Janaka Exclaims. Part Two.

1. pure consciousness

Knowledge, knower and the knowable — this trinity does not exist in reality. I am that stainless Self in which, through ignorance, this triad is appearing. Janaka declares.

O duality is the root of misery. There is no remedy except the realization that this visible world is not real and I am the One Pure Consciousness.

Yes, I am pure Consciousness. Through ignorance I have projected these limitations, like the body-mind, upon my Self. Contemplating constantly this way without the activity of thought, I abide in the Absolute.

2. on bondage

Janaka says, I have neither bondage nor liberation. For having lost its reinforcement, the illusion has ended. O! The universe although appearing in myself does not in fact exist.

Along with this body, the universe isn’t anything. Thus I know for certain that pure Consciousness alone is the Self. So upon what can imagination make its stand now?

Body and mind, heaven and hell, bondage and freedom, misery and fear: all of this is mere imagination. What purpose has it with myself whose nature is pure Consciousness?

O! Even in the multitudes of human beings, no duality is seen, their having now become like a forest. To whom should I feel an attachment?

I am not the body nor is the body mine. Nor am I a finite living being. For I am Consciousness. And the only bondage is the desire for life.

3. the limitless sea

Janaka utters O! Diverging waves of worlds spontaneously generate in me, the limitless sea, as the mental storm arises.

In me, the limitless sea, the storm of the mind has ceased to be. And woe to the merchant individual whose ship of world is wrecked and drowned.

In me, the limitless and shore-free sea, how marvelous as waves of individuals arise and collide, jostle and play, and then re-enter into me according to their nature.

~my free transcreation of Ashtavakra Gita 2, 15-25 using the translations of Chinmayananda and Nityaswarupananda et al.

Janaka Exclaims. Part One.

1. through the guidance of wisdom

Janaka exclaims, O, spotless, peaceful, Pure Consciousness, I am. Beyond the natural world! For so long I’ve been bewildered by an illusion.

I alone illumine this body as I alone reveal this universe. Therefore this universe is mine, or truly, nothing is mine.

Thus having disowned both body and universe, O! I now see my Supreme Self through the guidance of that Wisdom.

2. some similes

As waves, whitecaps, and bubble plumes are no different than ocean water, so the universe emanating from the Self is no different than the Self.

As cloth, when inspected, is found to be nothing but thread, so this universe, when investigated, is seen to be nothing but the Self. Janaka continues.

As sugar generated from sugarcane is wholly pervaded by its juice, so the universe manufactured in myself is permeated by myself within and without.

3. imagine

From ignorance of the Self, the world appears. With knowledge of the Self, the world is not. Similarly, a snake appears through non-apprehension of the rope. With the apprehension of the rope, there is no snake.

Light is my own nature and I am no different than light. When the universe manifests, I alone am shining. Janaka goes on 

O imagine! The universe through ignorance mistakenly appears in me. Like the silver in a mother of pearl. Like the snake in a rope. Like the water in sunlight.

From myself the universe has emanated and into myself it will dissolve. Like a pot into clay. Like a wave into water. Like a bracelet into gold.

4. hymn to the self

Janaka sings. How breathtaking am I! I bow down to my Self who knows no decay and is ever existent, even in the dissolution of the universe from Brahma the Creator down to a blade of grass.

How breathtaking am I! I bow down to my Self, who, although appearing with a body, is the One who neither goes anywhere nor comes from anywhere, but pervades the universe, ever existent.

How breathtaking am I! I bow down to my Self. There is none so competent as I, who holds this universe forever without ever bodily touching it.

How breathtaking am I! I bow down to my Self who has nothing, or has it all which may be thought or spoken.

~my free transcreation of Ashtavakra Gita 2, 1-14 using the translations of Chinmayananda and Nityaswarupananda

Ashtavakra Says. Part Three. Really.

You've been caught in the rope of the body-mind, dear child. Sever it with your sword of knowledge, “I am Pure Intelligence.” And be happy.

