Guest guest Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 This is what I learned from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi before I met Amma: There are two aspects of Reality, like two sides of a coin, the Relative and the Absolute. Absolute = unmanifest, never-changing, unbounded by space-time, formless, ever still, eternal existence itself Relative = all of manifest creation, ever-changing, innumerable forms, bounded by space-time, in continuous motion( vibratory at quantum level ), temporary cyclic existence The Absolute is the source of all relative creation. While all of manifest creation arises in the Absolute, the Absolute remains as the Absolute; It has to, because it is never changing; the Absolute is the substratum of all that exists in innumerable manifest forms. In Vedic terminology: The Absolute is Brahman, the One without a second. All of creation is Maya, roughly translated as Illusion. Illusion doesn't mean it doesn't exist; just that it has temporary ever-changing existence. The ever-changing manifest creation follows the natural laws personified by deities: 1) Brahma the Creator 2) Vishnu the Preserver 3) Shiva the Destroyer Interestingly enough, in field theory of physics there are three mathematical operators: 1) creation operator, 2)maintenance operator, 3)destruction operator Hope it's obvious for CHANGE to occur, there has to be destruction of the old, creation of the new, preservation of form at least for a while; this cycle repeats continuously. Relative creation arises in the Absolute, as the finest manifestation, which Vedas call the Divine Mother, or Vibratory Impulses of Pure Love. Some interesting comparisons; in Biblical terms the correlation seems to be: 1) Father is the Absolute Existence itSelf 2) Son is the Pure Love manifesting at finest level as the reflection of the Father 3) Holy Ghost is the vibratory creative energy which some call the Divine Mother This would make it Father-Son-Mother and balance things out as opposed to Father-Son-Holy Ghost( all masculine ). However, it seems to me that, the Divine Mother is both the Pure LOVE and the Creative ENERGY( Shakti ). Please keep in mind the value of all these conceptions are only to point to the actual Reality which must somehow be experienced and Self-Realized; and the more one labels, compares and categorizes the more room for possible distortions, although the intent is to simplify and clarify. Summary: In the language of duality, only the Absolute is Absolute and everything in Relative Creation is Relative. In the language of ONENESS, everything is seen as a unity. Nice article on " Oneness in Hinduism " (nine pages) http://uwf.edu/lgoel/documents/AOnenessinHinduism.pdf " THE TRUTH IS ONE; SAGES NAME IT VARIOUSLY " ~ RIG-VEDA in peace, awareness, and Amma's Love, amarnath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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