Creation of the Universe - Part 29

Dear All,

Let us recall/ recapture few portions from the 28 posts on the creation posts so far, where, one of the following two doctrines have been captured in an explicit or in a subtle way:

1) All objects in creation are mere superimposition on the reality that is " Purusha  or Purushottama" or the supreme God. The superimposition is due to the ignorance of the siva who perceives that creation is there with all its glittering aspects

or

2)  There is no creation at all. Creation never came into being at all. All that EXISTS is PURE EXISTENCE (The Truth beyond manifest or  Unmanifest God)

Post Date	Post#	Lines from Post
06-Apr-17	1	If there is no universe at all, then there is no relevance of his identity as jiva. He will then be Jiva for whom?? For what purpose? Vedanta says that it is a fact that you experience this world, but it is not as real as it appears to be.
10-Apr-17	5	नासदासीन्नो सदासीत्तदानीं नासीद्रजो नो व्योमा परो यत् (Neither non-being, nor being, was, has yet, nor was there space, neither heavens beyond it)   न मृत्युरासीदमृतं न तर्हि न रात्र्या अह्न आसीत्प्रकेतः | आनीदवातं स्वधया तदेकं तस्माद्धान्यन्न परः किञ्चनास (Neither was there death, nor immortality, nor was there any sign of then, of night and day. Totally windless, the one breathed, beyond that, there was no other. Indeed, nothing whatever was)
11-Apr-17	6	ॐ आत्मा वा इदमेक एवाग्र आसीन्नान्यत्किंचन मिषत् । AUM ATMA VA IDAM EKA EVAGRA AASIT  NA ANYAT KINCANA MISHAT (In the beginning, there was but, the absolute SELF alone, nothing else was) (Aitareya upanishad)
12-Apr-17	7	There was nothing earlier than the God’s existence. They say: "Brahman was one and non-dual. It thought, 'Let me become many.'
15-Apr-17	10	The Atman alone was. “Atma va idam eka evagra asit, nanyat kin cana misat,” says the Aitareya Upanishad at the very commencement.
16-Apr-17	11	At the end of our spiritual journey, we must reach THE state when we are not able to recognize anything other than GOD, the SELF, the pure consciousness which is described in the Aitareya Upanishad verse “Atma va idam eka evagra asit, nanyat kin cana misat”. We exist as that very Atman as per the above verse. The stone has not been created, though it is solidly perceivable. In the same way, the world has not been created, though it is visible to the eyes. As mentioned before, exactly as we start with a solid boulder/ rock and at the end, at the subtlest level we see that there is no rock but only sea of force everywhere, an indistinguishable continuum, similarly, whether the creation is there or not, when a sadhaka reaches the subtlest level of experience in his sadhana, he is unable to feel/ experience the creation at gross level. Only his inner experience shines, like there existed only the continuum of energy when seen with the most powerful microscope.
17-Apr-17	12	That is, There is only one Truth ( sathyam) which is Infinite ( Anantham) and there is no creation except this Truth or in other words, The entire creation is only this Truth which we learnt in an earlier post through the example of boulder where we concluded that the continuum of energy  never died at all, never modified itself at all, never use any other thing as tool or matter at all to create the stone and therefore, at the subtlest level, the TRUTH is that only that energy exists ( In human life, only the TRUTH - DIVINITY/ SELF/ CONSCIOUSNESS exists)
18-Apr-17	13	This is the God/ Consciousness described in the earlier Aitareya upanishad verses and its explanation in various posts as the ONE THAT was alone, with nothing else, with the ONE not even aware of ITSELF. This PURUSHA is the First cause, with there being no cause for the emergence of purusha.
19-Apr-17	14	In this enhanced view, Purusha and Prakriti are no longer self-created entities but the two aspects of the Supreme One. Krishna Says "Both Purusha and Prakriti are MY nature. The Parameswara who causes Creation, Preservation and Dissolution through these 2 agencies is I MYSELF. These is no substance other than me. I am the primal cause, Primal substance." (Source-Message of Lord , page 405)
20-Apr-17	15	The pure consciousness unmixed with any or elemental principle (thathwa), the witness eternal, the Self luminous. It is stateless. It is beyond all states of consciousness, so it is described as the Imperishable (Akshara-puru- sha).
21-Apr-17	16	The journey of Self-realization, or discrimination of pure consciousness (Purusha) from unmanifest matter (Prakriti) is one of systematically using attention to encounter, examine, and transcend each of the various levels of manifestation, ever moving attention further inward towards the core of our being.