You are unattached, actionless, self-luminous, and without stain. Your practice of meditation is your bondage. Says Ashtavakra.

You pervade this universe and this universe appears in you. Really, your nature is Pure Consciousness. Don't be small-minded.

~Ashtavakra Says, Part Two. (my free transcreation of Ashtavakra Gita 14-16 in one paraverse using the translations of Chinmayananda and Nityaswarupananda)

Ashtavakra Says. Part Two. Illusion.

Ashtavakra says the one regarding oneself to be free is free and the one regarding oneself to be bound is bound. Like the saying goes, as one thinks so one becomes.

The Self is witnessing, pervasive, impeccable, nondual, free, still, unattached, dispassionate, silent, Pure Consciousness. That it appears to be of this world is just an illusion.

Contemplate immutable consciousness as the nondual Self while one is letting go the changeable illusion, both external and internal, of a reflected self.

~Ashtavakra Says, Part Two. (my free transcreation of Ashtavakra Gita 11-13 in one paraverse using the translations of Chinmayananda and Nityaswarupananda)

Ashtavakra Says. Part One. Be Happy.

1. Pure Consciousness (Awareness)

Ashtavakra says. First, avoid objects of the senses like poison. And seek forgiveness, compassion, honesty, joy, and truth like honied remedies. (And that’s all he would say on such matters.)

Look, you are neither earth, water, fire, air, nor even space. Know your Self as the witness of this universe, as Awareness itself.

Detach yourself from this body-mind and rest in that Awareness. Be happy, peaceful, and free.

2. One Seer

You belong to no class and no church. You are imperceptible by the senses. You are unattached, formless, and witness of all. Be happy, says Ashtavakra.

Good and bad, pleasure and pain, these belong to the mind and not you. You are neither doer nor enjoyer but forever free.

Yes, you are the one seer of all and you are absolutely free. That you do not see yourself as seer but as something seen is your only bondage.

3. Like a Snake

You've been bitten by the great black serpent of the ego hissing “I am the doer.” “I am not the doer;” drink this nectar faithfully. Further Ashtavakra says.

"I am the One Pure Consciousness." Burn down the forest of ignorance with that fire of conviction. Let go your grief and be happy.

You are that upon which this universe appears superimposed like a snake upon a rope, that bliss, that holistic bliss infinity, that Consciousness, happily existing.

~Ashtavakra Says, Part One. (my free transcreation of Ashtavakra Gita 2-10 in three paraverses using the translations of Chinmayananda and Nityaswarupananda)

~The Direct Path of Ashtavakra~

You are neither earth, water, fire, air, nor even space. 

Know your Self as the witness of this universe, as Awareness itself.

Detach yourself from this body-mind and rest in that Awareness. 

Be happy, peaceful, and free. 

~Ashtavakra (my trx)

~Ashtavakra on Avidya~

You belong to no class and no church. You are imperceptible. In fact, you are the formless witness of all. Be happy.

Good and bad belong to the mind and not you. You are neither the doer nor end-user but completely karma free.

You are one seer absolutely free. Seeing yourself as something seen is the definition of ignorance.

~untitled~

I am not the doer.

I am One Consciousness

Holistic Bliss Infinity

Happily Existing.

I Minus Maya

1. I Minus Maya

Birth is an appearance in the unborn.

The mind appears in consciousness. Consciousness is the witness of the mind.

Consciousness is the witness of the no mind of deep sleep as well.

I am not the mind. I am not no mind either. I am pure consciousness.

I am pure consciousness-existence. All life appears in ‘me’ and not vice versa.

I am Satcitananda, holistic and infinite Godhead in which all the gods appear.

2. Commentary

Birth is an appearance in the unborn, Aja, absolute existence. Ajatavada is the uncompromising stand of Gaudapada, old school Advaitin, native of Reality, guru of the guru of Shankara.

