Form or Formless, Thou Art That (You Are That)! Awareness Par Excellence. Awareness of What ? Awareness of Attributes, of the Almighty, of the Supreme Consciousness acceptable by all folds of the spiritual realms in this world and beyond.
We had gone through, on an earlier occasion, and once again recollect here, Four Maha Vakyas (Great Statements) from Upanishads. They are...
1. Prajnanam Brahma (Consciousness is Brahma) from Aitireya U.;
2. Ayam Atma Brahma (The Self is Brahma) from Mandukya U.;
3. Tat Tvam Asi (You Are That) from Chandogya U.; and
4. Aham Brahma Asmi (I, Self am Brahma) from Bruhadaranyaka U.
And one must also have heard about the following four other Maha Vakyas. Namely,
1. So Hum (I am He - Brahma);
2. Brahma Satyam Jagat Mithya ( Only Brahma - Supreme Consciousness - is Truth and the rest, that is Creation, is Illusory);
3. Ekam Evadvitiyam Brahma (There's no duality except Only One that is Brahma); and
4. Sarvam Khalvidam Brahma (All of this is Brahma only, nothing else).
Having brought back into our memory, the revelations from the sacred spiritual scriptures of yonder times, now we shall also revel in this joyful Awareness of our 'True Being ' embedded gracefully in the jewel like sankeertana of Annamachaarya, "Viswa Prakasunaku Veli Yeda Loneda" (Where is Outside, Where is Inside for the Omni Lucent Almighty)....
'The Almighty is formless, ever blissful, attribute less. the whole universe is illuminated by Him. Where is Inside and where is Outside for Him? He is the Eternal, He is always there. For Him where is the Origin (birth) ?
'When the whole creation is of his own making, where is the necessity of being bound to worldly affairs. He is Liberator, Omni present, all pervading; Then does He need an abode? He is beyond imagination and comprehension.
'For the one who exudes Divinity everywhere, where is the Origin and where is the End? He is Omniscient, sees all and knows all. Where is This side or that side (terrestrial or celestial) for Him?
He resides in the divine hearts of the sages in meditation; Then where is the necessity of words for Him? How can one see with naked eye or hear with ears this embodiment of Knowledge?
'He is Ascetic of all ascetics in renunciation; Then where is the demarcation for Him about known and unknown people. When He is confined to witness role and when Himself being the Saviour of all, how can He be expected to be involved in the acts of piety or sin and bear effects (fruits) of such acts ? To seek such Almighty, even explicit idol worship is not required. With ardent fervour He is realisable within you !'
Though the sankeertana is on the Almighty having taken the form Lord Venkateswara, the attributes very well match with the Jnani in this world. And we have to remember in our view there is world but for Jnani, detached from this world with ascetic temperament, it is all pervading Awareness beyond space and time, attribute less, abode less - whole space he encompasses. And is it now clear that our passing through this present spiritual journey is enabling us to experience the blissful, gradual blossoming of those attributes of the Almighty latent within us for so many years all along when we were unaware ? Kudos to Awareness !
We had gone through, on an earlier occasion, and once again recollect here, Four Maha Vakyas (Great Statements) from Upanishads. They are...
1. Prajnanam Brahma (Consciousness is Brahma) from Aitireya U.;
2. Ayam Atma Brahma (The Self is Brahma) from Mandukya U.;
3. Tat Tvam Asi (You Are That) from Chandogya U.; and
4. Aham Brahma Asmi (I, Self am Brahma) from Bruhadaranyaka U.
And one must also have heard about the following four other Maha Vakyas. Namely,
1. So Hum (I am He - Brahma);
2. Brahma Satyam Jagat Mithya ( Only Brahma - Supreme Consciousness - is Truth and the rest, that is Creation, is Illusory);
3. Ekam Evadvitiyam Brahma (There's no duality except Only One that is Brahma); and
4. Sarvam Khalvidam Brahma (All of this is Brahma only, nothing else).
'The Almighty is formless, ever blissful, attribute less. the whole universe is illuminated by Him. Where is Inside and where is Outside for Him? He is the Eternal, He is always there. For Him where is the Origin (birth) ?
'When the whole creation is of his own making, where is the necessity of being bound to worldly affairs. He is Liberator, Omni present, all pervading; Then does He need an abode? He is beyond imagination and comprehension.
'For the one who exudes Divinity everywhere, where is the Origin and where is the End? He is Omniscient, sees all and knows all. Where is This side or that side (terrestrial or celestial) for Him?
He resides in the divine hearts of the sages in meditation; Then where is the necessity of words for Him? How can one see with naked eye or hear with ears this embodiment of Knowledge?
'He is Ascetic of all ascetics in renunciation; Then where is the demarcation for Him about known and unknown people. When He is confined to witness role and when Himself being the Saviour of all, how can He be expected to be involved in the acts of piety or sin and bear effects (fruits) of such acts ? To seek such Almighty, even explicit idol worship is not required. With ardent fervour He is realisable within you !'
Though the sankeertana is on the Almighty having taken the form Lord Venkateswara, the attributes very well match with the Jnani in this world. And we have to remember in our view there is world but for Jnani, detached from this world with ascetic temperament, it is all pervading Awareness beyond space and time, attribute less, abode less - whole space he encompasses. And is it now clear that our passing through this present spiritual journey is enabling us to experience the blissful, gradual blossoming of those attributes of the Almighty latent within us for so many years all along when we were unaware ? Kudos to Awareness !
Be All And End All
of
Annamacharya
Om Shanti!
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