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

[V Subrahmanian]

Thanks Sudhanshu ji, for the description of Atman/Brahman contemplation.

warm regards
subbu

On Sat, May 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>
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