Consciousness is the root element of the universe.+

Consciousness is the root element of the universe. Consciousness is present in the form of the Soul, the Self.  

From consciousness, the universe comes into existence. In consciousness, the universe resides. And into consciousness, the universe is dissolved.   Consciousness is the parent of the universe. 

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

Do not accept any other truth other than consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth,  Nothing is real but consciousness, . Nothing Matters but to realize the ultimate truth. Consciousness is everywhere and in everything. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

Bhagavad Gita: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God in truth) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).

When Bhagavad Gita says, that God is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then nothing has to be accepted as truth other than consciousness.

Consciousness is ever-present. Without consciousness, the world, in which you exist ceases to exist.   

Consciousness is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny consciousness because it is the very essence of the one who denies it. Consciousness is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. Consciousness is everything. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

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

Knowledge of the single stuff is Advaitic wisdom or Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana

Like an ornament made from gold is Gold, which is born out of consciousness is consciousness. Like gold is a permanent thing, in ornaments made of gold, similarly, the mind, which is in the form of the universe is born out of consciousness, is consciousness in its essence.

 A Gnani sees only unity in diversity, just like a goldsmith estimating the gold in various items of jewelry sees only gold. Thus, the Goldsmith everything is gold in jewelry. Same way Gnani knows the universe is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

When one identifies the Self with the form, then only the form, time, and space are present. But when one transcends form, time, and space the duality never remains as a reality.

All our doubts and questions arise because the Soul, the Self is in ignorance of its own Self. When the Soul, the Self remains in its own awareness there, then there is unity in diversity (oneness).

You, your body, and the world in which you exit are within the dualistic illusion, which is present in the form of the ‘I’.

Realize you are not you, your body is not the body the world in which you exist is not the world but they are all made of single clay. That single clay is the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.  

Because of ignorance, you think you are an individual separate from the world and world that existed prior to you, you are born in it later on. The ‘I’ is inborn ignorance cause of experiencing the world in which you exist as a reality whereas the world in which you exist is the dualistic illusion or Maya.

By realizing your body and the world in which you exist are made of a single clay and that that single clay is the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness you will realize your body and the world what really is in reality.

Thus it is necessary to realize ‘what is what’ the world in which you exist is nothing but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

Remember:~

When you realize the words, thoughts, and the world in which you exist are created out of single stuff and that single stuff is consciousness, then you will realize the truth which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space. 

When everything is created out of consciousness then there is no second thing that exists, other than consciousness. It takes time to grasp the Advaitic truth. All the obstacles have to be overcome one by one. 

Realize with a full and firm conviction that: ~ 

You are not you but consciousness; your body is not the body but consciousness, the world in which you exist is not the world but consciousness. 

Everything that is known, seen, believed, and experienced by you is nothing but consciousness then what else remains, which is not consciousness. There is nothing else to realize other than to realize consciousness alone is, everything else is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. 

By realizing everything is consciousness, the Advaitic wisdom dawns. Perfect understanding and assimilation of ‘what is what’ lead to Advaitic awareness. 

Without the world, in which you exist God alone exists. When God disappears then the world, in which you exist appears. The world, in which you exist disappears God appears. Thus, realize that God in truth to be the Soul. 

The Soul is the Self. Thus, the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.  

If you stick to the ultimate truth then the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. 

If you realize this truth you will live in this world but not of this world. Thus, consciousness alone is real and eternal. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Buddhism or Hinduism and all the religions of the world are dualistic because they are egocentric. +

Buddhism or Hinduism and all the religions of the world are dualistic because they are egocentric. 

Religion is not spirituality. Religious people are based on the belief as truth whereas Spiritual people bases themselves on the Soul, the Spirit as the ultimate truth, or Brahman. Never mix religion with spirituality.

The ultimate truth is One and universal. All people are seeking the same Truth..... Everyone is going toward the ultimate goal. They will all realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God if they have sincerity and longing to realize it.

Religion is based on blind belief. But in pursuit of truth, doubt is the main ingredient.

