Infinite Consciousness
Sage Vashishta instructs Lord Rama from "Yoga Vashista"
The energy of infinite consciousnes by which matter arises without even for a moment abandoning its own true nature, has manifested this creation, as it were, by merely willing it in its own intellig ence. In fact, even this willing is not true. The egosense that is implied in such willing is itself unreal; but out of this has proceeded all matter and their corresponding subjective senses. In truth, that energy of the infinite consciousness itself is space, time, natural order, expandion of thught, attraction, replusion, you, I-ness, You-ness, It-ness, above, below, nature, knowledge, ignorance, whatever is , was and will ever be. Everything is but infinite consciousness.
Though it is one , it is conceived of as diverse beings; it is neither one or many. It is not even it. It is established in reality, it is supreme and all nclusive peace. It is the immeasurable cosmic being or the true SELF.
posted by Badri Narayanan at 10:19 PM
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I wonder if you realize that your little paragraph forces you into the position of not being able to say anything about "it"? In reality, something that has no unique properties is as effective as saying that it has no properties, and if something has no properties it is therefore unknowable. If it's unknowable, you can't say anything about it. Second, affirming that this infinite consciousness is what it is not happens to be an egregious transgression of the Law of Noncontradiction (A cannot be non-A). Of course, you're probably thinking, "That's too Western; you have to transcend logic." Maybe, but if that is the case, your experience of this consciousness is without content--you can't know anything about it. Frankly, I do not think one can transcend the Law of Noncontradiction. One must presuppose the Law in order to even deny it, or else your denial affirms it legitimacy. I understand your desire to be liberated from maya, and break the cycle of samsara in order to return to Bhramin. Even so, I think it is an absolute dead end. It is ultimately a logical contradiction, and so being is NECESSARILY false.
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