two aspects of one reality

 

two aspects of one reality

This standard statement clarifies on The form of the Supreme

''Brahma Satyam. Jagan Mithya.

Jivo Brahmaiva Na Parah''---- Adi Shankaracharya

God alone is real. The world is illusory.

The individual is none other than God.

So

1 supreme in essence is just formless ,pure nothingness, pure awareness , unmanifest, no dimensions , not in the frame of time space, without any attributes, it is all pervading, eternal, vacuum state , in the language of physics
so any form , who ever, however beautiful , virtuous, meritorious, saintly, wise, evolved , well behaved cannot be considered as the form of supreme

this is the first fundamental aspect of reality of supreme
but

2 the one formless supreme manifests as multitude of all visible /manifest forms phenomena,
so every form /every being is nothing but supreme itself in essence
specially the live beings , Jivo Brahmaiva Na Parah''

both formless and forms are existing together one nonseparate from other

conclusion is that supreme is uniformly present , like unseen sap of the tree, giving rise to all aspects of tree like twigs branches flowers fruits seeds, each a part of the one whole tree , no separate from the totality that tree is

 

 no part is superior/inferior to other part of the tree

The Mahāvākyas

 

– meaning “Great Sayings” or “Great Sentences” – are four statements from the Upanishads which clearly and memorably indicate the unity and absolute oneness of our own spiritual Self with the Supreme Self; of Atman with Brahman.

The Upanishads are the central and foundational scriptures of Hinduism. They are filled with many Mahāvākyas but there are four specific ones, from each of the four Vedas, which are considered the greatest.


The philosophy of Hinduism dignifies and divinifies all mankind, by asserting that all life is the ONE Life…that all life is sacred, precious, and divine…and that there is nothing but Brahman, the One Supreme Divine Principle which is all and in all.

1. Prajñānam Brahman – “Consciousness is Brahman”
(from the Aitareya Upanishad of the Rig Veda)

2. Ayam ātmā Brahman – “The Self is Brahman”
(from the Mandukya Upanishad of the Atharva Veda)

3. Tat Tvam Asi – “Thou art That”
(from the Chandogya Upanishad of the Sama Veda)

4. Aham Brahmāsmi – “I am Brahman”
(from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad of the Yajur Veda)

“In the beginning was only Being, One without a second. Out of himself he brought forth the cosmos and entered into everything in it. There is nothing that does not come from him. Of everything he is the inmost Self. He is the truth; he is the Self supreme. You are That, Shvetaketu; you are That.”
~ “Tat Tvam Asi” in the Chandogya Upanishad ~