The words of Ashtavakra are so abstract that it is beyond the ability of a common man to understand them. Let's take for example, the Verse VII. 5. where he says, "I am really Consciousness and the world is juggler's show" and asks, "How can one think of or where is the thought of acceptance or rejection?"
This is something we cannot understand. How can there be a statement "The world does not exist" although everything we see, hear, touch, smell or feel actually exists? What is actually meant here is that a jnyani, yogi is not interested in the objects of the world since he has no desire for them. He knows well that these are false, illusory, and the objective, phenomenal world is a magical one subject to disintegration, wear and tear, and change with the time (and hence unreal).
As an attained soul is established in his self (sva stha), experiencing divine bliss, param anand, the ordinary mundane worldly objects do not attract him. The yogins are just living till their mortal body (parthiva sharira) falls off like an old leaf falls off in winter.
These few words are just enough for a spiritual seeker, sadhaka, to contemplate, meditate, and experience the reality of the nature of this world. It may take years and years by the time a flash occurs and things become clear!
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