Most people have the desire to know the truth, but the capacity to understand and assimilate it is limited. The result is that people resolve the conflict by jumping to the first and simplest and easiest conclusion as the correct one, and smugly but unjustifiably thinking “I know”: Thus, they commit the fallacy of primitivity.

The seeker needs proof to accept anything as truth. Every guru intellectuals, pundits, or yogi statements have to be verified before accepting them as ultimate truth or Brahman. Their claims have to be verified before accepting them as truth.

The seeker must have the courage of Bhagavan Buddha to accept the truth and reject the untruth. Since Bhagavan Buddha rejected religion, the idea of personal God, and scriptures, therefore, it is evident that he has gone through every aspect and verified and found them to be inadequate and useless for the pursuit of truth.

That is why Buddha said: ~ “Believe nothing because a wise man said it, Believe nothing because it is generally held. Believe nothing because it is written. Believe nothing because it is said to be divine. Believe nothing because someone else said it. But believe only what you yourself judge to be true.

Dalai Lama said: ~ Buddhism need not be the best religion though it is most scientific and religion and inquisitive. But Buddhism has no answer to certain questions like the existence of Atama (Soul) and rebirth. Dali Lama said that as an individual he believes in rebirth as he had come across a few cases of rebirth. Modern science, Dalai Lama hoped would unearth the mystery behind the rebirth. (In DH –dec-212009-Gulbarga).

Buddhists do not believe in Atma. Thus, the entire Buddhist theories and sutras are physical-based, therefore; they yield the truth of the part not the truth of the whole. All the Buddhist teachings are not of the Buddhas but it is mixed up with other religions of different nations in Asia which were merged with Buddhism. Thus, It is very difficult to get the true essence of the pure essence of Bhagavan Buddha‘s wisdom. Buddhism has not proved the truth of Nonduality. Advaitic Sages agree.

Bhagavan Buddha pointed out the unreality of the world. Bhagavan Buddha told people they were foolish to cling to it. But he stopped there. He came nearest to Advaita in speech but not to Advaita fully. Only when we independently search the truth without religion and its doctrine then we will be able to realize the truth beyond form, time, and space. 

Buddhism believes in reincarnation. Buddhism does not believe in the existence of Athma. Buddhism does not believe in the existence of God whereas Sage Sankara proved the existence of Athma and the existence of Brahman or God by declaring Atman is Brahman. From the standpoint of Athma, reincarnation is an illusion because the present experience of birth, life, death, and the world is merely an illusion. 

Bhagavan Buddha was a Gnani, not his follower. Bhagavan Buddha’s wisdom was lost, it is because it is mixed up and messed up with other religions in Asia wherever it existed. Bhagavan Buddha has rejected religion whereas 

Buddhism is considered a religion. The truth is universal and truth does not belong to any religion.   

Bhagavan Buddha was not Buddhist. Bhagavan Buddha was not the founder of Buddhism because he rejected the religion, scriptures, and the idea of God.

To get the pure essence of the wisdom of Bhagavan Buddha, Buddhism has to be bifurcated from Bhagavan Buddha's wisdom because Buddhism and all its Sutras are physicalized.

Bhagavan Buddha started the quest and Sage Sankara completed the journey. Bhagavan Buddha & Sage Sankara both are Sage of truth. Humanity owes gratitude to both great sages of truth.

Buddhism has not proved the truth of Nonduality because Buddhists do not believe in Athma because they believe in emptiness. Nonduality is based on Athma. Athma is the very essence of nonduality. without the Athma there is no nonduality. 

Sage Sankara says the Athma is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny the Athma because it is the very essence of the one who denies it. The Athma is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. The Athma is the Self.

Bhagavan Buddha pointed out the unreality of the world and he told people, they were foolish to cling to it. However, he stopped there. He came nearest to Advaita in speech but not to Advaita fully.

