Abstraction is the only thing which is real for it depends upon nothing else for its existence. The soul, awareness, is an abstraction. It depends upon nothing else for its existence and that's why it is eternal. Because time has the potential to be eternal, its not. Action begins with the declaration of the 'first truth'.
Truths are perceptions generated by men.
Souls are perceptions generated by God. The universe is concrete as opposed to abstract, and therefore is only illusionary. The physical pain generated within the universe is an abstraction that will never, never go away. The universe is composed of matter and energy and therefore immersed in time. The universe is concrete as opposed to abstract, and therefore is a 'real illusion' versus being real.