Consciousness is the root element of the universe.+

Without knowing and examining the external world, one can’t know the 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.  

Rig Veda:~ Who knows here, who can here state whence came this entire multifarious Universe? Even the Devas are posterior to its creation, who then knows whence this came out? Rig Veda VIII-17-6.

Rig Veda: ~ 'Prajnanam Brahma'- Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.

God in truth is the Atman, the Self. Atman is present in the form of consciousness.

Do not accept any other God other than Atman not worship other than Atman.

Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

Nothing is real but God. Nothing Matters but love for God in truth. God in truth is everywhere and in everything.

God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe. God in truth alone is and all else is an illusion.

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness alone, exists.  Consciousness appears as the universe which we cognize just as a rope appears as a serpent.  The consciousness puts on the appearance of this universe in which we exist.

Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. Consciousness is the substance and witness of the universe which appears as the waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

Consciousness is without cause and without effect, without anything inside or outside, without defect or impurity, without length or breadth, without color, shape, or form.

Consciousness is without limbs, parts, name, or caste, without hands and legs. Consciousness is an embodiment of wisdom, peace, and awareness.  Consciousness shines by itself because it is Self-luminous.

The universes in which you exist really exist in the Soul, the innermost Self. The universe comes into existence because of the Self-effulgent Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The whole universe exists within the Soul.  The universe appears as external because of ignorance.

How can one describe the glory and greatness of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness? Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman

Even the Vedas have sung in praise of the Brahman according to their limited capacity. No one has been able to find out its beginning or end.

The Soul walks without feet, grasps without hands, hears without ears, sees without eyes, tastes without a tongue, smells without a nose, feels without a skin, talks without a mouth, because, the Soul a mass of pure consciousness. All hands, feet, eyes, heads, faces, and the whole world are made from consciousness.

Consciousness is all-pervading.  Consciousness is beyond the reach of mind and speech because it exists prior to form, time, and space. One cannot see the Soul with these physical eyes, but he can realize the Soul by getting rid of the ignorance through Advaitic wisdom.

Consciousness is destitute of any other characteristics. Consciousness is entire without any sort of difference.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV-13:~ As a mass of salt has neither inside nor outside, but is entirely a mass of taste, thus indeed, has that Self neither inside nor outside but is altogether a mass of Knowledge. Just as a lump of salt has inside as well as outside one and the same saltish taste, not any other taste, so also that Brahman has inside as well as outside one and the same intelligence. Inside and outside are mental creations only. When the mind melts in silence, ideas of inside and outside vanish. The sage cognizes one illimitable, homogeneous mass of consciousness only.

The Soul, is present in the form of consciousness, is all-pervading and unattached. So it is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Srutis emphatically declare ~  Akasavat Sarvagata Nitya i.e., like ether all-pervading and eternal. If the pot is broken the pot-ether is not in any way affected. So it is unattached (Asanga).

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is Immortal.  The nature of the Soul is objectless consciousness.

The Soul is different from the knowable.  The Soul is beyond the unknowable also.  The Soul is incomprehensible. This does not mean that the Soul is a non-entity or void or a negative concept, or a metaphysical abstraction.  The Soul is a mass of knowledge or awareness.

The consciousness is denser than the stone or platinum or gold.  The consciousness is the only real entity, the substratum for everything that exists within the dualistic illusion.

Consciousness is the root element of the universe. From the consciousness,  the universe comes into existence. In consciousness, the universe resides. And into consciousness, the universe is dissolved.   Consciousness is the parent of all that is there.

The worries are of the dualistic illusion. The man and his world are within the waking experience. The waking experience is the dualistic illusion. The waking experience ceases to exist in deep sleep, where the waking experience has disappeared in deep sleep.

Remember:~

The one that appears as waking or the dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep, is not the ‘Self’. The ‘Self ‘is the Soul, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states.  The three states appear to be real, but their unreal nature is exposed if one realizes the Soul, the Self.

The worries do not belong to the Soul, the Self.  The Soul is the ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence, whereas you and your worries and your experience of the world are present only in the domain of the dualistic illusion. Thus, Self-knowledge is necessary to realize the truth beyond the dualistic illusion.

It is necessary to reflect on the same truth again and again till it becomes a reality. One needs to constantly, reflect on the subject until he gets a firm conviction of what is what. Words are needed until one gets a firm conviction of ‘what is what’. People need to read and hear the words of wisdom to think deeply and reach the ultimate end.  

“It takes time for the seeker to gain the perfect understanding of ‘what is the truth’ and ‘’what is untruth’. It takes time for the Soul, the Self to wake up from the sleep of ignorance, and it takes time for one realizes the truth, which is beyond the form, time,  and space.

The Soul has to wake up from the sleep of ignorance, and then only it is possible to realize the form, time and space are one,  in essence.  That essence is the Soul or consciousness. If the form time and space are one,  in essence, then there is no division in consciousness. If there is no division in consciousness, then there is no duality, if there is no duality then there is unity in diversity.

Ignorance is the cause of experiencing the duality as reality. Realizing Soul as the Self leads to Advaitic Self-awareness.   The Soul, the  Self is Absolute Knowledge, which cannot be negated.  The nature of the Soul is   Advaitic awareness.:~Santthosh Kumaar