All the spiritual texts like the Veda, the Brahma Sutras, the Bhagavad-Gita assert that "the 'One' (brahman) only becomes many" and, as such, the 'One' (Energy?) only vibrates. creates an illusion of many; it is like a rope held in hand can be made to move like a snake by just shaking it! Form (Roopa) is the tanmatra of Agni. What all we see is a form presented by movement! it is just an impression of some form on the mind. When we see an object, the picture of the object is printed on the mind screen like a mirror reflecting the objects. The mind uses the eyes to focus attention on the object and the picture is printed on the mind screen. The picture, image stays until it is erased. But, for the focused attention, nothing exists! This is the first principle.
The second most important principle is that of 'maya'. This term is the most contentious issue in India philosophy, but not any more to a realized person. People are arguing about this concept for centuries without ever bothering to take to yoga and visualizing it themselves in samprajnya samadhi. A very simple way of explaining the 'maya' (Illusory aspect of the world) aspect as well as the concept stated above, as "I only exist" can be explained as under:
A jiva (person) is born alone; neither he /she that takes birth knows where it is born, to whom it is born, nor the fact who all are there before the jiva arrives there. Even if it is a twin or triplet, the jiva is one only, the bodies may be more. As the jiva grows through different stages of childhood and adult state, it is one only. When the person gets married, the person thinks he has become man and wife, or woman and her husband, as two. But, little does he/she realize the fact that he or she only became two! All are individuals- 'One' only; so also, when there are children, relatives and friends. ther term two,three, many are used to indicate the number of individual (one)s! Thus, little do i realize that i only became, two, three or more (with children), family, community, state, nation, world, planet, solar system, constellation, galaxy, universe, brahmanda, brahmn- all one only. Each individual entity merges into the other and create 'Oneness'. This is so simple as all male, female, young and old as one family!
As to the maya aspect, it is very simple. What all that is present now here may have a past and a future and. as such, it is ever changing. Whatever that is subject to chane is not the truth and the 'truth' is one that never changes! All transient objects are unreal as far as their changeability is concerned. The Prana, the prajnya, the life-force are all permanent features, spiritual aspects that never undergo change, albeit change their habitats. For instance, my prana, life-force may leave the body in the same way as it entered into me.
Thus Brahman manifests in numerous forms. The Sky, space or ether as a medium for movement exists without undergoing any change. It is the 'sat' and it is brahman. Kham brahma; kam brahma. Brahman that manifests as Akasha also manifests as the vayu, agni, jal and prithvi, as if, each one coming out, manifest, in different form and function out of what all are already manifest, from brahmn. Thus, the One brahmn only manifests in many different forms and functions. Whoever knows this becomes brahmn only.
Whe Shree Krishna says (in the Gitopadesha), "I only exist", He, the Lord, means that 'what all we see, hear, touch, tste or feel is nothing but His manifest aspects, the brahmn. He, the Lord is bruhat, macro and we the jiva are the condensed focused energy, the Atman, the micron. Each exist in each other!
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