Existence is nondual. Nonduality cannot be described by means of words, for all uses of language fail to express it.
Existence cannot be a cause and effect at the same time, from the point of view of the dualists, but deeper Self-search shows the Existent is no two and causality can’t rise at all.
The real existence is formless, timeless, and spaceless. The form, time, and space are merely an illusory existence.
Sage Goudapada quotes from the Upanishads: ~ "There's no plurality here"; "The Soul through its powers appears to be many"; "those who are attached to the creation or production or origination go to utter darkness"; "the unborn is never reborn, for what can produce it?”
Sage Goudapada’s rational exposition of Advaita:~ Whatever is seen, whether external or internal, whether by the ordinary persons or yogis, is unreal.
Thus, whatever you have seen, known, believed, and experienced as a person within the waking experience is bound to be an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus, the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness alone, is real and eternal.
Consciousness is ever-present. Without consciousness, the world in which you exist ceases to exist. Consciousness is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny consciousness, because it is the very essence of the one who denies it.
Consciousness is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. Consciousness is everything. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman.
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The cause and effect are possible only in the domain of form, time, and space. Therefore, the cause and effect are part of the dualistic illusion or Maya.
In non-dualistic reality, there is duality.
The dualistic theory says that whatever was in the cause was also in the effect. They say that the gold brick, the gold medal, the gold ornaments-- are in the seed--the gold. Deeper self-search reveals the fact that, if cause and effect are one, what is the difference between the two?
The nature of the invisible Soul is a nondual, featureless one without attributes. The invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is not an object but is always the subject.
The Advaitic truth transcends form, time, and space. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana dispels ‘Ignorance’. The Self is the invisible Soul.
The invisible Soul is present in the form of consciousness; there, the object has become one with the subject. There is only unity in diversity.
Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman. Consciousness is ‘the one without a second’, the one which alone exists as the ultimate reality.
Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal, and Akarta (non-agent). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing Subject. It can never become an object as it is beyond the reach of the senses. Brahman is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other beside it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described because the description implies a distinction. Brahman cannot be distinguished from any other than It. In Brahman, there is no distinction between substance and attribute. Sat-Chit-Ananda constitutes the very essence or Svarupa of Brahman, and not just its attributes. The Nirguna Brahman, as described by Sage Sankara, is impersonal.
The invisible Soul remains in its own nondual awareness. The illusion (mind) does not merge with the invisible Soul because it is never really separated from it.
The invisible and unborn Soul remains the one without a second (Advaita). The Soul’s separation is an illusion, the result of ignorance, which, when dispelled, the hidden reality shines as a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. :~Santthosh Kumaar
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