Ashtavkara Gita: - The Soul, the Self is perfect and the same in misery and happiness, hope and despair, and life and death, therefore in this way enter into the state of dissolution.+

Ashtavkara 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."

Ashtavkara Gita: - The Soul, the Self is perfect and the same in misery and happiness, hope and despair, and life and death, therefore in this way enter into the state of dissolution.

The whole universe is nothing but the Soul. Therefore, there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

It is not as if something that was not consciousness suddenly becomes consciousness. Rather, "knowing the truth” means a removal of the ignorance about one's own existence as consciousness. Thus, to "know the truth” is to "be consciousness."

Consciousness is ever-present. Without consciousness, the universe, 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 or God in truth.

It is the same consciousness (Soul) manifests as the whole universe. consciousness itself is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. Consciousness is the ultimate cause of the universe and it itself is uncaused.  The seeker of truth must convince himself of this truth by Soulcentric reasoning. 

The universe is verily consciousness. Without realizing ‘what is the Mind? it impossible to get Self-realization. The universe is not different from the Mind because the universe is the mind itself. The mind is not different from the Soul because the mind is the dualistic illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, the universe is nothing but consciousness. The universe is unreal because it is not absolute and eternal like consciousness.

Remember:~

Everyone innately believes in the reality of the practical life within the practical world.

If they take the practical life within the practical world as a reality, then they have accepted their experience of birth, life, death, and the world as a reality.

If they have accepted their experience of birth, life, death, and the world as a reality, then they have accepted the waking experience as a reality.

If they have accepted the waking experience as a reality, then they have accepted the form, time, and space as a reality.

If they have accepted form, time, and space as a reality, then they have accepted the duality as a reality.

If they have accepted the duality as a reality, then they have accepted the mind as a reality.

If they have accepted the mind as a reality they have accepted the ‘I’ as a reality.

If they have accepted the ‘I’ as reality, then they have accepted the illusion as a reality.

If they accepted the illusion as a reality then they are in the realm of ignorance.

Till they hold the ‘I’ as the Self they will remain in the prison of the dualistic illusion. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar