The World Renewal MONISM IS A DIVINE REALITY: AN INTERPLAY OF CORE AND PERIPHERY
– BK Kishan Dutt, Shantivan
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he monism is the philosophical experience and observation. Swami Adi Shankracharya ji had laid down this belief of monism. In monism, the monists believe that there is only one divine power. It pervades all over the universe (cosmos). Everything (gross or subtle ) has been created by the divine power. Their belief explains that the divine power is Omnipresent and Almighty. They call it Brahm. They say that Brahm is the only truth and everything else is untruth; the falsehood (Maya). You are that Brahm. They believe in nondualism (monism). The monists think that we are completely hypnotized with the nature. We see this world in a hypnotic state of mind. We live in a deep hypnotic stage of mind. They believe that the self-deception and other worldly attractions must be abandoned. Brahm is the only thing which is attainable. They say that going after the fulfilment of physical things is like going after rubbish. They want only liberation and do their efforts to attain the liberation from the futility of birth and death. January, 2017
Similar to this, there is another principle propounded by Vallabhacharya which is known as ‘Shuddhadvait’. They believe that there is only God, and matter and jeeva (souls) are created by Him only. There is a philosophy known as dualist. They believe that there are two kinds of energies. The first one is physical (gross/ subtle) energy. The second one is consciousness. The consciousness is metaphysical entity. A metaphysical entity which has the conscience (discretion of right and wrong) is called consciousness. The dualists believe that this whole universe is a play of these two energies. They think that we have been trapped by the various forms of physical energy. Our indulgence in physical passion is the root cause of our sufferings. They believe that our consciousness (soul) can conquer the physical passions through the spiritual endeavour (yoga sadhana). They believe that by conquering over the physical desires, soul (consciousness) can be liberated from the physical bondages. There is another philosophy
known as davit-advait (bhedabhed) which is similar to this. In addition to this, there is a different dimension in its conception. There is another division of souls who believe in the energies in trine. That is called as Vishishtadvaitya propounded by Ramanujacharya. They believe in three eternal realities: Consciousness, Matter and God. However, with due respect to all the theories, the real knowledge about the Eternal Secrets of Life is given by only God, the Incorporeal Supreme Soul (God Shiva). He gives knowledge about the self, His Own Identity and about the World Cycle. There are three eternal realities. The world where we live is an eternal stage which witnesses the interplay of three realities: Souls, Matter and God. These three energies play their roles in the Eternal World Drama (EWD). On the world stage, within the time and space dimensions, these three powers play their role constantly. It is a non-stop phenomenon. We feel like we are creating this drama by performing our actions. It looks like so, but actually it is predestined drama of three energies. It repeats identically after every 5000 years. It can be called ‘The Eternal World Drama of souls, matter and God’. Each and every soul has a fixed part in this eternal world Drama. Even the Supreme Soul
To remain stable, try to maintain all relationships only with God, the One Above. 33