Consciousness is not to be confused with the reflection of consciousness. Pure consciousness is the witness of the mind. The reflection of consciousness is the witness of its thoughts. In samsara, moonlight lights the world. Sunlight lights the moon.

The mind turns on and off.

When mind is on and body is on is the waking state.

When mind is on and body is off is the dreaming state.

When both mind and body are off is the deep sleep state.

Ignorance is on in all three states.

But consciousness is never off.

I am neither theistic nor nihilistic.

They're just two sides of the same coin.

I am the nondual space in which this coin is flipping.

Not only does all life appear in me quote unquote, but its fire of sentience is my fire. Otherwise it's solid Maya through and through.

I am nonduality. My nine names are being, existence, presence, awareness, consciousness, intelligence, holistic, bliss, infinity. I have ninety-nine more. 

Ten thousand gods are appearing in me. It is estimated that eight billion people appear in them. And countless dreams.

Alice in Maya's Restaurant

1.

Maya can't be analyzed. 

First, it isn't real.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

2.

Second, once a second is introduced, 

it's Pi all over again. 

Duality is at its heart an irrational number.

3.

Third, as long as one identifies with an individual consciousness (and the odds of one in a million is like being a billionaire in the material world),

there will be a Creator, Preserver, and Destroyer — you gotta serve somebody. 

But belief is not self-realization. Figure it out.

4.

Sorry, there are no tables.

There are thought-forms named tables.

These thought-forms are 99% space. We eat on the 1%.

We Three Seekers in Maya Are

The reflection of pure consciousness in the mind is still consciousness and not some different animal. Like moonlight is sunlight reflected off the moon.

Nondual Satcitananda passes through the prism of the mind becoming existence, consciousness, and bliss from the point of view of divided consciousness.

Thus individual consciousness may seek pure consciousness by basking in the reflected light of knowing. This is basically Advaita.

As an individual existence may seek pure existence by resting in the reflected light of I Am. This is basically Nisargayoga.

As love seeks holistic bliss infinity.

Dancing Satcitananda

1. Three Views on the Verb to Do

Nondoing is the dance of Brahman veiled in Maya.

Doing and not doing are the spasms of individual avidya.

Nirguna Brahman is beyond all qualities of doing.

2. Zen and the Art of Satcitananda

The principle of existence is beyond all qualities of being—like doing, not doing, or nondoing.

Similarly, the principle of consciousness is beyond all qualities of knowing—like ignorance, knowledge, or intuition.

Last but not least, the principle of bliss is beyond all qualities of holistic infinity—like love, hate, or devotion.

3. The Maya Mountains

Nondoing, Intuition, and Devotion are the Peaks of Maya.

Nondoing is Mount Existence and Intuition is Consciousness Mountain.

Devotion is Mount Saint Holistic Bliss Infinity.

The Land of Prehistoric Maya

The reflection of undivided existence-consciousness-bliss is I am, I know, I love. This is the primordial wisdom of Maya before its dawning goes down to the days of passionate action and dark, dull, inertia.

Such is the impossible dream of this samsaric hell in which I am an individual consciousness divided from the omnipotence of the universal, I know only my little corner of the world, and I love some things and fear the rest.

Return with me this night to the land of prehistoric Maya, that subtle reflection of satcitananda in godlike skies, and it’s thunder of tantra, jnana, and bhakta: I am, I know, I love!

a. Three Views on the Verb to Do

Nondoing is the dance of Brahman veiled in Maya.

Doing and not doing are the spasms of individual avidya.

Nirguna Brahman is beyond all qualities of doing.

b. Zen and the Art of Satcitananda

The principle of existence is beyond all qualities of being—like doing, not doing, or nondoing.

Similarly, the principle of consciousness is beyond all qualities of knowing—like ignorance, knowledge, or intuition.

Last but not least, the principle of bliss is beyond all qualities of holistic infinity—like love, hate, or devotion.

c. The Maya Mountains

Nondoing, Intuition, and Devotion are the Peaks of Maya.

