Question for Swamiji

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Swamiji,

 

In the atha praadhaanikam rahasyam, Mahalakshmi creates Brahma and

Lakshmi from hiranyagarbha, the Golden Womb, also called bindhu.

Later, the Creative Capacity and his wife, the Spirit of All-Pervading

Knowledge, give birth to the Cosmic Egg.

 

I was under the impression that hiranyabarbha and the Cosmic Egg are

one and the same; in fact, I recall having seen it referred to as the

Golden Egg. Is it?

 

If it is, how is it that those gods who were themselves products of

this "first spark of creation" again created the "first spark of

creation" in order to produce the universe? Is it that Hiranyagarbha

is eternal, existing outside of time, a sort of eternal instant,

eternal birth potential, accessible to anyone able to approach it?

 

Now for the clincher...

 

Must all who attain to asamprajnata samadhi first pass through

hiranyagarbha?

 

Thank you.

 

Chris