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One can only conceptually get the feel of Absolute Monism/Advaita

Vedanta. It is the only Truth, rather the most consistent way to state

the fact of Truth. It can never be proved, justified or comprehended by

arguments based on reason and logic. This dilemma is known as spiritual

doubt, and sages say this doubt would remain in grosser or subtler form

in every spiritual aspirant till he/she realizes or experiences or

becomes one with the Truth, i.e. Absolute Consciousness.

 

The transcendental journey into the realm of higher consciousness is the

only proof of absolute monism. All other explanations fall in the

category of 'apara vidya' or lower knowledge, where mind, words, and the

senses fail to fathom and comprehend the true nature of Reality.

However, equally so, this path is the most difficult of all the

spiritual disciplines, and as the Upanishad says, 'it is like walking

over the razor's edge'.

 

Therefore, most of us, for want of alternative, take refuge in qualified

monism where we accept existence of multifarious world and divinity

(albeit potentially) in each soul. The goal is to first actualize this

potential truth in our own hearts, which automatically leads to us to

perceive the same divinity everywhere, and in all beings.

 

>From the point of physics, we know that the whole universe is made up of

subatomic particles alone, and to directly perceive the universe (of

multifarious objects as well as thoughts) as subatomic particles is to

enter the state of qualified monism. Then to experience the truth that

these subatomic elements are the first apparition of limitless,

infinite, immaterial and all pervading Consciousness is to become one

with the Reality. Returning back from such a rare experience an

occasional seer sees the universe as shadowy, unreal, illusory, and

crude expression of that Reality. Maya is to accept the first change,

first apparition, of the Absolute Consciousness into such subatomic

particles.

 

C S Shah

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