Sage Sankara disagrees with Buddhists who say, there is nothing - a nonentity. Sage  Sankara believes there is some reality, even though things are not what they appear to be. If one knows the truth, he will know what to do to find inspiration for action. The seeker‘s subject is to know what is it that is Real. Unless one exercises his Reason (Buddhi) there is no chance of getting the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Remember:~ 

Bhagavan Buddha's teachings that all life is misery belong to the relative standpoint only. For you cannot form any idea of misery without contrasting it with its opposite, happiness. The two will always go together. Bhagavan Buddha taught the goal of cessation of misery, i.e. peace, but took care not to discuss the ultimate standpoint for then he would have had to go above the heads of the people and tell them that misery itself was only an idea, that peace even was an idea (for it contrasted with peacelessness). That the doctrine he gave out was a limited one, is evident because he inculcated compassion. Why should a Buddhist sage practice pity? There is no reason for it.

Advaita is the next step higher than Buddhism because it gives the missing reason, viz. unity, non-difference from others, and because it explains that it used the concept of removing the sufferings of others, of lifting them up to happiness, only as we use one thorn to pick out another, afterwards throw both away. Similarly, Advaita discards both concepts of misery and happiness in the ultimate standpoint of non-duality, which is indescribable.

Buddhists say that a thing exists only for a moment, and if that thing has still got some of the substance from which it was produced, how then can they deny that its cause is continuing in the effect; hence its existence is more than a moment. Vedanta is concerned with whether it is one and the same thing which has come into being or has it come out of nothing.

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 

To acquire Advaitic Gnana or Self-knowledge of Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana there is a need to realize what is this ‘I’ is in actuality.+

Whatever appears as dualistic illusion is the consciousness and whatever is the cause of the dualistic illusion is also consciousness. There is no second thing that exists other than the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness. 

It is foolish to limit consciousness to the individual and think consciousness is limited to physicality. Consciousness appears as ‘I’ in waking or dream and ‘I’ disappears as consciousness in deep sleep. That is the Soul appears as the universe in waking or dream and the universe disappears as the Soul is in deep sleep. That is the dualistic illusion appears as waking or dream and disappears as the non-dualistic reality in deep sleep.

 The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is Seer and also Seen (I). The Seen is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

From the ultimate standpoint, the illusion has no value because the Seer and the Seen are one in essence. The ‘I’ appears on its own it perishes on its own. The ‘I’ is not the cause of the appearance and disappearance because the ‘I’ itself is the appearance. 

The ‘Self’ is not ‘I’, but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The one which witnesses the appearance and disappearance is not ‘I’ because the ‘I’ appears and disappears. 

The one which is aware of the appearance and disappearance of ‘I’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Realize, ‘what is this ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality and what is hidden by the ‘I’ will be revealed. 

If you realize the ‘Self ‘is not the ‘I’ but the Soul then whatever is hidden by the ‘I’ will be revealed. Realizing the Soul is not the ‘I’ but the Soul is the Self, is Self-realization. 

That is why Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18) 

The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the Self, which is the cause of the universe. 

People think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The seeker has to understand the fact that ‘I’ is not the Self, but the witness of the ‘I’ is the true Self, which is eternal. 

That is why Ashtavakra Gita 16:10:~ If you desire liberation, but you still say "I," If you feel the ‘Self’ is the ‘I’, You are not a wise man or a seeker. You are simply a man who suffers. 

People are stuck with the reality of the ‘I’, which they take as real because some Gurus have propagated the Self is the ‘I’. There is no need to convince such a mindset. The seeker of truth accepts only the truth nothing but the truth. Perfect understanding and assimilation of ‘what is what’ lead to Advaitic Self-awareness.

Remember: 

The Self is not the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is product ignorance. The ignorance will disappear neither by ‘WHO AM ‘I’?' nor by the ‘I AM THAT- teachings. Ignorance will vanish only through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. To acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana there is a need to realize what is this ‘I’ is in actuality.

Remember this:~ The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. The mind is present in the form of the universe. The universe is form, time, and space together. The universe appears as the waking or dream. 

