Dear Members,
Before appearing as pots, they simply existed as clay, with potential to assume the form of pots already hidden. Such potential existence of an effect in its cause is NOT
nothingness; this ‘nothingness’ is an anterior non-existence (prag abhava).
As the anterior non existence of the pot was already there in the clay, so is the anterior non- existence of ‘everything’ already existing in Brahman.
Suppose the clay its own assumes the form of pot, the same way the One casual reality self- manifesting as ‘everything’ with its inner indomitable urge for self -unfoldment.
So, if an actual creation had taken place at all, it’s merely an actualization of the potentials hidden in Brahman, as if in a dream (A dream had no beginning, nor will it cease to be; and will continue forever).
Though compared here to the emerging of the of pot, the emerging of ‘everything’ from the One casual reality is NOT to be treated as if having happened at any particular time, it really being a process that goes on begginglessly and endlessly.
There is no actual existence of Brahman(in perception) without its assuming form of the phenomenal world, like the water having no existence separate from waves and ocean, or gold having no existence separate from Ornaments.
This core fundamental fact of existence is put in
Sri. Mad Gita as
”No sat exists without bhava(becoming), and no bhava is there without sat existing” 2:16
IMHO: its not "nothing becomes everything" but
'nothing' is everything
Post ultimately concludes that the One reality is an unthinkable and ineffable mystery.
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