The real can be seen through the apparent. The verse drishya vAritam etc. It just says that the knower's awareness is Atma. It does not say to withdraw the mind but just that the pure awareness of the known is Atma. It is not a situation in which I want the wave to stop in order to see the water.
Water is seen in the wave.
Even when waves change, break, swell, still I see water only. Similarly, one can see the I-awareness in thoughts as they develop, change, and go. Any thought may come. Knowing it is awareness which is but myself alone, I cannot be disturbed by the thought. Related pages include Hindu Web Graphics , Promise, the website for a play in English poetry based on Valmiki's Ramayana , and Promise Awards.