The waking is parallel (duality). The waking is a parallel dream (duality). The waking or dream disappears as deep sleep (nonduality). The one which appears as duality and disappears as nonduality is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. ‘I’ is the dualistic illusion. 

The dualistic illusion is present in the form of: ~ The Mind The Universe The form, time and space The Waking The Dream The dualistic illusion is the whole universe. The universe appears as ‘I’ and disappears as ‘I-LESS. The experience of birth, life, death, and the world is happening within the dualistic illusion.

The ‘I’ is the whole universe, which is the dualistic illusion. The ‘I’ appears as waking and becomes ‘I’-LESS and deep sleep.

Remember:~

The one that appears as the ‘I’ and disappears as ‘I –LESS is the Soul. The Soul is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. The one that becomes dual and one that becomes non-dual is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Thus, whatever that exists as dual and nondual is nothing but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

Bhagavad Gita says: ~ Among thousands of men, scarcely one strives for perfection; and of those who strive and succeed, scarcely one knows the ‘Self’ in truth. 

The path of wisdom attracts only those who are in search of truth and they appreciate it greatly. The ignorant are not spiritually matured they receive Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

The ignorant indulge in argument and provocation and personal attack, which hinders their own realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. 

That is why  Jesus said: ~ Do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. (Matthew -7:6) ~ 

Jesus meant knowledge of the Spirit (God) or Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Bhagavad Gita says ~ “Don't unsettle the minds of ignorant by revealing the esoteric truth." : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

If you are seeking truth nothing but truth then you must tread the path independently without the physical Guru.+

The Guru-disciple concept belongs to religion. Gurudom is nothing to do with Spirituality. The Guru is already there. the Soul, the Self is the real Guru hidden by ignorance.

That is why Swami Vivekananda said: ~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher, but your own Soul.” Yogis and Gurus are not Gods. This idea of worshiping Guru as God is not a Vedic idea but adopted from Jainism and Buddhism.

Advaitic Gnana cannot be transmitted neither from outside nor from another person. Guru of everyone is only the Soul, the Self that is always revealing on its own.

The grace of the Guru is only that Self-awareness that is the nature of the Soul. It is the Soul, the Self is unceasingly revealing its existence. This revelation is always going on naturally in every serious seeker. 

Advaitic Gnana is given neither from outside nor from another person. It can be realized by the seeker on his own. The Gnana Guru of everyone is only the Soul the innermost ‘Self’ that is always revealing its own is the seeker is receptive and serious in quest of truth.

The Guru is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and Guru is equally useless when the ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.

A Guru is needed in the religious and the yogic path. There is no need for a Guru to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread."

So he wore a Guru's robe only for the sake of the ignorant. So he was identified as Guru with parampara by religious people. For the truth seekers, Sage Sri, Sankara is a Brahma Gnani.

Sage Sankara himself said: ~ A Gnani "bears no outward mark of a holy man" (Stanza 539).

Sage Sankara says the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by the illusion, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, (Gnani)

~ Then why you are sticking a Guru who is not a Gnani.

Thus, it proves that the religious gurus and yogis are not Gnanis because they identified themselves as holy people.

Yoga Vasistha says: ~ Self-knowledge or knowledge of truth is not had by resorting to a Guru (preceptor) nor by the study of scripture, nor by good works: it is attained only by means of inquiry inspired by the company of wise (Gnani). One’s inner light alone is the means, naught else. When this inner light is kept alive, it is not affected by the darkness of inertia.

Sticking to physical Guru is sticking to ignorance.

If you are seeking truth nothing but the truth then you must tread the path independently without the physical Guru.

Getting sentimentally and emotionally involved with the Guru blocks realization of the truth which is hidden by the form, time, and space. The physical Guru belongs to form, time, and space the truth is beyond the form, time, and space. If you stick up to physical Guru it is impossible to transcend form, time, and space. Soul, the Self will remain a prisoner in the cage of ignorance.

