The purpose of this post is to analyse and enquire into the meaning of'tad, one portion of the mahavakya, the great equation , that equates jiva and ishvara, and is the primary cause for liberation or moksa.
Atma is to be understood as the subject, or sakshi, which is unchanging and is the witness consciousness in waking, dreaming, as well as sleeping.
The reason the consciousness here is said to be the witness, is because of the presence of a body, mind self complex, including the causal, the subtle and the gross body.
The causal body is beginning less, and resolves into consciousness.
Question is what is meant by resolution.
There is two kinds of resolution.
During sleep the individual mind resolves into the causal body in a dormant state.
The individual causal body itself, resolves in the total causal body of maya during the mega resolution, which is the resolution of the entire jagat.
Here consciousness is the cause , the ishvara who is the agent and the cause and he alone projects, maintains and then resolves the universe. Therefore the meaning of tad, is consciousness, and this consciousness is ishvara, he who projects, maintains and resolves all bodies.
Here this consciousness is both intelligent cause, as well as material cause, hence the projected universe is this consciousness ishvara alone.
Therefore when it is said "I" the I refers to this one consciousness, who as projects the jagat from himself and resolves it unto himself.
The pure consciousness here, is unchanged, therefore he is the vivarta upAdAna karanam, he himself undergoes no change as he projects the jagat.
The jagat is mithya, having its reaility in,consciousness the satyam, and with this mithya jagat, consciousness is a saguna ishvara.
Therefore consciousness with the act of creating sustatining and resolving universe is mithya power of consciousness, while cosnciousness is satyam.
Atma is to be understood as the subject, or sakshi, which is unchanging and is the witness consciousness in waking, dreaming, as well as sleeping.
The reason the consciousness here is said to be the witness, is because of the presence of a body, mind self complex, including the causal, the subtle and the gross body.
The causal body is beginning less, and resolves into consciousness.
Question is what is meant by resolution.
There is two kinds of resolution.
During sleep the individual mind resolves into the causal body in a dormant state.
The individual causal body itself, resolves in the total causal body of maya during the mega resolution, which is the resolution of the entire jagat.
Here consciousness is the cause , the ishvara who is the agent and the cause and he alone projects, maintains and then resolves the universe. Therefore the meaning of tad, is consciousness, and this consciousness is ishvara, he who projects, maintains and resolves all bodies.
Here this consciousness is both intelligent cause, as well as material cause, hence the projected universe is this consciousness ishvara alone.
Therefore when it is said "I" the I refers to this one consciousness, who as projects the jagat from himself and resolves it unto himself.
The pure consciousness here, is unchanged, therefore he is the vivarta upAdAna karanam, he himself undergoes no change as he projects the jagat.
The jagat is mithya, having its reaility in,consciousness the satyam, and with this mithya jagat, consciousness is a saguna ishvara.
Therefore consciousness with the act of creating sustatining and resolving universe is mithya power of consciousness, while cosnciousness is satyam.
