[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Mirage water analogy for the world in the Bhagavatam

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste.

A very profound implication of illusory character of seen is illusoriness
of causation. For me, this is the single most important thing for a
meditative living in accordance with Vedanta. Somehow, I don't see enough
attention being paid on this.

The seen is just a dream. In my dream, a potter made a pot from clay. The
dream-clay is not a cause of dream-pot. There is no causal relationship
between two seen.

Similarly, in this so called "waking", the seen at moment 1 and seen at
moment 2 don't have a causal connection. It is a momentary disjoint
appearance. The seeing connection between seen-1 and seen-2 is as much a
product of ignorance as are seen-1 and seen-2.

This understanding leads one to completely reject past and future. And
situate in present. And that too as disinterested witness.

Desire needs causation. Fear needs causation. With causation gone, the
desires and fears vanish.

And one situates in present. Free from desire and fear. The root of these,
time and causation, go away with the dawn of understanding that seen is
dream.

Regards,
Sudhanshu Shekhar.