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Re: Brahman's omnipresence after cosmic dissolution

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sureshsmr • August 29, 2002 


Sriman Narayana:

This universe of space and time forms only one fourth of the vyapti 
of the Purusha or the Brahman or Sriman Narayanan (pl refer to 
Purusha Sooktam).The other three parts are beyond this material 
universe of space and time and is Spiritual (Amrutham divi) in 
dimension and so it is beyond mental comprehension.All sensory 
knowledge including mental speculation stop there and therefore 
Sruti/Shastras are the only source to understand entities like mind, 
Jeevathma.
Thus Anu-tva of the Jiva does'nt mean microscopic material existence 
and instead it means that the Jiva's awareness is limited to his own 
kshetra (shareera) as opposed to the Vibhu-tva of Sriman Narayana who 
is aware of everything in all kshetras.(Bhagavad gita 13-2,3).
During Pralaya this visible universe or space and time and all the 
infinite Jivas with all their attributes gets reduced to their 
unmanifested state which can never be explained as the Jivas will 
never be a witness for those.It is a state where time stands 
still!!.The contraction in pralaya does not mean material or 
geometric contraction!!instead it means becomming unmanifest!!.

Space or Akasha cannot be brahman because it is jada or achit without 
conciousness.Mind and Jiva are more subtler to space and time and 
Brahman or Narayana is the subtlemost conciousness of conciousness 
who is controlling everything from within.
This Sarvantarayamitva also implies Bahirvyapti.He is in us at the 
same time He is in all things external to us.Thus He is everywhere.

This is Adiyen's 2 cents worth.

Namo Sriman Narayana
Suresh



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