The Advaitic path is not meant for those who see the world as a reality but for those who want to realize the truth.+

From a dualistic perspective, the world is real. From the non-dualistic perspective, the world is non-existent as a reality.

Those who see the world in a dualistic perspective see the world as reality, and their knowledge is limited to form, time, and space.

From the non-dualistic perspective, form, time, and space are one in essence.

The Advaitic path is not meant for those who see the world as a reality but for those who want to realize the truth hidden by the dualistic illusion. Advaitic wisdom exposed the unreality of the universe. The universe is nothing but an illusion created out of a single clay. That single clay is the Spirit, or Soul, or consciousness.

When you finally realize the Self is not you but the Self is the invisible Soul, then you will realize the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, you, your experience of birth, life, death, and the world are merely an illusion created out of consciousness; consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

The world is both real and unreal. It is real because it is a manifestation of consciousness, but is unreal in the sense that it is not absolute and eternal like consciousness itself.

People's approach is more practical, and they stick with the reality of the world; they take it as real. That is why all the confusion.

In Self-awareness, the witness and the witnessed are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. There is no second thing that exists other than consciousness.

Thus, whatever is seen, known, believed, and experienced as a person is a reality within the waking experience (duality), but waking experience (duality) itself is merely an illusion. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar