[Advaita-l] A Circle with center everywhere and circumference nowhere

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 1:51 PM, Kartik Vashishta via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Hari OM!
>
> What does "A Circle with center everywhere and circumference nowhere" this
> mean?
>
> Am I to assume that it means that there are no "objects of perception" but
> only "subjects" and that everything is pure consciousness itself?
>
> Please explain by way of explanation AND analogy.
>

The Vedanta teaches 'Tat Tvam asi'. The experience thereafter is 'Aham
Brahma Asmi'.  The Vedanta also teaches 'atmaiva idam  sarvam', 'brahmaiva
idam sarvam', etc. There are many such statements. All this means there is
only consciousness and nothing inert anywhere.  Even to say 'subjects' in
plural is not accurate; there is only one Consciousness, Chit, and all the
many 'sentient' ones are only this One with upadhis.  There is only gold
and all ornaments are only gold really. There is only space and all
enclosures are only space captured, as it were, in them.  When the
enclosures are removed, we have one indivisible space.

The Mundakopanishad 2.2.12 gives the message very aptly:

ब्रह्मैवेदममृतं पुरस्ताद्ब्रह्म पश्चाद्ब्रह्म दक्षिणतश्चोत्तरेण ।
अधश्चोर्ध्वं च प्रसृतं ब्रह्मैवेदं विश्वमिदं वरिष्ठम् ॥ १२ ॥
 भाष्यम्
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यत्तज्ज्योतिषां ज्योतिर्ब्रह्म, तदेव सत्यम् ; सर्वं तद्विकारः वाचारम्भणं
विकारो नामधेयमात्रमनृतमितरदित्येतमर्थं विस्तरेण हेतुतः प्रतिपादितं
निगमनस्थानीयेन मन्त्रेण पुनरुपसंहरति — ब्रह्मैव उक्तलक्षणम् , इदं यत्
पुरस्तात् अग्रेऽब्रह्मेवाविद्यादृष्टीनां प्रत्यवभासमानं तथा पश्चाद्ब्रह्म
तथा दक्षिणतश्च तथा उत्तरेण तथैवाधस्तात् ऊर्ध्वं च सर्वतोऽन्यदिव कार्याकारेण
प्रसृतं प्रगतं नामरूपवदवभासमानम् । किं बहुना, ब्रह्मैवेदं विश्वं समस्तमिदं
जगत् वरिष्ठं वरतमम् । अब्रह्मप्रत्ययः सर्वोऽविद्यामात्रो रज्ज्वामिव
सर्पप्रत्ययः । ब्रह्मैवैकं परमार्थसत्यमिति वेदानुशासनम् ॥

Hari OM!
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