Sage Sankara asks his opponents, "How do you know there are separate individual Souls? Have you seen the Soul of a man? You can only say that you have seen different bodies. +

Sage Sankara asks his opponents, "How do you know there are separate individual Souls? Have you seen the Soul of a Man? You can only say that you have seen different bodies. To say more is to misuse language. Therefore, I call you liars unless you give proof, which is impossible.

You and your experience of the world disappear when the waking experience disappears.

The waking experience disappears in deep sleep.

The dream disappears when waking takes place.

There is neither the waking nor the dream in deep sleep.

The seeker has to find out ‘what is it’ that’ becomes the waking or dream (duality), and ‘what is it that becomes the deep sleep (nonduality).

The one that becomes the dual (waking or dream) and that one that becomes non-dual (deep sleep) is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The invisible Soul is the Self.

In the realm of the invisible Soul, diversity has no value because there is unity in diversity in the consciousness.

All three states are made of single stuff. Realizing that single Stuff, which is the invisible Soul, is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

If the invisible Soul is the Self, then the world in which you exist is merely an illusion. The world is a reality on the base of the ego (you), which is the false self within the false experience.

The world in which you exist is the product of ignorance. When ignorance vanishes, the unreal nature of the world in which you exist is exposed. In the same way, the unreal nature of the dream is exposed when waking takes place. Ignorance vanishes when Advaitic wisdom dawns.

Perfect understanding of ‘what is ‘what’ helps the seeker to remove all the obstacles, which are blocking our realization.

That is why Sage Sankara says: ~ V.63~ "Without knowing and examining the external world, 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.

The invisible Soul, the Self, reveals ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal” when the seeker is receptive and ready.

It takes time for the subconscious to gain speed; it takes time for the invisible Soul to awake, and it takes time for the invisible Soul, which has been in the sleep of ignorance, to wake up to its own awareness. ~ Santthosh Kumaar