[Advaita-l] Brahman knowing itself?

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On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Suresh <mayavaadi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Many times, I have heard this argument. Brahman created the world to know
> itself. The logic goes like this: the eye cannot see itself, except as a
> reflection in the mirror. Likewise, the knower cannot know himself except
> by studying himself in a mirror, namely the world.
>

This is not an advaitic view. It may be related to pratyabhiGYA-school of
shaivAgama-s.