Consciousness is the innermost Self. Consciousness is within this universe but it is not of this universe

Where is the need of a creator when one’s own dream experience offers proof that, the true self bring into being a whole waking experience, which contains  the world and persons, and if it  can create a dream world, why not also a waking world? Only seeker should not forget that 'Self ' does not refer to the ego which is itself a produced thing but he must know the true self is the formless Ataman or consciousness.

The Advanced stages of the pursuit of truth, resulting from the constant practice of inquiry, analysis and reasoning on the true base leads to “awareness of the true self”.  One has to mentally separate the self from the three states, know the three states to be the consciousness, because the substance and the witness of the three states   is the consciousness.

The three states do not exist; that is not its point; what is felt as real in each state is one and the same thing that is the consciousness, the true Self.

Consciousness is the innermost Self. Consciousness is within this universe but it is not of this universe. It is in this universe, but not of this universe means it is the formless substance and the witness of the universe, which is in the form of the mind (I). The mind (I) appears as waking or dream and disappears as deep sleep. 

The self who is in the form of consciousness is the formless knower of the mind, which comes and goes.   Consciousness is above; it is transcendental to all the miseries, which are inevitable in this illusory universe.  Therefore, there is a need to realize the fact that, the mind, which is in the form of the universe is a mere mirage created out consciousness.   Thus, the birth, life, death and the world are a mere mirage on the stand point of the consciousness, which is the true self. Only on the base of physical self the universe is a reality.  Thus the Self is within the universe but it is without the universe.

Only a Gnani alone can actually create the awareness of the truth. He can enliven and illuminate others to get out of this ignorance by being transcendental to the illusory birth, life, death and the universe. Gnani tries to guide the seekers get rid of the inherited ignorance and, rise above the egocentric concepts, be in this universe, but not of this universe, be in tune with the consciousness, which is his  true identity and the ultimate truth.