Tripura Rahasya: ~ Second-hand knowledge of the Self-gathered from books or Gurus can never emancipate a man until its truth is rightly investigated and applied; only direct realization will do that. Realize yourself, turning the mind inward. (18: 89)

The Gurus, yogis, Swamis are not Gnanis. The Gurus, yogis, Swamis are nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman. In the path of wisdom, the Guru is not necessary. Advaitic truth is very simple, but it becomes very difficult if one wants to realize it through some Guru or some teaching. 

To realize this simple truth one need not go to any Guru, one need not lose himself in the labyrinth of philosophy; one need not spend his lifetime and indulge in glorifying Gurus or religious Gods, one need not search truth in the books, one need not renounce his family life. One has to be in the world but not of the world.

It is because of our inherited samskara or conditioning we are carrying the baggage of the mental junk. We have to burn all the junk, which is blocking our realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman.

If one is seeking truth nothing but truth one has to drop worshiping the physical Gurus, sticking to the Gurus emotionally. Glorifying the Guru and God is for those who are not seeking the truth.

Vedas bar human worship: ~

Translation 3

"They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal Prakriti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, But those who worship visible things born of the Prakriti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time. "- (Yajurveda 40:9.)

Then why worship and glorify the Gurus and Yogis (human form) in place of God when Veda bars such activities and it also warns people who indulge in such activities are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time.

By worshiping the Gurus as Gods, the wisdom will not dawn. The person who indulges in such activities will not be able to cross the threshold of dualistic illusion. One has to grasp, assimilate and realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Those Gurus who propagate the ‘Self’ as ‘you’, are propagating ignorance.+

Bhagavad Gita says: ~  ‘Among thousands of men, scarcely one strives for perfection; and of those who strive and succeed, scarcely one knows the ‘Self’ in truth.

The path of wisdom attracts only those who are in search of truth and they appreciate it greatly. The ignorant are not spiritually matured they receive Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. The ignorant indulge in argument and provocation and personal attack, which hinders their own realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman.

That is why Jesus said: ~ - Do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. (Matthew -7:6)

~ Jesus meant knowledge of the Spirit or Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Bhagavad Gita says: ~ “Don't unsettle the minds of ignorant by revealing the esoteric truth."

As the conviction of the Soul, the 'Self' becomes firm all the inherited religious conditioning false on its own.

First realize the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness. Mentally hold on to the Soul and mentally reduce the world in which you exist as consciousness by realizing the world in which you exist is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

Swami Vivekananda: ~Jñāna Yoga is divided into three parts. First: hearing the truth--that the Atman is the only reality and that everything else is Maya. Second: reasoning upon this philosophy from all points of view. Third: giving up all further argumentation and realizing the truth. This realization comes from being certain that Brahman is real and everything else is unreal.

Katha Upanishad says: ~ This Atman is attained by him alone whom It chooses. ( II -23-P-20)

Thus, those who have taken the path of wisdom are chosen ones. The chosen one will get the grace of the Soul, the inner Guru. The path of wisdom is the Soulcentric path, whereas all other paths are egocentric. All egocentric paths are leads to hallucination.

The Soul, the 'Self' reveals ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal” when the seeker is receptive and ready.

Until you hold the Self as you, you will remain as ignorant. Those Gurus who propagate the ‘Self’ as ‘you’, are propagating ignorance. Following such Gurus, is following the path of ignorance.

You are nothing to do with the Soul, the ‘Self’ because your existence is a reality within the form, time, and space. Without form, time, and space, you cease to exist.

You are the birth entity bound by death whereas the Soul is birthless and deathless because the Soul is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

That is why Sage Sankara says: ~ V C: ~65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.

There is only one Reality to be known, the same for all seekers, but the ways to it, are hidden by the religion. 

Self-discovery is the only way, towards the non-dualistic absolute without any religious doctrines, which will help the seekers to unfold the mystery of the illusion in which we all are searching for the truth of our true existence.

There is no higher or lower Self. There is only one Self that is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

The world in which we exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

Thus, the Soul alone is real and all else an illusion. Mentally hold on to the Soul and drop the illusion. And rest in the Soul or consciousness. Realizing the Self is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul is Self-realization. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The world in which you exist is not Brahman but the cause of the world in which you exist is consciousness is Brahman or God in truth.+

The world in which you exist is not Brahman but the cause of the world in which you exist is consciousness is Braham or God in truth. 

