Just as a piece of rope is imagined to be a snake in the semi-darkness and an oyster to be a piece of silver, so is the Atman (Soul) determined to be the body by an ignorant person. The illusion of Samsara is not an absolute reality.
Atman is ‘One’ without parts, whereas the body has many parts, yet people see these two as One! What else can be called ignorance but this? Knowledge destroys ignorance, as light destroys darkness.
When ignorance is destroyed, then the Self truly reveals, like the Sun when the clouds are removed. The destruction of ignorance is liberation. Darkness cannot remove darkness.
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The invisble Soul, the Self, is neither five elements, nor any of the organs individually, nor all the elements or organs together as a whole.
The body and universe exist within the waking or dream. Thus the body and the universe are limited to waking or dream.
The Soul, the Self is hidden by the universe. the universe appears as waking or dream(duality) and disappears as deep sleep(nonduality).
The Soul is hidden by the waking or dream as their formless substance and it is without the waking or dream as their formless witness.
The Soul is present in the consciousness. consciousness is hidden because the waking or dream is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.
Thus form, time, and space within waking or dream have no value because the waking or dreams are merely an illusion created out of consciousness.
The waking or dreams are impermanent whereas the Soul, the formless substance and witness of the waking or dream are permanent.
The dream becomes unreal when waking takes place. The waking becomes unreal when wisdom dawns. The wisdom dawn when the waking entity (ego or you) realizes the ‘Self’ is neither the waking entity nor the Self is dream entity but the Self is the Soul, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states. ~Santthosh Kumaar
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