Universe: A Reflection Of Infinite Consciousness

Sage Vasishtha

O Rama, though this universe seems to exist, nothing really exists as the universe. It is but the appearance or reflection of the infinite consciousness, which alone is the reality. In that consciousness the creation appears as if in a dream. Hence, only the reality in which it appears is real: and that is the infinite void. You see the world because the eyes (or the other senses) perceive the world: and in the same way, if you think or believe or know that it exists that is because your mind thinks so. And that mind has brought this body into being for its own dwelling.

All  the powers that are inherent in the mind and by which the world has been brought into being are found in the infinite consciousness. Hence, the sages have declared that the mind is omnipotent. All these gods, demons and humans have all been conjured up by the mind; when the mind ceases to entertain such notions, they shall cease to be, even as a lamp without fuel.

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