The world 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. +

Q;` D J: ~  All said and done this material Earth is His Creation and every atom is HE only. There is no illusion, Pinch yourself and wake up to Truth

Santthosh Kumar: ~I respect your views and wisdom:~

As per my conviction:~

People, who stamped their foot on the ground to refute to show the world, is real, ignore that in a dream he would do exactly the same--stamp his dream foot on the ground and assert it to be real.

The world is both real and unreal. The world 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 on the medium through which the observer views it. In fact, our mental and intellectual conditions determine the universe, observed and experienced.  The commoner viewing the universe will see differently from a Gnani viewing the same universe. Each one interprets the universe 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 is fully aware of the fact that,  there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. And the whole universe is nothing but consciousness. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

The dream becomes unreal when the waking takes place. Similarly, the waking becomes unreal when wisdom dawns. Wisdom dawns when you (waking entity or ego) realize the fact that, the self is not you, but the Self is the Soul, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states.  : ~ Santthosh Kumaar