What Is God Siva's Unmanifest Reality? 1

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Om Namah Sivaya A mystical ascetic, sits radiating effulgent blessings. He has realized the Self God, the timeless, causeless, formless Absolute Reality symbolized by the Sivalinga enshrined within him. ParaSiva (SIVAM) is God Siva's Unmanifest Reality or Absolute Being, distinguished from His other two perfections, which are manifest and of the nature of form. ParaSiva is the fullness of everything, the absence of nothing. Aum. ParaSiva, the Self God, must be realized to be known, does not exist, yet seems to exist; yet existence itself and all states of mind, being and experiential patterns could not exist but for this ultimate reality of God. Such is the great mystery that yogis, rishis, saints and sages have realized through the ages. To discover ParaSiva, the yogi penetrates deep into contemplation. As thoughts arise in his mind, mental concepts of the world or of the God he seeks, he silently repeats,"Neti, neti--it is not this; it is not that." His quieted consciousness expands into Satchidananda. He is everywhere, permeating all form in this blissful state. He remembers his goal, which lies beyond bliss, and holds firmly to "Neti, neti--this is not that for which I seek." Through pranayama, through mantra, through tantra, wielding an indomitable

will, the last forces of form, time and space subside, as the yogi, deep in nirvikalpa samadhi, merges into ParaSiva. The Vedas explain, "Self-resplendent, formless, unoriginated and pure, that all-pervading being is both within and without. He transcends even the transcendent,unmanifest, causal state of the

universe." Aum Namah Sivaya. ------- Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Sivaya Namah

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