Nirguna Godhead and Saguna Idols

From the point of view of ignorance and illusion, avidya and maya,

the absolute godhead nirguna brahman is

endowed with attributes within this world of dreams

where its people call this manifestation of the absolute respectfully:

Isvara, Saguna Brahman, God, The Universe, and Ten Thousand Other Namarupa.

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Basic Satcitananda

From the point of view of ignorance and illusion, avidya and maya, the absolute godhead nirguna brahman is endowed with attributes within this world of dreams where its people call this manifestation of the absolute respectfully: Isvara, Saguna Brahman, God, The Universe, and Ten Thousand Other Namarupa.

The absolute godhead is before the big bang of spacetime beyond the boundaries of humankind and world war mind as existence equals consciousness equals bliss your basic satcitananda and its experiential power of three.

Existence is the first principle. Consciousness is the ground of all knowing. Bliss is the essence of holistic infinity.

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Sunnet

The sun illumines the solar system

but I illumine the sun.

I deconstruct the matrix

while avoiding the bends of belief.

I pledge myself to the principle of existence

and its effortless nondoing.

I stand on the ground of pure consciousness 

and intuitive nonknowing.

I breathe the essence of nonduality.

Breathe the essence of nonduality.

On Samsara, God, and Reality: The Spotsy Sutra

1. In the world of samsara, I am someone, I know some things, and I love some of them. In primordial Maya, the quantum power of God, I am, I know, I love. In reality, there is the Principle of Existence, the Ground of Consciousness, the Essence of Bliss, Satcitananda, the Nondual Absolute, Parabrahman.

2. If part of you believes you’re an individual being, then part of you believes there is a universal one as well. This universal one is like a god. Giving it a name and backstory is just what people do. It’s voice is echoing inside you — I am.

3. If I-Know is an offshoot from the ground of consciousness, then self-awareness is its flower. If I-Love is the fragrance of the essence of bliss, then unconditional love is its essential oil. If I-Am is the principle of existence In action, then nondoing is its core.

4. Samsara is like Newtonian physics. Maya is like Quantum physics. Parabrahman is like the Anti-physics. For there is no grand unification theory. There’s only nondual reality.

5. Doing and not doing are two sides of the same ignorance. Nondoing is the wisdom of Maya, the will of God. Whether theistic or atheistic, all people come with gods. Deconstructing god before the personal is divine madness. God is the principle of existence conceptualized. I Am is the voice of God.

6. Satcitananda is the absolute nondual godhead. Saguna Brahman is its power of three: I Am, I Know, I Love. In the mirror of Maya this looks like spontaneity, self-awareness, and unconditional love.

7. Deep sleep is the real big bang appearing within that which is beyond the three powers of reflected consciousness, called that fourth, Turiya. The three powers or ignorant states of reflected consciousness are deep sleep, the sleeping dream, and the waking dream.

8. Within that absolute Fourth, body-mind appears. Default settings are off: deep sleep. Mind turns on first: sleeping dream state. Body turns on next: waking dream state. With ignorance (avidya) off but body-mind (maya) on is Jivanmukti; with body-mind off is Nirvikalpa Samadhi.

9. Apparent modification is ‘vivarta’. Transformative modification is ‘parinama’. A pot is parinama of clay. Clay is vivarta of Brahman. Both are modes of Maya. Thus the universe is not a product of Brahman. Brahman supports the universe, but transcends its cause-and-effect duality.

10. In deep sleep the power of three rests: no busyness nor inertia. No wisdom too. Maya is turned off when God has shit to do. As long as one’s in a personal world, you’re believing in some universal god. Finding out what is initial self-inquiry. For God is the force, prana, manifestation of the Self.

11. Consciousness as most know it is pure consciousness reflected in the mind. Pure consciousness is the cit in satcitanada. Some call it awareness. It is the ground of reflected consciousness. Reflected consciousness is attention to Maya. In duality, it’s one or three. In nonduality, it’s not two.

12. The universe Is relative, uncertain: energy & gravity & electricity of a single hydrogen atom transforming into more than 108 other elements in this dance of Maya. Hydrogen isn’t caused by transformation but is of apparitional causation, the elementary superimposition on Brahman.

13. God is universal existence wielding the power of the dream state. Individual existence is ignorance wrapped inside a dream inside a mind. Effortless existence is the wisdom of the dream state intuiting the will of God. Beyond the Big Dream is that substrate of Pure Existence like a silver screen.