Nondoing is Mount Existence; Intuition is Consciousness Mountain;

Devotion is Mount Saint Holistic Bliss Infinity.

 

1. Direct Path

Devotion is the art of bliss.

Devotion to existence and consciousness is Satcitananda.

Devotion to satcitananda is Direct Path.

Vedantasara's Apocalypse Now

Vedantasara basically says: after the qualified aspirant, by the practice of de-superimposition, sees through the I & That in Tattvamasi and suddenly understands its equation to be I minus Avidya Am That minus Maya (I-a=T-m),

a state of Absolute Unity arises in the mind resulting in its truly getting Aham Brahmasmi: “I am eternal, pure, self-illumined, free, real, supremely blissful, infinite, and one without a second.”

This getting of Aham Brahmasmi illumined by the reflection of consciousness conceives this thought-form of Parabrahman thereby destroying Original Ignorance.

And the matrix is burnt when the threads composing the matrix are burnt, even that thought-form itself. Furthermore, as the moon cannot illumine the sun but is overpowered by it, the reflection of consciousness in the mind is also destroyed.

Following this Great Apocalypse, there remains only Parabrahman, identical with Paramatman, as the image of a face in a mirror is resolved as Original Face when the mirror is removed.

~Nonduality Comics 240703wd (to grok or not to grok) footnotes

a. Electric Tattvamasi

Atheism is Bizarro-like religion. Its belief is not believing in God.

Nonduality sees through God. And Ego.

E=mc² is tired. I-a=T-m is wired.

b. Happy Aham

To grok or not to grok—

I am really spaceless and timeless, unfettered and unadulterated, infinite and nondual.

Merry Brahmasmi!

c. Screen Versus Movie

Watch as King Kong Mahavakya

destroys Godzilla of Original Ignorance

in Technicolor.

d Matrix 10000

The matrix is disassembled

as the objects of the matrix

are deconstructed.

e. Faces

As the mirror of mind is removed

the reflection of a face

is original face.

Realization According to Vedantasara

170.

Now is being described the meaning of the sentence, “I am Brahman” (Bṛ. Up. 1. 4. 10), expressive of intuitive experience.

171.

When the teacher in this way clears the meaning of the words “That” and “Thou” by the removal of superimpositions,

and makes the qualified student grasp the import of the sentence, “Thou art That”, which is Absolute Unity,

there arises in his mind a state of Absolute Oneness in which he feels that he is Brahman,

by nature eternal, pure, self-illumined, free, real, supremely blissful, infinite, and one without a second.

172.

That mental state, illumined by the reflection of Pure Consciousness, objectifies the Supreme Brahman,

unknown but identical with the individual self and destroys the ignorance pertaining to Brahman.

Then, just as a cloth is burnt when the threads composing it are burnt, so all the effects of ignorance are destroyed when their cause, viz. ignorance, is destroyed.

Hence the mental state of Absolute Oneness, which forms part of those effects, is also destroyed.

173.

As the light of a lamp cannot illumine the lustre of the sun but is overpowered by it,

so Consciousness reflected in that state of the mind is unable to illumine the Supreme Brahman, self-effulgent and identical with the individual self, and is overpowered by it.

And on the destruction of this state of Absolute Oneness with which that Consciousness is associated there remains only the Supreme Brahman,

identical with the individual self, just as the image of a face in a looking-glass is resolved into the face itself when the looking-glass is removed.

174. 

Such being the case, there is no contradiction between the following Śruti passages: “By the mind alone It is to be perceived” (Bṛ. Up. 4. 4. 19), and “That which cannot be thought of by the mind” (Kena Up. 1. 5). We are to suppose that the unknown Brahman is brought into contact with only the mental state, but not with the underlying Consciousness. 

