’I’ ceases to exists without the mind.

 

Mundaka Upanishad/3/1/8: Eye cannot see him, nor words reveal him; by the senses, austerity, or works he is not known. When the mind is cleansed by the grace of wisdom, he is seen by contemplation–the One without parts.

Man and his experience of the world are part of the waking experience. Without the waking experience, there is neither man nor his experience of the world exists.  The waking experience ceases to exist without the ‘mind’. Mind is present in the form of 'I'. 'I' is present in the form of universe. universe is present in the form of waking..

 ’I’ ceases to exists without the mind. The whole physical existence(universe)  is mind. Without the mind, there is no   physical existence(universe). Whatever prevails without the physical existence(universe)  is the formless  soul, the innermost self. The  formless soul is in the form of consciousnesses. Thus soul  or consciousness are one and the same thing.   The soul  or consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman because the whole universe is created out of consciousness.  form ultimate standpoint the universe ceases to exist as reality because the universe is mirage created out of consciousness.  this consciousness alone is real and all else is illusion.

 

The mind contains the man and his experience of the world. The soul contains the mind. The soul or consciousness pervades the three states everywhere and in everything in all the three states as its formless substance and witness.   Therefore, there is no second thing exists other then  conciousness. 

 The  world  is reality only on the base of false self (ego or waking entity) . On the base of soul as self,  the three states are   mere mirage.  Therefore, viewing and judging the three states on the false self (waking entity or ego) will lead one to  hallucination. 

There is no difference between dream and waking experience on the base of the soul , the innermost  self. The false self(ego)  is limited to the waking or dream.  The truth is beyond waking and dream . The one, which witness the dream without the physical apparatus, witnesses the waking experience also. Thus, the witness of the waking and dream is within but it is apart.  It is within the waking  or  dream as their formless substance and it is apart from the waking and dream, as their formless witness.  The substance and witness  are one in essence.  therefore, the three state are mere mirage created out of consciousness. 

The waking or dream is full of form, shapes and colours. The waking or dream is bound by form, time and space. The waking or dream is bound by birth, life and death.  The individual experiences are happenings within the waking or dream. The dream becomes unreal, when the waking takes place. The waking becomes unreal, when one becomes aware of the fact that, the soul is the true self.  On the base of the soul, the three states are unreal. Therefore, the soul alone is real and eternal.  Therefore, soul is ultimate truth or  Brahman.