[Advaita-l] Realisation and Time, Space, Cause

Srikrishna Ghadiyaram srikrishna_ghadiyaram at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 2 18:13:06 CDT 2003


Hari Om !!

--- kuntimaddi sadananda <kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Bhagavan Ramana presents this very beautifully in
> his Upadesa saara
> text.
> 
>   dRisya vaaritam chittamaatmanaaH 
>   chittava darshanam tatva darshanam||
> 
> 
> > We also hear that one sees all beings in oneself
> etc.
> > We hear several poetic songs of realised saints
> > singing the He is one with starts, one with trees
> etc.
> > Even the Rigvedic Hymns such as Devi Suktam sing
> that
> > way. 
> > 
> > On what basis can we sing about "I" being one with
> all
> > stars etc. where as 'Space' itself evolved from
> > Absolute consciousness. If space evolved from
> > consciousness, how can we describe Absolute
> > Consciousness as 'Infinite' ???, that too at the
> time
> > of Self Realisation where in there is no place for
> > Time, Space, Causation.
> > 

This is precisely the point, if dRisya vaaritam, then
where is the description of being one with stars etc.
coming from ? How can we describe Brahman as
'Infinite' which is a description of 'Space' ? Does it
mean that 'Anantam' is not a correct
pointer/description ??

Om Namo Narayanaya !!


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