"The very first step in understanding what this is all about is giving up the concept of an active, volitional 'I' as a separate entity and accepting the passive role of perceiving and functioning as a process." - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Creation Not Real

Sage Vasishtha

The creation is not real; it merely appears to be so. He who has eradicated ignorance totally and in whom every form of conditioning has ceased is a liberated sage: though he seems to be aware of this dream known as world-appearance is naturally conceived of in all the jivas at all times, till the jiva attains liberation. In every jiva, therefore, the body exists potentially - not in all its physical substantiality, but as a thought and as an intention.

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That in whom reside all beings and who resides in all beings,
who is the giver of grace to all, the Supreme Soul of the universe, the limitless being:
I AM THAT. -- Amritabindu Upanishad