āṇava mala & remembering SELF
Hari Om
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Namaste
It is said that the human condition has the aṥuddhi or impurity called āṇava mala:
आणव āṇava or fine , minute, exceeding smallness
मल mala or dirt , filth , dust , impurity i.e. a blemish.
So this āṇava mala is the impurity of smallness minute, exceeding smallness. It suggests we are not aware of the greatness of our Being i.e. its infinite status, who we really are.
It is also convention to say or discuss we have 'forgotten' our infinite status. To imply 'forgot' suggests at one time that we 'remembered'. So how can this be?
When does one remember being infinite, possessed of the SELF, without bounds? And if this was the condition, how did we fall from this position? Any thoughts on this matter?
pranams
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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