The individual exists within the illusory universe. The Soul is the cause of the illusory universe and it itself is uncaused.+

The Soul is not limited to an individual. The individuals are many but the Soul is one.

The individual exists within the illusory universe. The Soul is the cause of the illusory universe and it itself is uncaused.

The Soul is not within the human body but it is hidden by the illusory universe or Maya. The illusory universe is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, whatever the universe contains is bound to be the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

In the dream world, the dream people appeared together and disappeared together. Similarly, the waking world and waking people appeared together and disappeared together.

Thus, the dream is created out of single stuff and that stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. In the same way, the waking experience also created out single stuff. And that single stuff is consciousness.

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is the cause of the three states and it itself is uncaused.

Many soul theories are religious and yogic fables based on the false self (ego) and false experience (waking).

Knowledge of the single stuff is the Self-knowledge or Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.

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You are not separate from the ego because you are the ego. Without the ego you and the world in which you exist cease to exist.

In the awareness of the ego, the world in which you exist is a reality.

In the awareness of the ego, your individual experience of the birth, life, death, and the world experienced as a reality.

In the awareness of the ego, form, time, and space prevail as a reality.

In the awareness of the ego, the dualistic illusion, or Maya prevails as reality.

In the awareness of the ego, the three states prevail as reality.

In the awareness of the ego, the ‘I’ prevails as a reality.

If ‘I’ prevails as reality then ignorance prevails as reality.

Self-knowledge or Advaitic wisdom is necessary to get rid of ignorance.

Without Self-awareness, the universe prevails as reality. Self-awareness means the conscious awareness of the Soul hidden by the ‘I’. In Self-awareness, the reality of the universe fades away.

Sage Sankara says liberation comes, but only through the realization that Atman and Brahman are one in no other way. (1) VivekaChudamani v 56, pg. 25. : ~Santthosh Kumaar