Profound treatment of the subject and very scholarly exposition. If Hindi or some other Indian language is used, lecture would attact a bigger audiance.
Advaita Advaita means “not two”. Advaita is interpreted as establishing oneness with the Creator. Self with all its limitations dares to declare AHAM BRAHMA ASMI, I'm Brahma, the Creator . The limited, frail and ignorant self declares "I am Brahma" I'm the Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Omniscient Creator. BRAHMA, the name given to the Creator is logical because the activity of crossing (BRAH) the limit (MA) is meaningful in the act of creating. Being the sole entity the MA decided to cross the limit. The Omnipresent (limitless) being decides to jump across MA (limitlessness is the limit in the case of the Omni qualified Creator) and creates other beings (MAs) with freewill (much more freewill than that of the autonomous machines/ robots of today) receding from own Omnipresence. The Creator granted freewill to the creature. Biblical, creature Man is created in the image of God and is provided the freewill. Freewill equivalent to the Creator is granted to the creature. The will to do anything, the freedom to decide one's own course of action, even whether to reinforce MA or to cross MA (self's boundary). The freedom to cross the boundary of self (MA) is the freewill and the meaning of Brahma, in the context of creature. AATMA is the Self isolated from its environment. Isolation is a mental process of segregating the non-self away from the individual self. Na-ithi (not-this) is adopted as a process for segregating the self from nonselves. Once arrived at AATMA, handling the new perception of self is expressed by 1)Aatmeeyatha or 2) Aatmeekatha. If the idea of Aatma is handled in the same old MAAYA way, it's Aatmeeyatha. The process of enhancing MA, the boundary of the self is called Aatmeeyatha. MA, the fencing, thought pattern (my Chittha Vrutthi), my money, my awarenes & my biases against my neighbour gets reinforced in Aatmeeyatha. Aatma gets the safety and quality of life because of the experiences. But at the same time aatma is fettered to the past. Logic (continuity in the usage of logos ) ensures goodness for self upto this moment. Aatmeeyatha is also just MAAYA, the enhancement of MA, the self. Aatmeeyatha is self’s effort to forge ahead as MATHAM (religion) prescribes. Aatmeeyatha is mindlessly adhering to the rituals(MA) prescribed in matham. The realisation that the purpose self is in the service of the little (powerless) neighbour might cause the Aatma(self) to isolate and be on one’s own, (SA), in handling the environmet (TA) . If self decides to abandon the selfishness, it's called annihilation of MA (YAMA) by Patanjali, being dvijaatha in other Hindu scriptures, being born again by Jesus. The selfcentred exploitative trait of treating the little (powerless) neighbour gives way to loving the little as one’s own. Unless born again no one is able to see the “Kingdom of God”, Jesus. Be born again so that you are able to see the powerless neighbour as King God. The Kingdom of God is at hand. Right here, right now. Take up the cross of creating the Kingdom of God, take up the cross of decision making to see the exploitable little neighbour as lovable King God. In every language we have sounds like SA, MA, TA.. These sounds make up words representing the whole universe. SA is found in words representing self (sva in india). TA is found in words representing the inverse set of SA like “ other,that,this, ”. Sound "MA" (my, I'm, in India "mera"..) is used to create words representing the boundary between self and other, "SA" and "TA". So we've seen that sounds SA, MA and TA create words representing the universe. MA creates words for my measure, my money (capital), my memory (awareness),my methods, my thought pattern, my right... Words with MA segregates self (SA) from the environment (TA). MA otherises and makes individuals mindless to the little neighbour. Little neighbour is always treated as an easy prey for the enhancement of MA. Escape from the bondage to MA ( MAAYA, the selfishness) is proposed by the word BRAHMA. "Brahma" invokes to jump across MA and love the little neighbour, to correct the awareness continually. The word "Brahma" packs the ideas of love and scientific temper. Aatmeekatha is the mutative decision making to annihilate MA and becoming SATH (the unbiased interaction of SA with TA) without boundary. This oneness in purpose is Advaita. The purpose of self (SA) to serve the little neighbour (TA) is Advaita. Will the cunning MA allow its annihilation, YAMA. MAAYA, the selfishness, cheats the self to settle with Aathmeeyatha as an equivalent of Aatmeekatha. Aatmeeyatha gives the meaning Creator to the word BRAHMA, and relieves the individual from the burden of loving the neighbour. Some rituals and tricks as MA is prescribed by MATHAM and the individual readily accepts the easy alternative, Aatmeeyatha. MATHAM colludes with AATMA to cheat the King God, the powerless neighbour. Phrases invoking 1) AYAM AATMA BRAHMA. 