22-Apr-17	17	Sankhya says that Purusha and Prakriti are self-created and eternal entities and there is nothing beyond these two. In the Gita, an entity / existence beyond Purusha and prakriti is explained as PURUSHOTTAMA. The one who / which existed before the cosmic vibration, all alone is Purushottama. There was only one God (Purushottama / God / Brahman/ Parameswara).
25-Apr-17	20	Brahmādyāḥ stamba paryantāḥ prāṇino’tra jaḍā api, uttamā dhama bhāvena vartante paṭa citra vat (5). All kinds of things can be seen in the picture. There are human beings, gods, mountains, flowing rivers, sky, shining stars, the sun and the moon. Actually, they are not there. All the picture on the movie screen are mere super imposition on the screen, appearing on the screen when the projector is switched on, they come, they act and they appear to be real. once we seriously try and start re-tracing from various objects/ human beings/ nature that we see in this world, we can retrace to the cosmic mind of Iswara which planned / inked all such objects, then from the cosmic mind of Iswara, we can retrace to the unmanifest Iswara/ God and from Iswara, we can re trace to the pure canvas prior to starch, the PURUSHOTTAMA prior to purusha and prakriti,  the ONE who is beyond manifest (hiranya garbha) and unmanifest (Iswara) and settle in HIM, THE SUPREME GOD!
26-Apr-17	21	Nāpratīti stayor bādhaḥ kintu mithyātva niścayaḥ, no cet suṣupti mūrcchādau mucyetā yatnato janaḥ (13) The non-perception of the world is not freedom from bondage.It is the perception of the unreality of creation that is the freedom from bondage.
27-Apr-17	22	Seated on the canvas, how will we be able to see the other varied objects on the canvas? It is impossible because there is no space / no distance between us and the other drawings and the eyes cannot see itself, the eyes can only see things to our right / to our left/ in front of us/ above us / below us. It cannot see ourselves, it cannot see anything which exist as ourselves on the screen, with no space between us and the other drawings.
28-Apr-17	23	ENTIRE POST
29-Apr-17	24	theory given by Sri Gauda pada. Sanskrit word जात means originate or create/born and अजात means no-origination or no-creation/unborn. Ajatavada means the doctrine of no-origination or non-creation. According to Gaudapada there is no creation and delusion. The supreme truth is not subject to creation, transformation and delusion. This is also called paramartha sathya. All verses from Gaudapada Karika on Mandukya Upanishad given in the post.
30-Apr-17	25	There is neither dissolution nor creation, none in bondage and none practicing disciplines. There is none seeking Liberation and none liberated. This is the absolute truth (verse 32, Mandukya Karika) It is expected that all readers who have followed all posts till now are beyond any doubt that when we reach and merge with the Lord, THERE CAN BE NO CREATION, CREATOR, CREATED existing for us!! The Jiva who can recognize the creation and yet not be affected by the same, has merged with Brahman / God!! As far as this sage is concerned, there is no beginning, no journey, no end, no bondage, no sadhana, no liberation, no perceiving the creation, developing dispassion for creation and then ultimately transcending the creation. He says - EXIST AS THE VERY ESSENCE, PURUSHA, WITHOUT A BEGINNING. THERE IS NO CREATION!!
01-May-17	26	First doctrine is not acceptable because when God existed ALONE, there can be no other matter apart from Him. 2nd doctrine is not acceptable because, If God is not there at all in the created universe, then why there would be any goal for any being to attain God who is no more there!! “These so-called ‘things’ – molecules, atoms, energy centres, etc. – never became the stone. They were never transformed into the stone. They did not create the stone. They exist and have always existed in the same condition as they were when you perceived them through a powerful perception. Exactly, the continuum of energy that is God (consciousness), never became a stone. The creation never emerged at all.”
03-May-17	28	Non-apprehension is not realization, to apprehend and still not mis-apprehend is real achievement. You cognize all drawings in canvas only if you are away from the canvas. Upon merging in canvas, you can’t perceive other drawings. When we occupy the canvas, we cannot perceive ourselves.

Love.

Anandamayi Ma