14. Every object and thought is but a name and form superimposed on Brahman. The world appears in Brahman like shadowy reflections on a clear calm lake. The reflections may not be real but they’re made out of nothing but Brahman. See every ornament is made of your Self, Brahman gold.

15. Listen to the ear of the ear. Reflected consciousness is the expression of pure consciousness. Divine imagination is the expression of reflected consciousness. Revelation is the expression of divine imagination. God is Brahman seen through the fog of Maya. Faith in reality precedes realization. 

16. In the world, I am something else. Through the grace of God, I am. From samsara, the way to Parabrahman is through Saguna Brahman. Samsara hears many things but only loves some of them. The voice of existence says I am. The principle of existence is the silent eye.

17. Consciousness appears in awareness as I Am appears in That. Ignorance of that makes one human. Dispelling this ignorance is losing the human form. I pledge my self to that principle of existence. I take my stand on that ground of pure consciousness. I breathe that essence of holistic bliss infinity.

18. The universe Is this holographic dream of Brahman. Not only is this dream appearing in Brahman, it’s nothing but Brahman. Brahman does not create this dream. It’s a paradox called Maya. They say with discernment comes dispassion and with dispassion is self-realization. Viveka! Viveka! Viveka!

19. Between earth and sun is moon. Between me and I is the reflected existence of I Am. Thus existence is beyond divine. As body-mind is insentient, that principle lends it the appearance of life. They say I am that principle. So deconstruct yourself as if digging out a loved one after an earthquake.

20. Senses see the world, mind sees the senses, and awareness witnesses everything. Awareness is not attention. Attention is mind superimposed on awareness. I think I’m the mind but in reality I’m that awareness. This is easier said than realized. It’s not about belief. It’s simple self-awareness. 

21. It’s not about the quality of this. Not this, not this. That. This is an appearance in that. This isn’t really this. This is always that. This is like a dream. God is like a dreamweaver waving its wondrous power of maya. God minus maya is that. I minus this am that. That is that.

22. I Am is expression of the Principle of Existence. I Know is outgrowth of the Ground of Consciousness. I Love is radiating from Holistic Bliss Infinity. Such is the Power of Three. Existence, Consciousness, Bliss are the names of God in Maya. Between Awareness and Self-awareness appears a Big Bang.

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In the world of samsara, I am someone, I know some things, and I love some of them. In primordial Maya, the quantum power of God, I am, I know, I love. In reality, there is the Principle of Existence, the Ground of Consciousness, the Essence of Bliss, Satcitananda, the Nondual Absolute, Parabrahman.

~Self Prayer (8/9)

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If part of you believes you’re an individual being, then part of you believes there is a universal one as well. This universal one is like a god. Giving it a name and backstory is just what people do. It’s voice is echoing inside you — I am.

~Being Afterword (8/9)

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If I-Know is an offshoot from the ground of consciousness, then self-awareness is its flower. If I-Love is the fragrance of the essence of bliss, then unconditional love is its essential oil. If I-Am is the principle of existence In action, then nondoing is its core.

~A Rose is a Rose is a Sunflower Sutra (8/10)

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Samsara is like Newtonian physics. Maya is like Quantum physics. Parabrahman is like the Anti-physics. For there is no grand unification theory. There’s only nondual reality.

~Issac, Quantumaya, and Parabrahman (8/12)

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Doing and not doing are two sides of the same ignorance. Nondoing is the wisdom of Maya, the will of God. Whether theistic or atheistic, all people come with gods. Deconstructing god before the personal is divine madness. God is the principle of existence conceptualized. I Am is the voice of God.

~Suite Nonduality: The Edge of Maya (8/14)

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Satcitananda is the absolute nondual godhead. Saguna Brahman is its power of three: I Am, I Know, I Love. In the mirror of Maya this looks like spontaneity, self-awareness, and unconditional love.

~Satcitananda and Powers of Three (9/4)

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Deep sleep is the real big bang appearing within that which is beyond the three powers of reflected consciousness, called that fourth, Turiya. The three powers or ignorant states of reflected consciousness are deep sleep, the sleeping dream, and the waking dream.

Within that absolute Fourth, body-mind appears. Default settings are off: deep sleep. Mind turns on first: sleeping dream state. Body turns on next: waking dream state. With ignorance (avidya) off but body-mind (maya) on is Jivanmukti; with body-mind off is Nirvikalpa Samadhi.

~The Real Big Bang 9/4

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Apparent modification is ‘vivarta’. Transformative modification is ‘parinama’. A pot is parinama of clay. Clay is vivarta of Brahman. Both are modes of Maya. Thus the universe is not a product of Brahman. Brahman supports the universe, but transcends its cause-and-effect duality.

