(This is a guided discussion on the essence of Vedanta which shows us how to deliberate and reach the conclusion that the real I is actually Divine and not the mind-body-intellect complex.)
Q. When both the Self and the world exist; why there is a rule that the world alone appears and the Self doesn‟t?
(Relief: -) The world doesn‟t appear apart from the Self; but the Self, alone, without binding of the world, exists independently. For an instance, the Self exists invariably in the deep-sleep; then, the world never exists. Therefore, the world alone without the Self is not real; and the existence of the world is due to that of the Self; and this is the conclusion. As the existence of the world is falsified, so that of the Self is never falsified; and it is not possible to falsify the existence of the Self. Therefore, the Self, alone, is the Reality and the world is a mere appearance alone.
