Mandukya Upanishad
With an Advaita Commentary from our Understanding
by Kenneth Jaques | 31,733 words
The Mandukya Upanishad is a short, just twelve verses, description of the material manifestation and the eventual return to unmanifest form of the Universe....
Verse 18
18. When the rope is definitely ascertained as the rope, the imagined attribute turns away, and the non-duality emerges in the form of the rope itself So likewise, takes place the ascertainment of Atman.
" When the rope is definitely ascertained as the rope, the imagined attribute turns away, and the non-duality emerges in the form of the rope itself"
As explained, when the truth of the rope is known naturally all false perceptions fade and fall away.
"So likewise, takes place the ascertainment of Atman."
In the same way, through the light of understanding gained through study and meditation what is false or unreal is seen as such and the truth of the non-duality Absolute becomes clear.