~Vivarta-vada and the Life Force (9/18)

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In deep sleep the power of three rests: no busyness nor inertia. No wisdom too. Maya is turned off when God has shit to do. As long as one’s in a personal world, you’re believing in some universal god. Finding out what is initial self-inquiry. For God is the force, prana, manifestation of the Self.

~In deep sleep, the power of three (9/21)

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Consciousness as most know it is pure consciousness reflected in the mind. Pure consciousness is the cit in satcitanada. Some call it awareness. It is the ground of reflected consciousness. Reflected consciousness is attention to Maya. In duality, it’s one or three. In nonduality, it’s not two.

~On the Cit in Satcitananda (9/27)

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The universe Is relative, uncertain: energy & gravity & electricity of a single hydrogen atom transforming into more than 108 other elements in this dance of Maya. Hydrogen isn’t caused by transformation but is of apparitional causation, the elementary superimposition on Brahman.

~Looking at Maya through a Telescope (10/3)

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God is universal existence wielding the power of the dream state. Individual existence is ignorance wrapped inside a dream inside a mind. Effortless existence is the wisdom of the dream state intuiting the will of God. Beyond the Big Dream is that substrate of Pure Existence like a silver screen.

~God, Maya, & Wu Wei Walk Into a Bar (10/18)

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Every object and thought is but a name and form superimposed on Brahman. The world appears in Brahman like shadowy reflections on a clear calm lake. The reflections may not be real but they’re made out of nothing but Brahman. See every ornament is made of your Self, Brahman gold.

~Brahman Gold (10/24)

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Listen to the ear of the ear. Reflected consciousness is the expression of pure consciousness. Divine imagination is the expression of reflected consciousness. Revelation is the expression of divine imagination. God is Brahman seen through the fog of Maya. Faith in reality precedes realization. 

~Talking Tattvamasi (11/12)

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In the world, I am something else. Through the grace of God, I am. From samsara, the way to Parabrahman is through Saguna Brahman. Samsara hears many things but only loves some of them. The voice of existence says I am. The principle of existence is the silent eye.

~Saguna Yoga (11/22)

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Consciousness appears in awareness as I Am appears in That. Ignorance of that makes one human. Dispelling this ignorance is losing the human form. I pledge my self to that principle of existence. I take my stand on that ground of pure consciousness. I breathe that essence of holistic bliss infinity.

~I Am Pure Consciousness (11/25)

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The universe Is this holographic dream of Brahman. Not only is this dream appearing in Brahman, it’s nothing but Brahman. Brahman does not create this dream. It’s a paradox called Maya. They say with discernment comes dispassion and with dispassion is self-realization. Viveka! Viveka! Viveka!

~A paradox Called Maya (11/28)

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Between earth and sun is moon. Between me and I is the reflected existence of I Am. Thus existence is beyond divine. As body-mind is insentient, that principle lends it the appearance of life. They say I am that principle. So deconstruct yourself as if digging out a loved one after an earthquake.

~The Principle of Satcitananda (12/1)

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Senses see the world, mind sees the senses, and awareness witnesses everything. Awareness is not attention. Attention is mind superimposed on awareness. I think I’m the mind but in reality I’m that awareness. This is easier said than realized. It’s not about belief. It’s simple self-awareness. 

~On the Ground of Awareness (12/7)

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It’s not about the quality of this. Not this, not this. That. This is an appearance in that. This isn’t really this. This is always that. This is like a dream. God is like a dreamweaver waving its wondrous power of maya. God minus maya is that. I minus this am that. That is that.

~Not this. That. (12/10)

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I Am is expression of the Principle of Existence. I Know is outgrowth of the Ground of Consciousness. I Love is radiating from Holistic Bliss Infinity. Such is the Power of Three. Existence, Consciousness, Bliss are the names of God in Maya. Between Awareness and Self-awareness appears a Big Bang.

~Song of Satcitananda (12/13)

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Rig Veda 10:129

Whence creation has arisen

perhaps forming itself

or perhaps it didn’t.

The one who looks down

from the highest heaven knows

or perhaps doesn’t.

~Rig Veda 10:129 (transcreating Doniger)

Song of Satcitananda

1. To thee I sing

I am is the expression of the principle of existence. To thee I sing.

I know is the outgrowth of the ground of consciousness. To that I listen.

I love is radiating from holistic bliss infinity. To self-awareness.

