All these experiences as a father, son, guru, and pupil were one and the same consciousness appearing differently.+

The Soul, the Self is omniscient. what we all will think tomorrow is within the illusory world.  Whatever you were, how you felt, how you thought, how you worked, and what work you are now doing is within the illusory world. If the Soul, the Self is nothing to do with you and your world.  So,  the best thing for you is to realize the fact that you are not the Self.  

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The all-pervading consciousness is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material in the world in which we exist.

Consciousness is the cause of the world in which we exist and it itself is uncaused. Consciousness alone is real and eternal, and the world in which we exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. 

The breath is not the Self. The breath, body, and the world are created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.  Thus,  the breath and breather and the world are part of the illusion created out of single stuff, which is consciousness. The knowledge of the single stuff is self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

You and your world are within the dualistic illusion.  The experience of birth, life, death, and the world is within the illusion. Whatever is to happen within the illusion will happen.

Till ignorance is there the dualistic illusion or Maya thrives. The illusion is as if the ready and a full movie of illusion, from the beginningless beginning to the endless end, is being projected continually.

Within the illusion, one may die at any moment. The dualistic illusory life has no guarantee because no one can know for certain what will happen the very next moment. Except for the Soul, the Self, which is God, everything is an illusion.

This practical life within the practical world is meaningless because it is happening within the illusion.

Thus,  it is to realize the Soul, the only God is real and the world in which we exist is merely an illusion created out of God, which is present in the form of the spirit.

All these experiences as a father, son, guru, and pupil were one and the same consciousness appearing differently. All these distinctions disappear in the ultimate truth.

In the dream, the mountain which is apparently insentient and material is nevertheless still your mind alone. Whether living or dead, conscious or unconscious thought or matter; all things are appearances of one and the same consciousness. All these distinctions are seen by Gnani as only the consciousness.

The words are used only for communication purposes. The look of an object will depend upon the medium through which the observer views it. In fact, our mental and intellectual conditions will determine the phenomenal world observed and experienced.  The ignorant viewing the world confronting him sees it differently from a Gnani viewing the same world. Each one of us interprets the world one sees in terms of his existing knowledge. A Gnani sees the world and its contents as the illusory play of the consciousness whereas an ignorant sees the world and its contents as reality.

Without the realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman man remains ignorant of the ultimate truth or Brahman. Without the realization of the ultimate truth, the seeker remains as a seeker.    On physical plan there is a seeker, seeking, and destination but from the ultimate standpoint, there is neither Seeker nor seeking and nor destination.   

The words may give different meanings at different levels of understanding. As one moves deeper and deeper one realizes the thought, the thinker, words, and the world are one in essence. Thus,  in the realm of the truth, the thought and words become meaningless.  

When one has realized that which lies beyond form, time and space do not give importance to thoughts and words which have value only in falsehood.   

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. :~Santthosh Kumaar