[Advaita-l] I am Alone in the Universe?

[Swami Sarvabhutananda]

It depends upon how you understand the statement!
Swami sarvabhutananda

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:40 PM, S Srivastava <sksrivastava68 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Sir:
>
> Some Advaitis have accepted the Eka Jeeva Vada. This is saying I am
> > Alone in the Universe.
>
>
> Very true.
>
>
> > The people in the world are only in my dream
> > not real.
>
>
> Yes. They are appearances in I awareness. However keep in mind that this
> particular body-mind organism that is typing these words is also an
> appearance in the self same I awareness.
>
>
> > They are not different Jeevas but my dream creations.
>
>
> Yes, they are dream creations- including one special dream creation that I
> take to be myself.
>
> This is not any different from what is ordinarily called a dream state,
> which is created entirely by me yet out of the numerous characters created
> in the dream, only one dream character is imagined as "me".
>
>
>
> > God is
> > also my dream creation. Even they say if a Guru comes and gives
> > instructions he is also in my dream only. He is teaching me in my
> > dream.
>
>
> Very true.
>
>
> > But question is how can anyone take the Guru seriously if he is
> > only a dream creation? How can there be liberation without taking Guru
> > seriously?
> >
> >
> I awareness that creates all these dream characters indeed does not have
> any reason to take a dream guru seriously. It is the dream "I" that needs
> the teachings of the dream guru - not the I awareness that is the creator
> of dream "I" as well dream guru.
>
>
> They have said Advaita is different from this Solipsism. How is the
> > Eka Jeeva Vada different from Solipsism?
>
>
> Solipsism  considers all others as dream characters in the dream of this
> particular body-mind organism which is considered to be myself. It accords
> a higher level of reality to one special body-mind organism among a
> multitude. So this particular body-mind organism is considered as real
> while all others as simply dream characters. Advaita turns this concept on
> its head. All other characters including this particular body-mind organism
> which is considered to be myself have the same order of reality - whether
> you call it dream or appearance.
>
> Advaita is not solipsism. It is the true seeing of our raw experience. Do
> we not see this particular body-mind organism also an object just like
> others? Wherever we turn our attention we find only objects. The subject
> cannot be found anywhere. However the word "object" is meaningful only in
> contradistinction to the word "subject". If there is no subject then there
> is no point in saying that all we find is object. At this point the
> difference between the subject and the object collapses and there is only
> pure intimacy of experiencing, which is also called "I" awareness.
>
> praNAm
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