Are Monism and Dualism Reconcilable?

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Roman'"> Visualize a mountain and the path leading to its icy summit. As the

climber traverses the lower ranges, he sees the meadows, the passes, the giant

boulders. This we can liken to dualism, the natural, theistic state where God

and man are different. Reaching the summit, the climber sees that the many

parts are actually a one mountain. This realization is likened to pure monism.

 

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reaching the summit, teach a denial of the foothills they themselves climbed on

the way to their monistic platform.

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above the mountain's peak, the entire Truth is known. The bottom and the top

are viewed as a

mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">one whole, just as theism and monism

are accepted by the awakened soul. Monistic theism, Advaita Ishvaravada,

reconciles the dichotomy of being and becoming, the Apparent contradiction of

God's eternality and temporal activity, the confusion

of good and evil, the impasse of one and two. The Vedas affirm, "He who knows

this becomes a knower of the One and of duality, he who has attained to the

oneness of the One, to

the self-same nature." Aum Namah Sivaya.

------------ Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Sivaya Namah

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two views. Visualize a mountain and the path leading to its icy summit. As

the climber traverses the lower ranges, he sees the meadows, the passes, the

giant boulders. This we can liken to dualism, the natural, theistic state where

God and man are different. Reaching the summit, the climber sees that the many

parts are actually a one mountain. This realization is likened to pure monism.

Unfortunately, many monists, reaching the summit, teach a denial of the

foothills they themselves climbed on the way to their monistic platform.

However, by going a little higher, lifting the kundalini into the space above

the mountain's peak, the entire Truth is

known. The bottom and the top are viewed as a one whole, just as theism and

monism are accepted by the awakened soul. Monistic theism, Advaita Ishvaravada,

reconciles the dichotomy of being and becoming, the

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mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Apparent contradiction of God's

eternality and temporal activity, the confusion of good and evil, the impasse

of one and two.

yes"> The Vedas affirm, "He who knows this becomes a knower of the One and of

duality, he who has attained to the oneness of the One, to the self-same

nature." Aum Namah Sivaya.

------------ Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Sivaya Namah To help you

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