Creation appears to exist

There really is no appearance.
There appears to appear an appearance. But no appearance exists. 

I always go back to the hypnosis, the mesmerism.
The water in the mirage appears real
but upon investigation it's not water at all, it's sand.
The sky appears blue, but if you investigate there is no sky
and there is no blue and so forth.

These things do not exist. That is the phenomena.
They appear to exist. Creation appears to exist. 

Go back to the dream. Why does a dream come?
It comes out of your mind, it comes out of your imagination. 

It's external to you that's how it appears.
A dream appears to be external to you. 

The whole universe is involved. But where does it come from?
Out of your own mind. 

So all the rest, creation, God, people, places and things
come out of the mind. They don't really exist.

Everybody is dreaming the mortal dream.
It's just like when you have a dream, we're all in your dream.
Is it the same dream? All of us in this room are in your dream.
When you have a dream tonight, you are dreaming this dream
and so is everyone else. 

But it appears as if everyone is having an individual dream.
And yet there is only one dream. 

And when you awaken it will stop.
So do not take dreams seriously and do not take the world seriously.

Observe, be the witness, watch, do not react and be happy.
-Robert Adams - T.78 - What Is Brahman? - 4th July, 1991