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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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}
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
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.
~rj21
