The universe is dualistic illusion. Consciousness, which is the cause of the universe is non-dualistic reality.+

The universe is a dualistic illusion. Consciousness, which is the cause of the universe is a non-dualistic reality.

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 human thought.

It is this Supreme Oneness that alone is real since there is nothing else but the ‘Self’. Verily, there remains no other independent entity in the state of realization of the highest Truth.

The universe is verily the consciousness. Without realizing ‘what is the Mind? it is impossible to get Self- realization.

The universe is not different from the Mind because the universe is the mind itself. The mind is not different from the Soul because the mind is the dualistic illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, the universe is nothing but consciousness. The universe is unreal because it is not absolute and eternal like consciousness.

It is impossible for any human being to challenge successfully the Advaitic position, as Sage Sankara says.

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.

A man who describes Sage Sankara's  Advaitic wisdom as negative (because of his Neti, Neti) does not know that this is applied only to the world of the Seen, the critic ignorantly believes that it is also applied to the Seer. A Gnani never negates the Seer, only the Seen. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar.