Without examining the universe in which you exist first, it is impossible to realize the ‘Self’hidden by the illusory universe.+

Self-realization is an impossibility without realizing the universe is an illusion because the Self is hidden by the illusory universe.

The Self is hidden by the illusory universe because the illusory universe is created out of the Self, which is the Soul. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Consciousness alone is real and eternal.

You are part and parcel of the illusory universe. The truth you are seeking is hidden by the illusory universe.

The truth you are seeking is the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Consciousness is the cause of the illusory universe and it, itself is uncaused.

Without inquiring about the objective universe the Self hidden by the illusory universe will not be revealed.

Only when you inquire into the nature of the universe then you will be able to realize the Self, which is the Soul hidden by the illusory universe.

The ‘Self’ is hidden by the illusory universe in which you exist. Without examining the universe in which you exist first, it is impossible to realize the ‘Self’. Thus, it is necessary to examine the universe that confronts you first, in order to realize the ‘Self’, which is hidden by the universe in which we exist.

Sage Sankara says you must first know what is before you. If you cannot know that, what else can you know or understand? If you give up the external world in your inquiry, you cannot get the whole truth.

Sage Sankara says: ~ VC-63- Without knowing and examining the external world, one can’t know 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.

In nondual Self-awareness, the ego is not considered as ego, even though the ego is present, the body is not considered as a body even though the body is present, the world which confronts him is not considered as the world even though the world is present, the duality ceases even though the duality is present, and because of wisdom, everything is considered as consciousness. Thus, there is conscious oneness.

Jesus said: ~” Know what is in front of your face and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you. (THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS- Saying 5)

Only in ignorance, the world in which we exist is an illusion created out of the Soul, the ‘Self’.

The world is both real and unreal. It is real because it is a manifestation of consciousness, but is unreal, in the sense, that it is not absolute and eternal like consciousness itself.

People's approach is more practical, and they stuck with the reality of the world, they take it as real. That is why all the confusion.

The look of an object will depend upon the medium through which the observer views it. In fact, our mental and intellectual conditions determine the world, observed and experienced. The commoner viewing the world will see differently from a Gnani viewing the same world. Each one interprets the world that they see in terms of their existing knowledge. The commoner sees everything based on the ego, therefore, experiences birth, life, death, and the world as a reality, whereas a Gnani sees everything as consciousness and he is fully aware of the fact that, there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul or consciousness.

Thus, all the egocentric (religious) adulteration has to be bifurcated to realize the ultimate truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar