“All the manifested world of things and beings are projected by imagination upon the substratum which is the Eternal All-pervading Vishnu, whose nature is Existence-Intelligence; just as the different ornaments are all made out of the same gold.” WorldMadeDifferentImaginationExistenceEternalGoldOrnamentsVishnu Author:Adi Shankara
“You never identify yourself with the shadows cast by your body, or with its reflection, or with the body you see in a dream or in your imagination. Therefore you should not identify yourself with this living body either.” ShouldDreamBodyImaginationReflectionShadowCastsYour BodyAdvaitaSpiritual Awakening Author:Adi Shankara
“Give up identification with this mass of flesh as well as with what thinks it a mass. Both are intellectual imaginations. Recognise your true self as undifferentiated awareness, unaffected by time, past, present or future, and enter Peace.” ThinkingGivingWellsSelfPastImaginationAwarenessGiving UpMassIntellectualFleshTrue SelfRecogniseIdentificationPast PresentTimes Past Author:Adi Shankara