What is really real?

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I recently came across a spiritual guru, who made this all-encompassing statement. "Nothing inside the mind is real." And then, he defined the "real" by saying that the real is that that never changes. On his terms then, only God is real, because most religions claim that God is always the same, and never changes, but everything else does change. Even if he was right though, what is the point of his pointing this out? We are all real to ourselves, and our life would be pointless without some personal real point in it for ourselves, like a purpose, or a reason, for our being alive. The realness of our being here, and fulfilling God's purpose for our own life, is what is real in our lives. We can change, and God expects us to change, and so the real can change, and God created it to change, and to grow into perfection, as it does so too. As creation grows, the creator grows with it, and so in this sense, God changes too, by his creation changing within him, and all that he is, or encompasses. This guru called God, "pure consciousness", which he claimed never changed, either. All change is illusory, he then went on to claim. Now, consciousness changes, and is changing all of the time. We can increase our own level of consciousness, and as we do so, the overall pool of consciousness then expands too, and so he was wrong about this too; consciousness, is always increasing, and will always do so. On the other hand, though, God has always existed, and if he could change, it would mean that that part of him never existed before, and that he has changed into it now, only encompassing it now. God would be a will-of-the wisp then, if he was changing, like a chameleon, constantly. And so, God essentially remains God, but he does change his clothing to match his world from time to time, as we all do, but essentially our essence remains unchanging, as it was perfectly created from God's perfect essence too. Our inner seed retains its original self, even when it grows into a plant, tree, or shrub, or person then. Everything changes around it, but its very essence remains as it was, a seed in God himself. What is real/realness to you? Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com Does the bigger picture view make things under the microscope more real, or not, or just bigger?