The main purpose of analyzing the external world is to discover that to realize the world in which we exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.  The Soul, the Self is hidden by the illusory world in which we exist.

From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, the world in which we exist is an illusion. From the standpoint of the ego, the world in which we exist is a reality.

Sage Sri, Sankara:~  ‘VC~.63: "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.

After verifying through deeper inquiry if one finds the world is the reality within the illusion then he cannot again say the world is not an illusion.

If one is frightened to accept the world is an illusion (waking) then he is unfit to acquire ‘Self’-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Those who stuck with the reality of the world are stuck with the reality of the individual experiences of birth, life, and death, which takes place within the unreal world. Thus the pursuit of truth is for those who have the courage to accept reality as it is, that is the reality without form, time, and space.

When you finally realize the ‘‘Self’ ‘is not you but the ‘‘Self’’ is the Soul then you will realize the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, you, your experience birth, life, death, and the world merely an illusion created out of the consciousness, the consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God or God in truth.

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. 

People fail to make this analysis because they view and judge the worldview from the dualistic perspective

Remember:~

Religious-minded people fail to realize the truth hidden by the world in which they exist because they take the world in which they exist as a reality.  

Without realizing the world is unreal and the Soul alone real and eternal it is impossible to discriminate between real and unreal.

To effect this discrimination, we need intelligence much sharper than the average, whereas too much religion drugs this intelligence.

Those who lack the intelligence to discriminate between the subject (Soul) and the object (world) will not be able to grasp what is real and what is unreal. Both subject and object are consciousness, not subject alone. 

A weaker mindset cannot take a comprehensive view and so decry what they cannot understand.

There is no need for getting an aversion to the world, as do the ascetics and yogis; on the contrary, one should go on living in the world, acting, working, etc. that he should accept the fact that the world is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of the consciousness. 

There is no need to renounce worldly life to acquire Advaitic wisdom but to realize the world is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

The seeker has to have humility, patience, sharpness to grasp, ability to discriminate between the Real and the non-Real and an intense desire for liberation. However, it is important to remember that Advaitic wisdom is not a result of mere ritualistic practice. Ritualistic practices will not help to acquire Advaitic wisdom or Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Sage Sankara says: ~ “The exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false is real meditation, then why you are indulging in other types of meditation.

Perfect understanding and realization of ‘what is what’ leads to Self-awareness. By holding onto theories one remains in the realm of duality. You have to mentally go on dropping what is not the truth through deeper Self-search. Finally when you become aware of the fact that, your ego, your body, and the world are one in essence then there is Self-awareness in the midst of duality.

Those who lack the intelligence to discriminate between the subject and the object will not be able to grasp what is real and what is unreal. Both subject and object are consciousness, not subject alone.

The subject is the Soul, the Spirit and the object is the ‘I’ the matter. The Soul, the Self is the Spirit. The Soul, the Self is the subject. The ‘I’ the universe is the matter. 

Unless you realize ‘what is the subject?’ and ‘what is the object’? -  ‘you will never be able to unfold the mystery hidden by the ‘I’.

You have been misled by the eastern and western Advaitic Gurus and their ‘I-centric teachings you are unable to grasp the ‘Self’ hidden by the ‘I’. The ‘Self' hidden by the ‘I’ means the Spirit hidden by the matter. Remember the eastern and western Advaitic Gurus and their ‘I-centric teachings are not the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara. 

Sage Sankara says: ~ “What is accepted without a proper inquiry will not lead a person to the final goal. On the contrary, such acceptance will result only in evil, in something which is detrimental to our spiritual progress. 

Unless you drop all eastern and western Advaitic Gurus and their ‘I-centric teachings you will not be able to acquire the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara who is the expounder der of the Advaitic wisdom. :~ Santthosh Kumaar