1 Mental state—Which simply destroys the aspirant’s ignorance concerning Brahman, but does not help to reveal It. 

2 Underlying etc.—Brahman is self-luminous. It does not require the help of another Consciousness to reveal Itself.

~Sadananda (tr-Nikhilananda)

Reflections of Satcitananda

Things don’t exist. Things appear in pure existence. (Non-existence is only a thought appearing in Existence.)

This body is reflecting pure existence. This mind is reflecting pure consciousness.

And the deep sleep of original ignorance is reflecting holistic bliss infinity.

a. And Ayam Atma Brahma

The concept of Maya is a genius one. Not only does it allow for the God of Samsara, it ascertains atheism is completely illogical— 

as long as you practice individual consciousness, you should observe a universal one as well.

Further in audacious deconstruction, Saguna Brahman (God) minus the universe of collective Maya equals the absolute ground of Nirguna Brahman.

Furthermore, individual consciousness minus personal ignorance equals the absolute self of Atman. And Ayam Atma Brahma, people.

b. Absolute Truth

Uselessness is for apprentices instructs the Taoist sage—it’s the usage of such uselessness that makes the master.

The deep sleep of ignorance is the spacetime in which the dreamstate of the mind is appearing.

Within this reflexive universe, the molecular stage contains the turning point in which organic chemicals materialize.

Last night, from out of ten thousand dreams, this one is appearing as the world today. You are in it and I am in it with you.

Forget the special theory of relativity. This is the open truth of the absolute: (I – Avidya) = (God – Maya)

c. Hymn 101

From Emerson, Whitman, and Walden Pond to Black Elk.

From Toltec to Tolle from Maharaj to Vedantasara.

Who are you? Who am I? From me to you, I am That.

d. Hymn 102

I've never been to Tucson but I've been to Tucumcari.

The moon is reflected consciousness, et tu?

Some say enlightenment is like a new moon.

e. overture to 240629st

The deep sleep of original ignorance is reflecting holistic bliss infinity.

If you practice individual consciousness, observe a universal one as well.

This is the open truth of the absolute: (I – Avidya) = (God – Maya).

From Toltec to Tolle from Maharaj to Vedantasara,

some say enlightenment is like a new moon.

Tvam and Tat

Consciousness of Existence invites Holistic Bliss Infinity.

(I minus Avidya) Am (That minus Maya).

A fool reads the words while the Mahavakya points to the wordless.

a. That Unseeable Whole

O being-existence-presence, consciousness-awareness-intelligence, holistic bliss infinity is triangulating Satcitananda.

Neither do nor not do. Grasshoppers are tamas. Ants are rajas. Nondoing is the sattvic way of the butterfly.

Someone is howling at the moon tonight. The moon, in turn, is pointing to Nirguna Brahman veiled by the Sun God.

b. Three Koan, Nine Vakya, One Mahavakya

Mind appears in Consciousness. No mind is Consciousness.

Dreams appear in deep sleep. The world appears in a dream. Deep sleep appears in Turiya.

Deep sleep is Atman veiled by avidya. Atman is the witness of deep sleep. Brahman is the witness of the big bang. Atman is Brahman.

c. 

Atman is the witness of this deep sleep.

Brahman is the witness of that big bang.

Tattvamasi According to Vedantasara

The three states of Maya are God, Cosmic Mind, and Cosmic Form: Isvara the Efficient and Material Cause, Hiranyagarbha the Golden Womb, and Virat the Newtonian Universe.

The corresponding states of avidya are deep sleep, the dreaming state, and the waking state: prajna the reflected mass of consciousness, taijasa the shining mind, and visva the egoic form.

In the Mahavakya Tattvamasi (That Thou Art), the direct meaning of That is Saguna Brahman (sattva etc.), but the implied meaning is Parabrahman.

Similarly, the direct meaning of Thou is the three states of individual consciousness, but the implied meaning is Turiya (Paramatman).

a. Excuse Me

As God is the cause of the Golden Womb, deep sleep is the cause of the dream state.

