The universe is the clue. The seeker has to study the nature of the universe and discover its source.+

Sage Sankara: ~ “VC~ All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought”.

The universe is what the seeker has to begin his investigation to realize the truth hidden by the universe. A perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ will help the seeker to reach the Soul, which is the source of the universe from where it rises and dissolved.

Sage Sankara: ~VC~ if the universe is true, let it then be perceived in the state of deep sleep also. As it is not at all perceived, it must be unreal and false like dreams.

This universe is nothing but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. From the Soul, the universe appears and when the universe disappears from consciousness, consciousness still remains without any division of the form, time, and space.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ The universe rises from the Soul, the Self like bubbles from the sea. Thus, know the Self to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

To enable the seeker to steer clear of any possible doubt, the seeker should take the Atmic path. The universe is the clue. The seeker has to investigate the nature of the universe and discover its source.

Remember:~

The universe is subjected to creation and dissolution only from the standpoint of the ego. The Soul, the Self cannot be subjected to creation and dissolution because the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. The Soul is as it is.

Let you be clear on one thing. The universe in which you exist is a dualistic illusion or Maya created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. but in reality, the universe in which you exist neither existed in the past nor exists now nor going to exist in the future.

Whatever existed in the past and whatever exists now and whatever is going to exists in the future is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

All our experience of birth, life, and death, is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. the only real thing in the universe in which we exist is consciousness, which is the cause of this world and it itself is uncaused.

All your doubts and confusions are based on an unsupported assumption because your views and judgments are based on the dualistic perspective.

You presume that the cause-effect relationship is valid and real.

But causal relationships have no reality. they lack reality because, on the non-dualistic perspective, there is neither the cause nor the effect there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Whatever is perceived, the one who perceives and the perception within the dualistic illusion is not different from the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, because the universe, which is the dualistic illusion is created out of single stuff and that single stuff is consciousness. :~Santthosh Kumaar