2) Aham BRAHMA asmi 3) Prajnaanam Brahma.. Prajnaanam=PRA+j nanam = para+jnanam=awareness of other. BRAHMA means to be aware of para / what is beyond self. An invocation to correct the perception continually implies scientific temper. 4) Tatvamasi If TATH in this mahavakya is defined as the powerless neighbour, the neighborhood of the individual becomes BRAHMA VIHARA, an equivalent of the Kingdom of God which is at hand. By the way the word "ethics" imply the same meaning as Tatvamasi,(tat tvam asi / that thou art/ your neighbour is you). Ethics means the state of e+ta= no other= neighbour is treated as self. Where the exploitative trait is replaced by love there is Tatvamasi= Ethics ! Aatmeeyatha cunningly defines BRAHMA as just the Creator and relieves the individual of the burden of loving the powerless neighbour. Aatmeekatha defines TATH as the powerless neighbour readies self to carry the burden of creating the BRAHMA VIHARA… Even the basics of Kingdom of God and BRAHMA VIHARA are scuttled. Words are misinterpreted to make life in this world easy. There are some donkeys left in the world who choose the narrow gate and make the lonely journey of Aatmeekatha. The life of love and scientific temper.. Recapitulating : aatmeekatha is segregating the self from MATHAM, the mob and from the mob psychosis, deciding to connect with the environment in an unbiased, in-exploitative way. Love and scientific temper are the predominant attitudes of the mutated being dvijaatha, born again to the Aatmeekatha of Advaita. 🙏
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Profound treatment of the subject and very scholarly exposition. If Hindi or some other Indian language is used, lecture would attact a bigger audiance.
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Advaita
Advaita means “not two”.
Advaita is interpreted as establishing oneness with the Creator. Self with all its limitations dares to declare AHAM BRAHMA ASMI, I'm Brahma, the Creator . The limited, frail and ignorant self declares "I am Brahma" I'm the Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Omniscient Creator.
BRAHMA, the name given to the Creator is logical because the activity of crossing (BRAH) the limit (MA) is meaningful in the act of creating. Being the sole entity the MA decided to cross the limit. The Omnipresent (limitless) being decides to jump across MA (limitlessness is the limit in the case of the Omni qualified Creator) and creates other beings (MAs) with freewill (much more freewill than that of the autonomous machines/ robots of today) receding from own Omnipresence. The Creator granted freewill to the creature. Biblical, creature Man is created in the image of God and is provided the freewill. Freewill equivalent to the Creator is granted to the creature. The will to do anything, the freedom to decide one's own course of action, even whether to reinforce MA or to cross MA (self's boundary).
The freedom to cross the boundary of self (MA) is the freewill and the meaning of Brahma, in the context of creature.
AATMA is the Self isolated from its environment. Isolation is a mental process of segregating the non-self away from the individual self. Na-ithi (not-this) is adopted as a process for segregating the self from nonselves.
Once arrived at AATMA, handling the new perception of self is expressed by
1)Aatmeeyatha or
2) Aatmeekatha.
If the idea of Aatma is handled in the same old MAAYA way, it's Aatmeeyatha. The process of enhancing MA, the boundary of the self is called Aatmeeyatha. MA, the fencing, thought pattern (my Chittha Vrutthi), my money, my awarenes & my biases against my neighbour gets reinforced in Aatmeeyatha. Aatma gets the safety and quality of life because of the experiences. But at the same time aatma is fettered to the past. Logic (continuity in the usage of logos ) ensures goodness for self upto this moment. Aatmeeyatha is also just MAAYA, the enhancement of MA, the self. Aatmeeyatha is self’s effort to forge ahead as MATHAM (religion) prescribes. Aatmeeyatha is mindlessly adhering to the rituals(MA) prescribed in matham.