As Quantum Mind gives birth to this Universe of Classical Mechanics, the sleeping-dreaming mind gives birth to the pain-pleasure cycle of samsaric sleepwalking.

In the land of the three states of reflected consciousness, unreflected consciousness is called the Fourth. Excuse me, pure consciousness is nondual.

b. Self-awareness Says

Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is suffering. The Maharaj says Knowledge of Existence is Bliss.

Birth, life, and death are natural appearances in Existence. Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva are supernatural appearances in Parabrahman. Sadananda says Tattvamasi.

Cit of Sat reveals Ananda, Satcitananda says.

c. there are no atheists in samsara

The Absolute veiled by Maya is God.

The Self veiled by avidya is me.

As long as I believe in me,

I shall believe in God!

d. Question Eveything, Einstein

Meet the new belief of science, same as the old belief of religion.

Experience is greater than any dogma. All faith is to be confirmed.

Are there three states of experience (deep sleep, sleep dream, dream body)

appearing in the stateless state of a Fourth, Turiya?

Silent I, Wholly I

1.

There's no division in nonduality.

That which appears to be divided could be heaven or could be hell. One mind's ceiling is another mind's floor.

2. 

I could say all is Brahman but there's no all at all.

There's only Paramatman—inconceivable, unthinkable, indescribable, and immutable Nirguna Brahman.

a. pramana

I-am is the reflection of existence but I-know is the reflection of consciousness. This is why the Knowledge of Brahman (Brahmavidya) is what it is in Advaita.

And I-love is the reflection of bliss — unconditional love, bhakti. Satcitananda is the truth. Tantra, Jnana, and Bhakta are particular methods.

b. petroglyphs of maya

In the middle of a living rainforest is the ancient rock of primordial Maya.

On its weather-worn face is etched petroglyphs for existence, consciousness, fulfillment.

Although there's no names for these images, their voices may be heard: I am, I know, I love.

c. we're not in samsara anymore

We had a black and white TV and watched the Wizard of Oz every year when I was young.

My father bought a color television for a better Bonanza; the moonwalk couldn't be any better.

When I first saw Oz in color, something almost supernatural clicked in me.

I am never not Brahman despite appearances is what I'd say today, naturally.

d. catechismic questions

Self-inquiry is all like do i exist? As if you could ask the question if you didn't, coyote.

What doesn't appear in Consciousness? Even deep sleep appears in Consciousness.

Ode to Bliss; Canticle for Consciousness; Evensong of Existence

In the advanced duality of samsara, love is half and half becoming whole: I love you! In primordial duality, love is the manifestation of the whole: I love! In nonduality, they call that infinite fulfillment, ananda.

Consciousness is not a product of the body-mind. This inner instrument is reflecting consciousness, not manufacturing it. And honestly this endeavor to usurp the I is not just ignorant, but sad.

The body-mind depends upon Existence for its existence. In other words, so much depends upon my Self.

a. Name-dropping, Eihei

So much depends upon Satcitananda, Doctor Robert.

You-surping the I is what a me does best, King Janaka.

If nondual ananda points to holistic bliss infinity, love is its expression in duality, Jack Kerouac.

b. Sat, Cit, and Ananda

A wave is to existence as the sea is to Sat.

Awareness is pure consciousness, Cit. The reflection of awareness is experiential consciousness—attention. Attention minus thought equals awareness.

Unconditional love is to bliss, aka Ananda, as Saguna Brahman is to Nirguna Brahman.

c. Manifesting Satcitananda

Existence is the principle. This dreamstate is its manifestation.

Consciousness is the principle. Intellect, mind, memory, and ego are its manifestations. 

Holistic Bliss Infinity is the principle. Love is its manifestation.

d. God Bless You, Kurt Vonnegut

Existence is the principle. This dreamstate is its manifestation.

This dreamstate is conditioned by other dreamstates and so on—

until deconditioning consciousness dawns upon oneself.