2. In God, I love

In primordial Maya, I am. In samsara, I’m not even that.

In samsara, I know I am during a profound revelation or two. Otherwise, sometimes I think I am and sometimes I think I’m not.

In God, I love. In samsara, I love some things. In reality, I am holistic bliss infinity.

3. no words

There are no words to describe Parabrahman.

Words can only point to the pointless.

That gap is called Zeno's paradox.

4. For Zeno

There are no words to describe Parabrahman. Words can only point to the pointless. That gap is called Zeno's paradox.

The world is made of memories but I am that before the mind records it.

Personal deconstruction hurts. The personal kills.

5. this Big Bang

I am, I know, I love. Such is the power of three.

Existence, consciousness, bliss, are the names of Maya.

Between absolute awareness and self-awareness appears this Big Bang.

Not this. That.

It’s not about the quality of this.
Not this, not this.
That.

This is an appearance in that.
This isn’t really this.
This is always that.

This is like a dream.
God is like a dreamer
waving its wonder of maya.

God minus maya is that.
I minus this am that.
That is that.

2. that, oh my

Discernment, dispassion, and an earnestness for that, oh my.

Mind-training isn’t rocket science. It’s like learning how to use a hammer.

You can bang your thumb forever or hit the nail on the head.

3. Basho is big

Basho is big in Japan. There are statues of him along the narrow road to the deep north. I have seen the ones at Hiraizumi and Yamadera. His greatest haiku was the one he never wrote. Ya Matsushima.

Fleas, lice,
The horse pissing
Near my pillow
~Basho wrote this one. This is Blyth's translation.

4. to the light

Between DNA and psychological conditioning, I am.

Firewood appears to be on fire. Light is appearing as wood.

Fire is wood returning to the light.

5. beyond bee

Beyond bee and beekeeper is being.

Self-awareness is appearing in awareness.

Satcitananda is beyond words.

On the Ground of Awareness

Senses see the world, mind sees the senses, and awareness witnesses everything.

Awareness is not attention. Attention is mind superimposed on awareness. Awareness is the ground.

I think I am the mind but in reality I’m that awareness. But this is easier said than done.

This is not about belief, the mind’s religion. This is simple self-awareness. And there’s nothing you can do about it.

2. the light of awareness

Awareness is not only the ground of the self, awareness is the ground of the universe. Thus, I minus Avidya equals That minus Maya.

That awareness is like a screen and this universe is like a movie which that screen also illumines. Like television.

Thus the light of awareness is the ground, the omnipresence of existence is the principle, and holistic infinity of bliss is the essence.

3. when

When the mind is turned off, it's called deep sleep. When the mind is turned on, it's called the dream state.

When beginningless ignorance is turned on, it's dreaming or deep sleep. When avidya is turned off, it's samadhi.

Avidya off with mind on is savikalpa, jivanmukti. And with mind off is nirvikalpa samadhi.

4. god

Everyone has a god. Even no god is a god.

Not knowing your god is not knowing yourself

Beyond god is atman and atman is brahman.

5. sitting

Sitting in a sequoia tree singing out raw poetry.

I was a labyrinth in Santa Fe. I was the loneliest road in America.

By the time I got to Woodstock, there's a forest for the trees.

Self-awareness is the big bang. Self-awareness is what's happening. 

Pure consciousness is the movie screen. Reflected consciousness is the movie.

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This is not about belief, the mind’s religion. This is simple self-awareness. And there’s nothing you can do about it.

Awareness is not only the ground of the self, awareness is the ground of the universe. Thus, I minus Avidya equals That minus Maya.

When the mind is turned off, it’s called deep sleep. When the mind is turned on, it’s called the dream state.

Everyone has a god. Even no god is a god. Not knowing your god is not knowing your self.

Self-awareness is the big bang. Self-awareness is what’s happening.

That Reveals Speech & Not Vice Versa

Whether metaphorical or scientific, no language can describe the absolute nondual Brahman. Language can only point. 

Right brain people prefer the metaphorical and left brainers like the scientific.

Be it slings & arrows of snakes & ropes or powerful equations of satcitananda is not the point.

Pointing out the pointless is.

2. appearances in the principle

Life and death are dreamlike appearances in the principle of existence.

Like waking up and instantly knowing a dream was just a dream.

You’re not the car. You’re the driver witnessing the road.

3. ananda

In the name of the effortless nondoing of existence, the intuitive nonknowing of awareness, and the affectionate nonloving of ananda.