The realisation that the purpose self is in the service of the little (powerless) neighbour might cause the Aatma(self) to isolate and be on one’s own, (SA), in handling the environmet (TA) . If self decides to abandon the selfishness, it's called annihilation of MA (YAMA) by Patanjali, being dvijaatha in other Hindu scriptures, being born again by Jesus. The selfcentred exploitative trait of treating the little (powerless) neighbour gives way to loving the little as one’s own. Unless born again no one is able to see the “Kingdom of God”, Jesus. Be born again so that you are able to see the powerless neighbour as King God. The Kingdom of God is at hand. Right here, right now. Take up the cross of creating the Kingdom of God, take up the cross of decision making to see the exploitable little neighbour as lovable King God.
In every language we have sounds like SA, MA, TA.. These sounds make up words representing the whole universe. SA is found in words representing self (sva in india). TA is found in words representing the inverse set of SA like “ other,that,this, ”. Sound "MA" (my, I'm, in India "mera"..) is used to create words representing the boundary between self and other, "SA" and "TA". So we've seen that sounds SA, MA and TA create words representing the universe. MA creates words for my measure, my money (capital), my memory (awareness),my methods, my thought pattern, my right... Words with MA segregates self (SA) from the environment (TA). MA otherises and makes individuals mindless to the little neighbour. Little neighbour is always treated as an easy prey for the enhancement of MA. Escape from the bondage to MA ( MAAYA, the selfishness) is proposed by the word BRAHMA. "Brahma" invokes to jump across MA and love the little neighbour, to correct the awareness continually. The word "Brahma" packs the ideas of love and scientific temper. Aatmeekatha is the mutative decision making to annihilate MA and becoming SATH (the unbiased interaction of SA with TA) without boundary. This oneness in purpose is Advaita. The purpose of self (SA) to serve the little neighbour (TA) is Advaita.
Will the cunning MA allow its annihilation, YAMA. MAAYA, the selfishness, cheats the self to settle with Aathmeeyatha as an equivalent of Aatmeekatha. Aatmeeyatha gives the meaning Creator to the word BRAHMA, and relieves the individual from the burden of loving the neighbour. Some rituals and tricks as MA is prescribed by MATHAM and the individual readily accepts the easy alternative, Aatmeeyatha. MATHAM colludes with AATMA to cheat the King God, the powerless neighbour.
Phrases invoking
1) AYAM AATMA BRAHMA.
2) Aham BRAHMA asmi
3) Prajnaanam Brahma..
Prajnaanam=PRA+j nanam = para+jnanam=awareness of other. BRAHMA means to be aware of para / what is beyond self. An invocation to correct the perception continually implies scientific temper.
4) Tatvamasi
If TATH in this mahavakya is defined as the powerless neighbour, the neighborhood of the individual becomes BRAHMA VIHARA, an equivalent of the Kingdom of God which is at hand. By the way the word "ethics" imply the same meaning as Tatvamasi,(tat tvam asi / that thou art/ your neighbour is you). Ethics means the state of e+ta= no other= neighbour is treated as self. Where the exploitative trait is replaced by love there is Tatvamasi= Ethics !
Aatmeeyatha cunningly defines BRAHMA as just the Creator and relieves the individual of the burden of loving the powerless neighbour. Aatmeekatha defines TATH as the powerless neighbour readies self to carry the burden of creating the BRAHMA VIHARA…
Even the basics of Kingdom of God and BRAHMA VIHARA are scuttled. Words are misinterpreted to make life in this world easy. There are some donkeys left in the world who choose the narrow gate and make the lonely journey of Aatmeekatha. The life of love and scientific temper..
Recapitulating : aatmeekatha is segregating the self from MATHAM, the mob and from the mob psychosis, deciding to connect with the environment in an unbiased, in-exploitative way. Love and scientific temper are the predominant attitudes of the mutated being dvijaatha, born again to the Aatmeekatha of Advaita.
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