Saturday, December 2, 2023

Knowing Brahman, Knowing Everything

 Brahman is the truth, knowledge and infinity.

Satyam, Jnanam, Anantham Brahman

The ancient vedic teachings tell us that Brahman (God) is "the vast," that which  expands  or swells without limit. ( Sarvapriyananda).

Anantham

Anantham means, "without limit" or "infinite". What doe it mean to be without limit?

It means to be omnipresent, eternal, and nondual.

Say what crazy lady?

It means that it extends beyond the limit of space. There is no place where Brahman is not.  It is everywhere.  It extends beyond the limit of time. There is no time before Brahman existed and there will be no time after it existed.  It is not born and it does not die. It extends beyond the limit of object. There is nothing brahman is not in.  It is not separate or apart from anything. It is in everything.  

Brahman is right here, right now, in everything.

How can an object be Brahman if it is impermanent as much of this physical world is?  Our forms will die will they not?

Satyam

What is omnipresent, timeless, and not separate from anything is the existence of a thing...the being of a thing. Satyam is "pure existence"/truth /reality ...it is the "isness" of everything we see.  God/ Brahman is that isness. God is the ocean and all temporal objects are simply the waves.  We as human forms are manifesting existence for finite time...our bodies will die but the Ocean in us will continue to exist...we, who we are without this form,  will simply fall back into it. 

Reality exists beyond names and forms. We can look at a tree and say "tree"...that is just a name.  The tree is just a form. We can cut the tree down and chop it up for wood.  We may now call it "wood" but it is still that which the tree was.  We can then burn this wood in a fire and call it "fuel" but it is still that which the tree was.  We will see ashes in the firepit after the fire is out and may call it "ashes" but it is still that which the tree was.  The thing we called "tree" still exists though the names and forms changes....Even when all  matter is no longer visualized related to that object, what allowed the tree to be is still there though we can no longer experience it as such. It is this "isness"  that is "satyam", not the form or name.

Jnanam

It may seem that our knowledge can not be Brahman under the characteristics of spacelessness, timelessness, and nonduality because knowledge changes fast and all our experiences are so fleeting.  We learn something new every even minute, we may forget something every odd minute. What we have to remember is that all knowledge is stored in consciousness. It is only  the objects of consciousness that are constantly changing, appearing dual, appearing here or there, but consciousness itself is pure. It is the common backdrop of all knowledge. It is not limited by space, time or duality.  Hmm!

This is where Sat Chit Ananda comes into play.  The  Eternal Conscious Bliss of existence. It is the light within our hearts that allows us to experience  these lives.

 Brahman  is the Truth, Knowledge, and Infinity. He who knows It as existing in the cave of the heart in the  transcendent akasha, realizes all his desires along with omniscient Brahman. (Taittiriya Upanishad)

All is well. 

The Vedic Verse (November, 2023) Mind Blowing Idea that proves God is Within You/Swami SarvaPriyananda .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKVg3Sb1_2k

Taittiriya Upanishads/Vedanta  Students. (n.d.) https://vedantastudents.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/05-Taittriya-Upanishad-Summary.pdf


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