[Advaita-l] Fw: Cosmic Ego

[Sri B]

Namaskar,
I way I interpret this: Ahankar operates at an individual level and Maya is its equivalent operating at a cosmic level. Both has the power of - Avarna (veiling) and Vikshepa (projection) - which ensures Ignorance of Atma for an Individual and the Brahman of the cosmic. One can even argue that mind is the tool of Maya, through which it creates this illusion of ahankar. The pramana is the three states - waking, dreaming and the deep sleep. In deep sleep, as we know, absence of mind leads to absence of ahankar and equally absence of Maya, as an Individual is unaware of space & time. Space and time are aspects of Maya. 

> On 21 May 2020, at 7:27 am, smallpress via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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> Shri Sudhakar,Dont you think the cosmic consciousness is the absolute Reality, Ishvara, and the purpose is to realize this truth? When realized the individual atma is no more because it devolves into Ishvara.What is its function? One of its attributes is it has no function that we can relate to. It exists, and it is all that exists. Soma 
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> On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 10:13 PM Sudhakar Kabra via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>> <<  Hiranyagarbha is the cosmic sukshma sharira (subtle body) which
>> contains manas, buddhi, chitta and ahankara (ego)
>> Indivdually ego is a product of ignorance (avidya) and is the main
>> objection for self realization. If cosmic ego exists then what could be its
>> function? Surely it cannot be a function of ignorance but can it be
>> explained with some example to understand >>.
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