Many interesting thoughts.
Yajvan has once again prodded consideration yet further... for upon reading his reply, I could not help but have an imaginary conversation with a western friend who means well, but who does not quite "get it".
He would say, "But, it is the idea of utter solitude, of being truly 'alone in the universe', of coming from nothing and going to nothing, that is the great fear of man!"
I would reply, "You still do not understand- for in the very statement 'alone in the universe' there is duality- self and universe. Embodiment, this taking birth, this experienced boundary of spacetime; the predilection is strong! Consider the case of an infant who is frightened, startled by the sight of their own hand or foot waving in front of their face. They are too young to know their hand or foot as an extension of self; at that moment it is merely strange. How early, how firmly set a binary perception of existence is!"
I would add: "Consider one who is asleep, and dreaming; and, while in the midst of the typically unpredictable and haphazard sequence of events which constitute dreams, suddenly realizes: 'I am dreaming; were I to declare myself 100 feet tall, ageless,and made of butterfly wings, it would be so!' In the context of a dreamer fully aware of their state of dreaming, there is no fear, for all is self."
Perhaps this reply is a sort of matryoshka (Russian nesting doll) of idle thoughts, but considering my love for Maa, probably not too surprising.
My thanks to all for their forbearance and stimulating words
JAI MATA DI
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