In consciousness, appears the universe. This is a step which only a dwitveranta takes. Others don't go here. They stop because this makes the entire universe an appearance. Whatever appears in consciousness, that appearance, what is it? If you try to touch, will you touch? Leaves and branches and roots, what will you Touch? Water. The sky in the lake, will you your hand move in space?"
Inspired by the 15th chapter of the Ashtavakra Gita, Swami Sarvapriyananda gives a discourse on the nature of the Self.