Diamond

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Hello Ananda,

As you say it is the case that analogies can point

towards a reality and in a limited way express it. In

the case of adhyasa it seems to be much more than that,

almost having the status of a reflection of the working

of Absolute Reality.

 

That isn't remarkable because in Advaita knowability

and the being of anything is identical.

Br.Up.II.iv.6:" Beings oust one who knows them as

different from the Self. All ousts one who knows it as

different from the Self."

 

In the commentary Sankara writes: "Because everything

springs from the Self, is dissolved in It, and remains

imbued with It during continuance, for it cannot be

perceived apart from the Self. Therefore everything is

the Self."

 

Thanks for your clarification of a difficult area,

 

Best Wishes, Michael