Hari Om
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Namaste,
Have you pondered the notion of this Universe and its creation? That is, He (śiva) has created all that there is yet without any material means. And/or the notion the He is the material cause for all this to happen - would He not then be used up? Just as the disappearance of of lump of clay that is used-up to create a urn or pot?
This is taken up in the Spandakarikas¹ and brings out the beautiful knowledge that the subject or pramātā ( from pramā - to form , create , make ready , arrange) + the object or prameya (an object of certain knowledge , the thing to be proved or the topic to be discussed ) and the means of knowing (pramana or means of acquiring) exists in and of śiva. That is to say, there is nothing for śiva to be used up for.
As we have mentioned the clay becomes the pot , yet its essence has not changed, it is still the clay, just as gold remains gold in a ring or a golden chalice.
Many say that the world rests in śiva. While this is a reasonable view for a passing conversation, it is not as if the world is contained in Him like an apple residing in a brown bag, where the apple has its own independent existence. So when one says the world ( the material universe both subtle and gross) comes out from him the world and śiva are not separate. Śiva without effort remains both the transcendent and the material creation - both viśvottīrna and viśvamaya.
He is not concealed as the world owes its existence to Him. He is not limited by space or time ( concealment , constraint or boundary). Yet it takes one with enlightened vision to see this or unmilana samādhi; unmīlana or the act of opening the eyes. That act of remaining in that even-ness , samādhi, (union , a whole , aggregate) while the eyes are open, the world is viewed as Universal Consciousness, śiva.
This IMHO Is worthy of ones focus and attention in this world... your thoughts and discussion on this matter is warmly welcomed.
ॐनमःिशवाय
pranams
1.Spandakarika - Chapt 1, starting with karika (kArikA) 2.
2. Posted during śiva yoga ( a dina or nitra yoga)
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