Vidyaranya says the modification of Atman the Supreme Self into this physical manifestation of a universe is a fourfold process much like the four stages of painting a picture.
The substrate is like a basic clean canvas, pure consciousness, Brahman.
Priming the canvas is Isvara, Brahman with the power of Maya, as Vishnu, as the indwelling spirit of consciousness, Kutastha, Christ Consciousness.
Then there's Brahma as an outline drawn with a pencil, the one identified with the totality of subtle bodies, cosmic mind, world soul, the dreaming condition of creation, Hiranyagarbha, the golden egg, and the will of God.
Lastly is the application of tint, shade, and tone towards the state of Virat, this material universe, the waking state of all things into individuality and variety.
Only Brahman is. As mithya, Isvara sleeps like a seed sleeps. Brahma dreams in black and white. With heaven as its head, the sun and moon as its eyes, and earth as its support, Virat lives vicariously.
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