I pledge myself to the principle of existence. Standing on the ground of awareness. Breathing in the essence of ananda.

Cause and effect is appearing in existence. Knowledge and ignorance is appearing in awareness. Love and death is appearing in ananda.

4. festival

Moonlight is the reflection of ananda.

Winter solstice is a festival of existence.

The big bang is awareness of awareness.

The Principle of Satcitananda

Existence is beyond divine. It’s a principle.

The body and the mind and all its thoughts are insentient. It’s the principle of existence which gives them the appearance of something living.

Thus they say you are the principle of existence. For the real you is Brahman.

2. Fireplace

In any working fireplace there’s firewood and woodfire.

Wood is born and cut down. Fire is an eternal principle.

Firewood is to dreaming as woodfire is to reflecting as fire is the subject.

3. Thus Maya

The logic of nonduality requires the paradox of Maya. Otherwise Brahman cannot be Brahman.

For Brahman to be Brahman, Brahman must be beyond all definitions of spacetime.

Whatever appears to be changeable or limited is not Brahman. And Brahman is all there is. Thus Maya.

4. Moonlight

Between ego (I'm somebody) and the principle of existence (I) is reflected existence (I am).

Between the earth and the sun is the moon. Coyotes howl. We sunbathe in its moonlight.

Deconstruct yourself like digging out a loved one following a catastrophic earthquake.

5. Awareness aware of awareness

Awareness aware of awareness appears like a self-reflexive universe.

Are we are on some karmic timeline in that self-reflexive universe?

Self-realization is spontaneous. It only appears to take 13 billion years.

0. My self-reflexive universe

Existence is beyond divine. It’s a principle.

Wood is born and cut down. Fire is an eternal principle.

The logic of nonduality requires the paradox of Maya. Otherwise Brahman cannot be Brahman.

Between the earth and the sun is the moon. Coyotes howl. We sunbathe in its moonlight.

Awareness aware of awareness appears like a self-reflexive universe.

A Paradox Called Maya

The universe is this holographic dream of Brahman.

Not only is this dream appearing in Brahman, it’s nothing but Brahman.

Brahman does not create this dream. It’s a paradox called Maya.

2. three Gods with one Maya

From the point of view of the first two powers of Maya, God is Saguna Brahman.

From the point of view of a third power of Maya, the principle of existence is Nirguna Brahman.

Nirguna Brahman witnesses the universe. Saguna Brahman plays three Gods with one Maya.

3. waiting for its next move

They say nondoing is hard to do.

They say nondoing isn’t something to be done.

They say nondoing is following your heart and waiting for its next move.

4. enough said

Not only does no one get out of here alive, no one gets here born.

In duality, one is the body or the mind after all. 

In nonduality, enough said.

5. No one gets here born octet

Not only does no one get out of here alive.

No one gets here born.

In duality, one is the body or the mind.

In nonduality, enough said.

I am not an object to be illumined by a mind. I am self-luminous.

Only awareness is aware of awareness.

They say with discernment comes dispassion and with dispassion is self-realization. 

Viveka! Viveka! Viveka!

I Am Pure Consciousness

Consciousness is not what you think it is. The mind reflects pure consciousness. (Some call this reflection, consciousness, and pure consciousness, awareness.) Reflected consciousness is what you think consciousness is, but pure consciousness is not this consciousness. 

One can lose this kind of consciousness but awareness can't be lost. Awareness is not a thing in space-time. In fact, space-time appears in awareness. Not only does awareness witness both dream states of the mind (sleeping and waking) but deep sleep (mind off) too.

Consciousness appears in awareness as I Am appears in That. Ignorance of this fact is what makes one human. Dispelling this ignorance is like losing the human form. I am not reflected consciousness. Reflections are the stuff of dreams. I am pure consciousness. Real, not opinion.

2. fearlessence

They say Maya has three powers.

First, it veils; this is called ignorance.

Second, it projects; this is called the dream state.

Third, it reveals; this is called nondual wisdom. 

I pledge my being to that principle of existence. 

I take my stand on that ground of consciousness.

I breathe that fearlessence of holistic bliss infinity.

3. waiting for ananda

driving like star wars in this redwood forest of california where the elk and the ewok play

i am high upon a big sur starry bench with thomas merton and an infinite pacific beneath our wings

standing on the corner of existence street and consciousness waiting for ananda.

4. key

it looks like saguna but it's really nirguna.

superimposition is the key.

you are not a snake.

5.

i remember surprise

i love the unmemorable

snow in san alsemo

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