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Yoga Vashishtha 3.55.44·60
(These verses teach that the whole world we see is nothing but the Supreme Reality or Pure Consciousness appearing in different forms)
प्रबुद्धलीलोवाच ।
आदिसर्गे यथा देवि भ्रम एष प्रवर्तते।
तथा कथय मे भूयः प्रसादाद्वोधवृद्धये ॥ ४४॥
श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
परमार्थघनं शैलाः परमार्थघनं द्रुमाः।
परमार्थघनं पृथ्वी परमार्थघनं नभः ॥ ४५॥
सर्वात्मकत्वात्स यतो यथोदेति चिदीश्वरः।
परमाकाशशुद्धात्मा तत्र तत्र भवेत्तथा ॥ ४६॥
सर्गादौ स्वप्नपुरुषन्यायेनादिप्रजापतिः।
यथा स्फुटं प्रकचितस्तथाद्यापि स्थिता स्थितिः ॥ ४७॥
प्रथमोऽसौ प्रतिस्पन्दः पदार्थानां हि बिम्बकम्।
प्रतिबिम्बितमेतस्माद्यत्तदद्यापि संस्थितम् ॥ ४८॥
यन्नाम सुषिरं स्थानं देहानां तद्गतोऽनिलः।
करोत्यङ्गपरिस्पन्दं जीवतीत्युच्यते ततः ॥ ४९॥
सर्गादावेवमेवैषा जङ्गमेषु स्थिता स्थितिः।
चेतना अपि निःस्पन्दास्तेनैते पादपादयः ॥ ५०॥
चिदाकाशोऽयमेवांशं कुरुते चेतनोदितम्।
स एव संविद्भवति शेषं भवति नैव तत् ॥ ५१॥
नरोपाधिपुरं प्राप्तं चेतत्यक्षिपुटं नयत्।
तत्तस्या नाक्षिचिज्जीवं नो जीवत्येव सर्गतः ॥ ५२॥
तथा खं खं तथा भूमिर्भूमित्वेनाप्त्ववज्जलम्।
यद्यथा चेतति स्वैरं तद्वेत्त्येव तथा वपुः ॥ ५३॥
इति सर्वशरीरेण जंगमत्वेन जंगमम्।
स्थावरं स्थावरत्वेन सर्वात्मा भावयन् स्थितः ॥ ५४॥
तस्माद्यज्जङ्गमं नाम तत्स्वबोधनरूपवत्।
तेन बुद्धं ततस्तद्बत्तदेवाद्यापि संस्थितम् ॥ ५५॥
यद्वृक्षाभिधमाबुद्धं स्थावरत्वेन वै पुनः।
जडमद्यापि संसिद्धं शिलातरुतृणादि च ॥ ५६॥
न तु जाड्यं पृथक्किंचिदस्ति नापि च चेतनम्।
नात्र भेदोऽस्ति सर्गादौ सत्तासामान्यकेन च ॥ ५७॥
वृक्षाणामुपलानां या नामान्तःस्थाः स्वसंविदः।
बुद्ध्यादिविहितान्येव तानि तेषामिति स्थितिः ॥ ५८॥
विदोन्तःस्थावरादेर्यास्तस्या बुद्ध्यास्तथा स्थितेः।
अन्याभिधानास्थानार्थाः संकेतैरपरैः स्थिताः ॥ ५९॥
कृमिकीटपतङ्गानां या नामान्तःस्वसंविदः।
तान्येव तेषां बुद्ध्यादीन्यभिधार्थानि कानिचित् ॥ ६०॥
The Awakened Lila said:
3.55.44
> O Goddess, just as this illusion begins to work in the first Creation, please explain it to me again by your Grace so that my knowledge may grow.
The Goddess said:
3.55.45–54
> The mountains are filled with Supreme Reality. The trees are filled with Supreme Reality. The earth is filled with Supreme Reality. The sky is filled with Supreme Reality.
> Because it is the Self of everything, wherever the Lord of Consciousness rises, the Pure Self of the Supreme Space appears in the same way there.
> At the start of Creation, the first Creator appeared clearly like a person in a dream. That same State still exists today.
> That first small movement is the image of all objects. Whatever is reflected from it still remains today.
> The air that enters the empty Space inside bodies makes the limbs move, and that is why it is called life.
> Right from the beginning of Creation, this same State is present in moving creatures. Even Conscious Beings are without movement, which is why plants and trees exist like this.
> This Consciousness-Space itself creates a small conscious part. It alone becomes Awareness, and nothing else turns into that.
> When it enters the human body as a limited form, it makes the eyes conscious. This is not a separate life in the eyes, nor does it live apart from the Creation.
> In the same way, the sky remains sky, the earth remains earth, and water remains water by its own nature. The body knows whatever it freely feels in that same way.
> Thus, the Supreme Self stays present in all bodies and thinks of moving things as moving and unmoving things as unmoving.
3.55.55–60
> So whatever is called moving is like its own form of Knowledge. Because of that Knowledge it is understood, and the same thing still exists today.
> Whatever is called a tree is again fixed as unmoving. Inert things like stones, trees, grass and others are still fixed like this today.
> There is no separate inertness at all, and there is no separate Consciousness either. From the beginning of Creation there is no difference at all in the general Existence.
> The Inner Self-Knowledge inside trees and stones, which are formed by intellect and such things, are simply their own State.
> The Inner Knowledge of unmoving things and others stay with different names and meanings according to other agreements.
> The Inner Self-Knowledge of worms, insects and birds are their own Knowledge forms given some meanings.
Summary of the Teachings:
Everything around us — mountains, trees, earth and sky — is completely filled with this One Ultimate Truth. The illusion of Creation starts right at the beginning, and the Goddess is asked to explain it once more so that Knowledge can grow. There is no real separation between things; all is One Single Consciousness.
The Creation is compared to a dream. Just as the first Creator appeared clearly in the beginning like a dreamer seeing himself, the same dream-like State continues even today. The very first small vibration in Consciousness created the images of all objects, and everything we experience now is only a reflection of that original movement. Life itself comes when air enters the empty spaces in bodies and makes limbs move; that is why we call it living.
Consciousness-Space creates small Conscious parts in every Being. The body feels and knows things exactly according to its own nature — sky stays sky, earth stays earth, water stays water. The Supreme Self is present in all bodies at once. It thinks of moving creatures as moving and still things as still, so the world appears divided into moving and unmoving beings. Yet in truth everything is the same Consciousness working in different ways.
There is actually no real difference between what we call conscious and inert, or moving and unmoving. All these are just appearances. From the very start of Creation, everything shares the same general Existence. Stones, trees, grass and all inert objects are simply fixed in their unmoving form by the same Supreme Self. Their Inner Knowledge is Real, but it looks different only because of how Consciousness expresses itself in them.
Finally, the Inner Awareness found in trees, stones, worms, insects and birds is also part of the One Consciousness. These are just different names and meanings given by convention or agreement. No separate inertness or Consciousness exists apart from the Supreme Reality. Everything we see is the same Pure Self appearing in countless ways, and this Truth has remained unchanged since the beginning of Creation.
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