The Atman is the Sanskrit word, for Soul, the Self. The Atman or Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, Atman or Soul, or the Self or consciousness, is one and the same thing.

This universe in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of a single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

The experience of birth, life, death happens within the illusory universe or Maya.

The form, time, and space are a reality within the illusory universe. Without form, time, and space the illusory universe ceases to exist.

The universe is present only when the mind is present. The mind is present when ‘I’ is present.

From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, the universe is merely an illusion.

If the universe is merely an illusion, then the experience of birth, life, and death happen within the universe is merely an illusion.

If the universe is merely an illusion, then form, time, and space are merely an illusion.

If form, time, and space are merely an illusion, then the mind is merely an illusion.

If the mind is merely an illusion, then the ‘I’ is merely an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is merely an illusion then the substance and the witness of the ‘I’ which is the formless Soul alone is real and eternal. : ~Santthosh Kumaar