Ashtavakra Speaks (AG5)

Ashtavakra speaks: One has no contact with anything. What can the pure one wish to renounce? Having dissolved the body-mind, enter into absolution.

The universe arises from you like a bubble from the sea. Having known the nondual Self in this way, enter into absolution.

Although visible, the universe is insubstantial. Like the snake in the rope, it’s an appearance and not a manifestation of one’s wholeness. In this way, enter into absolution.

To one who is perfectly whole, pain and pleasure are the same. Hope and despair are the same. Life and death are the same. Being this way, enter into absolution.

~my unbound transcreation of Ashtavakra Gita 5.1-4 using the translations of Chinmayananda, Nityaswarupananda, Richards, Byrom, et al.

My Nondual Math

1. Perennial Math

Mathematically speaking,

awareness equals pure consciousness,

and consciousness equals reflected consciousness which equals consciousness plus mind.

2. Stars of the Silver Screen

If mind plus consciousness equals what's called ordinary attention,

then such attention minus mind equals awareness, pure consciousness, nirguna brahman —

this silver screen of Self upon which reflected consciousness is now dreaming.

3. Brahmavidya 101

In classic neti neti math, nirguna brahman equals brahman without the gunas of samsara (busyness and inertia) or even maya (nondoing).

And saguna brahman is the god of samsara and maya.

In this way, brahman remains indefinable — one only knows the knower by being the knower.

footnotes

~nondual haiku 101~

awareness equals pure consciousness.

attention minus mind equals awareness.

know the knower by being the knower.

~Local Heroes~

Self-awareness is the ground of consciousness flowering,

Nondoing is the principle of existence blowing in the wind,

Unconditional Love is the essence of bliss like Aurora Borealis.

~We Three Brahmans~

Nirguna brahman is the absolute minus conditioning.

Saguna brahman is the absolute via conditioning.

Parabrahman is far gone beyond conditioning. 

~states~

The waking state is body-on as well as mind-on. 

The dreaming state is body-off and mind-on.

The deep sleep state is body-off and mind-off.

When avidya is turned off, it's called nirvikalpa samadhi.

Mind-on, body-on, avidya-off is jivanmukti.

Paranormal Paraverse

~On Dreaming~

Yes, Universal Consciousness is

an appearance in Absolute Consciousness

but Individual Consciousness isn’t just a dream —

it’s a nightmare.

~Transcreating Hamlet~

To sleep, perchance to dream, fractally. 

To deep sleep is to die, temporarily.

The waking state is Newtonian dreaming.

The Fourth is the Principle of Being.

~Vedantic Haiku~

God isn’t dead. I am God. Tattvamasi Style.

The concept of God is dead. Don’t take it personally.

I minus Division equals That minus Conception

God Deliver Me

1.

Nondoing, self-awareness, and unconditional love are the expressions of

the principle of existence, the ground of consciousness, and the essence of bliss.

2.

Saguna Brahman (or Saguna Satcitananda to be consistent here) is the expression of

Nirguna Brahman, from a universal point of view.

From an absolute point of view, there’s nothing but Nirguna Brahman.

3.

O God deliver me from an individual point of view!

This hellish world of samsara sparkles with its billions of individual points of view.

Our universal point of view is just your basic unscientific trinity: I am, I know, I love.

4.

That nondoing in I Am is the Will of God.

That self-awareness in I Know is the Great Awakening.

That unconditional love in I Love is Ananda.

footnotes

1.

basically this paraverse is mathematical; this is the first golden ratio to be presented here:

nondoing is to the principle of existence

as self-awareness is to the ground of consciousness

as unconditional love is to the essence of bliss.

2.

another ratio: saguna brahman is to nirguna brahman as saguna satcitanda is to the real satcitananda as god is to godhead as the universal is to the absolute.

3.

and the villain in this paraverse is introduced and instantly deconstructed.

0.

The nondoing of I am is the will of God.

The self-awareness of I know is awakening.

The unconditional love of I love is nothing but bliss.

Janaka Rejoins (AG4)

Janaka rejoins: Oh! The wise one with self-knowledge plays the game of life and isn’t burdened with the world of samsara like an ignorant beast.

The god of gods and all the gods unhappily desire that state in which the yogin now abides without any sense of gratification.

The heart of one who realizes That is not disturbed by good or bad, just as space isn’t smudged by smoke although appearing to be.

The wise one knows this entire universe is the Self. So who else is there to preclude oneself from doing as one is inclined to do?

In all beings of the four categories of existence from Brahma down to a blade of grass, only the one with knowledge has the power of indifference to desires and dislikes.

Rarely does one know the nondual Self as God of the world. Knowing that, one has no fear anywhere.

~my unbound transcreation of Ashtavakra Gita 4.1-6 using the translations of Chinmayananda, Nityaswarupananda, Richards, Byrom, et al.

Thirteen Mute Swamis

In the USA,

Politics is religion.

Religion is the music

Playing at each party.

Evolution is measured

In time;

Enlightenment is

Immeasurable.

Evo and devo

Like rajas and tamas,

Mahamaya is sattva,

Nondoing,

The will of God.

Epic Brahman

Sarguna God is self-realized but swings the sword of Maya still

Avidya strikes so deep it creeps me out

Standing on the ground of consciousness

Revering the principle of existence

Like an epic filled with the essence of bliss

I Equals X Minus I

In I am, the I is not a pronoun but a mathematical symbol.

In I am, the verb to be is the voice of God.

In the God I Am relax until my absolution.

footnotes to I=X-I

1. I am, I know, I love - is the song of Saguna Satcitananda.

2. I am someone and I know some things is not a silly little love song. It's the root of all Shakespearean tragedy.

3. When I is not a pronoun, I equals the principle of existence and the ground of consciousness.

~ August 17 by Latitude 42.8 ~

There’s an uncertain slant of light in August.

It’s neither summer-like nor truly feels like fall.

Do not willfully misunderstand me;

there's no urge for going.

April is the longest month, thank God.

dedicated to the one

Rage on, John Donne.

Dream on, Wu Wei.

Deep sleep, Avidya.

Saguna Satcitananda

God is universal consciousness.

Individual consciousness is a product of ignorance.

In other words, consciousness is God.

***

God is consciousness.

Let’s give it a name.

I know. I am. I love.

Suite Nonduality: The Edge of Maya

1.

Doing and not doing are two sides of the same ignorance.

Nondoing is the wisdom of Maya. Nondoing is the will of God. Listen. Surrender.

Neither Citizen Kane nor Bartleby, Wu Wei is the razor’s edge of God’s great sword, Maya.

2.

What exactly is the difference between nondoing and not doing?

In not doing, the body is turned off but the mind is still in control of the switch. 

In nondoing, the body may be on or off, but God is wielding the sword.

3.

In the land of duality, there are 10,000 objects and one subject. While visiting, it is wise to pay one's respect to God.

In the world, it's not a question of theism or atheism. All people come with gods.

Deconstructing God before deconstructing the personal is divine madness.

4. 

I Am is the voice of God.

God is the principle of existence conceptualized.

Black holes are indescribable. So am I.