Let us examine what is Seeing God As He Really Is from two standpoints, absolute and relative. To cite a typical example of such a “being” is to see the demonstrations and wisdom of Sri Bhagavan Maharshi Ramana. He clearly demonstrated “being in this world, but not of this world.” Dharma, Bhakti, Love, and Divinity. Bhagavan clearly demonstrated the reconciliation or the balance of form and formlessness, manifest and unmanifest, time and timelessness, bondage and liberation, limitation and limitlessness, dvaita and advaita. In the absolute sense, there is no bondage nor liberation, no creation, only Brahman. So, what is Atma? It is a format of the relative and the absolute reconciled as One, the Self. It sits smack amidst the absolute (Brahman) and the relative (Jiva), amidst the Muladhara chakra and the Sahasrara chakra so to speak in yogic terms, viz, the heart, Anahata chakra. A bridge amidst the absolute and the relative. Unconsciously, our lives are a clear demonstration of the relative and the absolute if our “eye” is open to know and realize. We transcend in deep sleep the relative world of waking and dreaming into the absolute world of deep sleep. To see this clearly, we have to remain vigilant in deep sleep, called sleepless sleep or self-abidance or turiya. Yes, there is the absolute beingness in Kevala Nirvikalpa Samadhi vs both relative and absolute in Sahaja Nirvikalpa Samadhi. Sri Bhagavan demonstrated both, Paramarthika (Absolute; only Brahman exists, no world, no ego, non-duality.) and Vyavaharika (Relative; the ego, the body, duality, the world of appearances, actions, relationships, love, compassion, etc). So, what is unconditional Jnana? It is the direct realization of Atma Sahaja Samadhi or the absolute and the relative, viz, one foot in the world and the other firmly in the Self. This is Beingness, not losing sight of the Self whilst in the world. It is the realization of who we are, Life, neither the absolute nor the relative, but sat amidst both. Sri Bhagavan intention (act, will) to liberate Palani Swami and His mother, Sri Alagammal, out of compassion and not contradiction (there are no others, there is no bondage or liberation, there is only That, etc) clearly demonstrated Him being in the world of perfection, love and compassion, removing merely the ignorance of separation (viyoga). In my supposition, I present to you Ardhanariswara (circumnutation, Girivalam, around the still Arunachala; viz, Maya or movement or agitation supported on Arunachala, the screen that supports the cinema show). “The jnani sees no one as ignorant. He sees only the Self. But to the ignorant, he appears to help them awaken.” So, Ramana’s liberation of his mother wasn’t a contradiction, it was a compassionate gesture within her dream, helping her awaken to the truth that she was dreaming, never bound. Therefore, Sri Bhagavan did not contradict his wisdom. This is unconditioned Jnana. Like Suka left his sanctity and fell into the dream world only to be awakened to the fact that he was dreaming by the Lord of Death, Yama. So, Bhagavan’s life shows that non-dual wisdom doesn’t negate love or action. It transforms them. His guidance of his mother was not a contradiction, it was a luminous teaching in itself, from both standpoints. Stillness alone is no result (mirror, screen; absolute) what use is it?); motion alone is no result (relection, appearance, relative; what use is it?). Sat, Life, Existence-Consciousness is amidst the paradoxes; reconciliation is Advaita Vedanta. This is Seeing God As He Really Is.
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