Consciousness is ground of the universe, the consciousness is the first cause of the universe and it itself is uncaused.

 

When formless consciousness, is the innermost self, which pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states, what value the theoretical philosophies and scientific inventions   which are based on individual intellectuality will have.  

The consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman. Consciousness is ground of the universe, the consciousness is the first cause of the universe and it itself is uncaused. 

Ultimate truth cannot be defined in positive terms because any definition would mean limitation.  One has to realize the fact that, the universe and all its contents are mere mirage created out of consciousness.  That means the mind and the soul, which is the innermost self are one in essence. 

v  What is the use of arguing on base of the birth entity, which is not the self?

v  What is the use of knowing what happens after death when the self is birthless? 

v  What is the use of thinking of the heaven and hell when the self is not an individual and it is never born and never dies?

 

The formless consciousness is the innermost self, is the only reality and universe to be but an illusory manifestation, an appearance which is not real. Mind [universe] and soul [self] do not represent two complimentary aspect of reality because they are one in essence. Thus the essence has to be taken as reality and the illusory manifestation cannot be considered as reality because it is created out of single stuff, which is consciousness.  Thus the experience of birth, life, death and the world and form, time and space are happening within the illusory manifestation has to considered as illusion.   

Nothing can be independent of consciousness because no second thing exists other than consciousness. The whole universe without the form, time and space is consciousness.  Without the form, time and space there is no universe but it is only the formless nondual consciousness. But this truth has to be grasped to assimilate and realize the true essence of nonduality.