I'm an Advaithin!
Intro I had written this close to 4 years back. These were one of my very first thoughts that would go on to define who I am. I publish this on the day of 'Shri Rama Navami' with all pride for without him these admirable questions of Brahman could never have arisen. He has been an inspiration in my quest for God. He had all these queries at half my age and was liberated by mine now. I share the same despondency,dejection and despair about this world that this man felt eons before for he had conquered it all with the might of self-effort and dharma. I wish to become who he became. Let me be blessed to see "ONE in ALL and ALL in ONE" like he did. Duality is just a perspective, I and he are the same, 'Shriraam'! Article "In the beginning, there arose a division in the supreme being or infinite consciousness and the infinite apparently became the observer and the observed. When this observer sought to grasp or comprehend the observed, there arose a mixture (of the reality and the apparent appearance) or a confusion. On account of this confusion in the infinite consciousness there arises the concept of this finiteness!" I could not comprehend the above paragraph, I could not even in dreams assume the Supreme Brahman to be with any flaw. He who is truth himself, how can he have a confusion arise in himself? And then I realized the theory of the 'A-dvaitha' that the supreme consciousness and the 'self' are no different. In that case the flaw exists in us. We are the flawed beings, in us has the confusion arisen b/w the observed and the observer. We assume the observer and the observed to be different from the consciousness, however both are but the thought objects of the cosmic mind which by itself is the mind of the infinite consciousness and the infinite consciousness is nothing but 'I', I am the infinite consciousness, I am Brahman! "Dualism presupposes unity and non-dualism suggests dualism" and hence i had to consider the theory of 'Dvaitha', it says that the 'Parabrahman' and the 'self' have subtle difference and the self has to contemplate on the infinite consciousness and thus we have to attain the Parabrahman. Why would the self try to attain the Parabrahman who by himself is in confusion or even think of doing so? I being myself the 'Infinite consciousness or Parabrahman' would agree if the flaw is in me and thus correct it and attain true nature of myself. However, if the flaw is in the 'Infinite consciousness or Parabrahman' I would not even contemplate on the thought of attaining the 'Flawed Infinite consciousness'. Thus, I would like to ask you a question. The flaw is in me(being the infinite consciousness)? or The flaw is in the infinite consciousness(of whom i am a part of)? i.e. What do you say? The Advaitha or Dvaitha? After four long years: I'm an Advaithin:) - Elakavyan