Nothing but Pure Consciousness

Five sheaths, four states, three bodies, two dreams, one maya.

Enumerating this creation is prologue to its deconstruction.

Not inner, nor outer, nor consciousness in-between.

Not seed, nor god, nor nothing but pure consciousness.

~rj27

All Appears in Consciousness

Brahman is Satcitananda only. Existence-consciousness-bliss are not three attributes of Brahman. Satcitananda is the nondual nature of Brahman.

In Maya, existence is living, consciousness is knowing, and bliss is self-awareness. I am, I know, I love I know I am.

Scientific materialism believes, without proof, consciousness is a product of an evolutionary brain. All appears in consciousness. Proof is merely stating the obvious.

~rj26

Transcreating Dakshinamurti (work in progress)

1.

The universe is as a reflection in a mirror, appearing to be a city within oneself, like a dream within sleep, but through the illusory power of Maya seems to be externally manifested.

The one who witnesses reality at the moment of awakening is one’s own nondual Self. Salutations to the blessed teacher in the form of that all-knowing Shiva who faces the south, holy Dakshinamurti.

Bibliography

Dakshinamurti and Manasollasa by John M. Denton

Reflections on Dakshinamurti Stotram by Swami Sarvapriyananda

Hymn to Dakshinamoorthy by Swami Chinmayananda

Hymn to Dakshinamurti (from The Hymns of Sankara) by TMP Mahadevan

other trans of 1a

in which the Self alone plays as the universe of names and forms, like a city seen in a mirror, due to the māyā power, as though produced outside, as in a dream ~Chinmayananda

The universe is like a reflection seen in a mirror, appearing like a city within one’s own Self, but seeming to be outside, through the illusory power of Māyā, as if dreaming in a sleep. ~Denton

who by mayā as by dream, sees within Himself the universe which is inside Him, like unto a city that is seen in a mirror, (but) which is manifes-ted as if without ~Mahadevan

through the illusion of the Ātman as through sleep, sees the universe existing within himself like a city reflected in a mirror, as though it were manifested externally. ~Sarvapriyananda

Isvara's Prayer

1. God, The Universe, Isvara

If there's an individual consciousness, there's a universal consciousness to deify.

Call it God, The Universe, or Isvara. Simple acknowledgment is worship enough.

Denying this basic recognition is the height of self-deceit making real self-inquiry infeasible.

2. Isvara Help

Scientific atheists of the west are between gods, Isvara help them.

Isvara is Brahman as seen from the point of view of Maya.

Maya is the snake in the rope, a desert mirage, fool's gold, Texas tea.

3. God's Work

Visualizing Brahman as Isvara is God's work.

As one goes through samsara to get to nirvana, one goes through Isvara to get to Brahman.

The power of Isvara is Maya. The power of Maya is duality. The power of duality is twofold: veiling and revealing.

4. The Mahavakya Quartet

It's Brahman as far as the eye can see. Atman is that unbelievable consciousness in which a world of belief appears. Aum. Turiyam is shorthand for Ayam Atma Brahma.

~Suite Reality 2

Quotenotes:

It is true there is one Reality that appears as the universe, as the individualized knowing self, that appears as the Ruler of the universe. Yet, as long as you acknowledge one of these three, you have to acknowledge the other two also. ~Satprakashananda

God is a conscious being who must necessarily have all-knowledge and all power/skill to create, sustain and resolve the jagat. We will replace the word God, with the word Īśvara because it is an unabused Sanskrit word, so far. ~Dayananda

God's Work

Visualizing Brahman as Isvara is God's work.

As one goes through samsara to get to nirvana, one goes through Isvara to get to Brahman.

The power of Isvara is Maya. The power of Maya is duality. The power of duality is twofold: veiling and revealing.

Isvara Help

Scientific atheists of the west are between gods, Isvara help them.

Isvara is Brahman as seen from the point of view of Maya.

Maya is the snake in the rope, a desert mirage, fool's gold, Texas tea.

~rj24

God is a conscious being who must necessarily have all-knowledge and all power/skill to create, sustain and resolve the jagat. We will replace the word God, with the word Īśvara because it is an unabused Sanskrit word, so far. ~Dayananda

On God, The Universe, or Isvara

If there's an individual consciousness, there's a universal consciousness to deify.

Call it God, The Universe, or Isvara, simple acknowledgment is worship enough.

Denying this basic recognition is the height of self-deceit making real self-inquiry infeasible.

~rj23

It is true there is one Reality that appears as the universe, as the individualized knowing self, that appears as the Ruler of the universe. Yet, as long as you acknowledge one of these three, you have to acknowledge the other two also. ~Satprakashananda

my Advaita Makaranda (a work in progress)

1.

kaṭākṣa-kiraṇācānta-naman-mohabdhaye namaḥ,

anantānanda-kṛṣṇāya jagan-maṅgala-mūrtaye.

2.

I am. Always I illumine. Never am I unbeloved.

For I am Brahman alone and my nature is satcitananda.

3.

Rising in my space of consciousness is this universe like a castle in the sky.

Thus how can I not be Brahman, all-knowing and the cause of all?

4.

I always know myself. Without parts,

origination, shelter, or support, I am indestructible.

5.

There is no drying, burning, wetting, cutting, or dividing that space of awareness.

The real is untouched by wind, fire, water, weapons, or other instruments of illusion.

6.

This universe cannot be experienced without the revelation of consciousness.

I am that onnipresent light of awareness which is all-pervading.

7.

Without light, the world does not exist. Without consciousness, there is no light.

Without the unreal superimposed on the real, there is no union with consciousness. For I am nondual.

8.

Neither body nor senses am I. Nor life-force nor mind nor intelligence.

These have been embraced as mine only because of this play of thoughts in the mind.

9.

The witness, all-pervading and beloved am I, and I am never

changing, limited, nor afflicted with suffering.

10.

The mind’s I in deep sleep doesn’t see sorrow, imperfection, or fault.

Samsara belongs to ego and not the witness of the traveling samsari.

Bibliography

The One and One Only: Advaita Makaranda by Swami Tejomayananda

Advaita Makaranda - The Nectar of Non-duality of Sri Laksmidhara Kavi, translation and commentary by Swami Atmarupananda

A Nip of Nectar: A translation of Advaita Makaranda of Poet Lakṣmīdhara by Anonymous

Advaita Makaranda Translation & Commentary by Ann Berliner

Suite Shining Big-Sea-Water

By the Shore

As crow doesn't know the ways of people, people do not know the Way. Crow mind or human mind, it's all monkeystuff of Maya. Islands never know the sea of consciousness except upon the shore of intuition called Eka-atma-pratyaya-saram.

Crow and Calvin

As crow caws the cause of causelessness, Calvin preaches predestination. Either one's self-realized or one is sleeping. There are three states of sleeping including this waking one.

Koan 22

Ted Hughes wrote Crow. Sylvia Plath was his better half. The seventh mantra of the Mandukya Upanishad is my heart of Jesus. I can do the trinity in my sleep but the fourth is nondual, Gaudapada.

~rj 20-22 {sr1}

By the shore of Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
At the doorway of his wigwam,
In the pleasant Summer morning,
Hiawatha stood and waited.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Koan 22

Ted Hughes wrote Crow. Sylvia Plath was his better half.

The seventh mantra of the Mandukya Upanishad is like my heart of Jesus.

I can do the trinity in my sleep but the fourth is nondual, Gaudapada.

~rj22