and disappeared together. Similarly, the waking world and waking people appeared together and disappeared together.
Thus, the dream is created out of single stuff, and that stuff is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. In the same way, the waking experience is also created out of single stuff. And that single stuff is consciousness.
The invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the cause of the three states, and it itself is uncaused.
The many soul theories are religious and yogic fables based on the false self(ego) and false experience (waking).
Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Like an ornament made from gold is Gold, that which is born out of consciousness is consciousness. Like gold is a permanent thing, in ornaments made of gold, similarly, the mind, which is in the form of the universe, is born out of consciousness, is consciousness in its essence:~ Santthosh Kumaar
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