Aumdadananda Number Nine

1. Advaita Is Unbelievable

Advaita is not to be believed, but realized.

It’s cosmology is not for real, but a house of cards intended for deconstruction.

2. Nondual Metaphysics

Its metaphysics is quite simple — all is Brahman

(in which this Maya is but an appearance)

and Brahman is all there is. This means you! Tattvamasi.

3. Return to I Am

The reflection of Satcitananda on God's subtle body of ignorance is the primordial duality of I Am.

From the multiplicitous world of I am me, I know a lot of things, and I love some of them, return to that First House of Duality called I Am, I Know, I Love.

Wait there silently by the door for the door is your own doing.

4. Nondoing and Doing

Nondoing is the magic of God cloaked in Maya.

5. All deliberate doing or not doing is mind stuff.

Dropping body-mind is like dropping both the waking and dreaming states and trusting in the God of Deep Sleep.

6. ExistenceConsciousnessBliss

Don't forget it. You can't. You can only see through Maya, Jake.

Brahman cloaked in myth is God. True myth is made to be punctured. Aha!

7. Monster

Being, existence, presence! Awareness, consciousness, intelligence! Holistic bliss infinity!

8. Beyond

This bliss of knowing the principle of existence is why death appears to be such a monster.

Deep down we know this primordial fact of existence is beyond any modern concept of nonexistence.

9. Sea

That I am is not a problem.

That I think I'm not is.

Wave is to sea as sea is to wave and so on.

These Dreams of God

1. God Dreams

In the waking dream, the body-mind is quite turned on.

In the sleeping dream, the body is finally turned off

and the mind can turn it to eleven dreaming its head off.

But in deep sleep, with the body-mind at last turned off,

one is actually Saguna Brahman, Isvara, God!

2. Tattvamasi 9

Deep sleep isn't where you go each night. It's where you come from every day.

In deep sleep, God is witnessing the absence of duality. In nirguna samadhi is the presence of nonduality.

Brahman cloaked in the uniform of Maya is God. Atman cloaked in the uniform of Avidya is God. Thus Atman is Brahman is Parabrahman.

3. Now Appearing

Brahman is real. God is self-realized.

People are looking for realization in all the wrong places.

Bliss never appears in any experience of a body-mind.

The body-mind is appearing in bliss.

4. Like a Fool

Existence is like the sea. Living is like a wave. I am Satcitananda. Wave on, John Donne.

Consciousness is that timeless space in which thinking is like an idiot wind, babe.

Bliss is this opposite of samsara. Ananda is nonduality. That beloved nonduality.

Brahman, Maya, and Samsara

The sun is like the silent I, the moon is like I am, and the world is like I am the world.

Ignorance (avidya) is a combination (Samsara) of doing (rajas) and not doing (tamas).

Nondoing is the wisdom (sattva) of primordial duality (Maya).

Beyond the doing of duality is nondual Satcitananda, Brahman, the silent I.

Samsara says I am me, I know some things, and I love some of them.

Primordial duality says I am, I know, I love. This is as far as any individual may go though.

Sit there silently at that door. Reality will take you in. The door is one’s own doing.

a.

Sometimes nondoing is not doing and sometimes nondoing is doing.

Nondoing is going where the heart of the nonconceptual needs to go.

Nondoing is not beyond doing. Nondoing does that which beyond doing is witnessing.

b.

You already have the four qualifications for realization.

You only think you don't. Figure it out.

Meanwhile, identify with consciousness but drive mindfully.

c.

The reflection of consciousness is the word.

Pure consciousness is wordless.

Samsara is a bloody tower of babble.

d.

What is consciousness? Consciousness is not an object.

The mind appears in consciousness like objects appear in the mind.

I am is the immaculate object.

e.

Maya is the power wielded by Isvara God, Saguna Brahman. Isvara God, Saguna Brahman is the conceptual creation of Maya.

That both statements are true forms the original paradox: Is Maya the power of God or is God the creation of Maya?

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