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Interesting POV from the Yoga Vasistha on Truth, reality, to Be or not to Be ... This view does challenge the validity of "the art of debating" on matters such as Truth, Spirituality, Religion
IF you are not up for having your views turned upside down THEN best to not read any further
I just love it, and therefore I share it. Maybe there are a few on RF, who are into Advaita, who also appreciate these "deep thoughts".
I added a simple poll, just to see if others appreciate this type of threads, so that I know next time "To Post or not to Post" on RF
Vasistha continued: VI.2:171
It is the infinite consciousness alone that shines as the world here. In reality, however, it is neither world, nor void nor even consciousness. Only this much can be said: that which is called world is not that. Because it is subtler than even space, it appears to be other than what it is.
Between ‘this’ and ‘that’ is the body of consciousness and that body is experienced as an object of perception. However, such a creation has no cause and hence there was no reason for it to arise.
How then can it be said to exist now? Therefore, there is no justification to assume the existence of the external universe—not even an atom of it. If something is seen as the external universe here, surely that is the infinite consciousness in fact. Just as the same person who is fast asleep goes on to dream without abandoning his sleep, even so this consciousness which is pure and indivisible gives rise within itself to the notion of the objective universe, without ever abandoning its own essential nature as consciousness.
Therefore there is no materiality known as earth, etc., but, whether one feels that what one sees are forms or not forms, the final truth is that all this is the one infinite Brahman which alone shines as all these. Just as the dream-mountain is realised as pure void when the dreamer wakes up, even so are all these forms realised to be non-existent when one is enlightened.
IF you are not up for having your views turned upside down THEN best to not read any further
I just love it, and therefore I share it. Maybe there are a few on RF, who are into Advaita, who also appreciate these "deep thoughts".
I added a simple poll, just to see if others appreciate this type of threads, so that I know next time "To Post or not to Post" on RF
Vasistha continued: VI.2:171
It is the infinite consciousness alone that shines as the world here. In reality, however, it is neither world, nor void nor even consciousness. Only this much can be said: that which is called world is not that. Because it is subtler than even space, it appears to be other than what it is.
Between ‘this’ and ‘that’ is the body of consciousness and that body is experienced as an object of perception. However, such a creation has no cause and hence there was no reason for it to arise.
How then can it be said to exist now? Therefore, there is no justification to assume the existence of the external universe—not even an atom of it. If something is seen as the external universe here, surely that is the infinite consciousness in fact. Just as the same person who is fast asleep goes on to dream without abandoning his sleep, even so this consciousness which is pure and indivisible gives rise within itself to the notion of the objective universe, without ever abandoning its own essential nature as consciousness.
Therefore there is no materiality known as earth, etc., but, whether one feels that what one sees are forms or not forms, the final truth is that all this is the one infinite Brahman which alone shines as all these. Just as the dream-mountain is realised as pure void when the dreamer wakes up, even so are all these forms realised to be non-existent when one is enlightened.
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