PraNAm Brahman and Snip
Its all magic, Indeed ! What a nice way to look at it. Kids (who are in fact a part of that magic) , mistake this magic for real, as the Magician (and grownups) smile with love.
I am in kindergarten, by the way. The Lord doesn't expect a lot from me yet, and showers kindergartners with love and candy for little things.
"Why magic ?"
Because that's exactly what a Magician does
Living beings breathe. Pilots fly planes. Magicians perform magic. MAyin He is.
While at it, He relishes the opportunity to see those cute awe-struck , amazed faces of His kids - in the audience.
Brahman says :
"Faith on what?
Faith on reality! one should not even attempt to attain bliss."
PraNAm again
There is so much wisdom in that statement. One should not even attempt to attain bliss because bliss is inherently a part of me. I as Brahman am AtmArAm. Revelling in bliss of AtmA.
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Regarding Snip's reflections on embracing Prakrti, worship, loving 'another' and ananda - I thought the qns and answers were all a part of this reflective post
Only thing - I prefer the word love to worship as love is the superset, inclusive of worship. And this love is 'ahaituki' i.e. a = not, hetu = purpose.
Love unconditional, without cause, purpose or intent. Love as a phenomenon.
I think what Snip is trying to arrive at is this -
Some say this is a 5th state - TuryAtita (Turya + atita , beyond/after TuryA) . Like the sanskrit movie on Adi Shankaracharya and these nice pictures of Amma etc. show - while guiding others, these Jagad Gurus are AtmArAma.
Krshna Himself is AtmArAma. He is RAma , no surprise.
When I alone am , all around I see my own glories [OR VAsudeva alone IS, and i the jiva-BMI don't exist].
So then, am I not free to revel in love for MySelf in other forms - mountains, waterfalls , birds, flowers, babies , kids, jivas, and also Krshna/Vishnu, Shiva, Devi Maa, the adorable Lord Ganesh .... ? Also, at the same time , am I not free to just silently be ? I have a natural choice, but again its not a choice consciously made.
I can go into numerous states as I transcend time.
**This is not like achintya-bheda-abheda. There is a difference. I am not a jiva eternally and a tatastha shakti sitting on the fence between material and spiritual. I am the Whole. Its VAsudeva playing an N-player board-game alone, pretending to be N players. (Who says God doesn't play dice ? )
Like a little girl plays house or tea-party all by herself, sits in one chair as host, gets up and sits in another as guest1, guest2 and so on.
Hint from purAnas -
* Krshna and all Vishnu Avatars and Lord Shiva worship and adore each other.
* Sri RAm worshipped Lord Shiva.
* Rukmini who was Goddess Lakshmi, worshipped Gauri (PArvati) and prayed to Her that may Krshna be Her Husband, may the plan go smoothly.
* 'Unable to resist the temptation' (just a leela) , Lord Shiva disguised as an avdhoot visited Yashoda-Nanda's place to take a glimpse of baby Krshna and 'bless' the child.
* Gauri and Shiva MahAdev prayed to enter the RAs leela. Gauri got entry right away. Shivji was stopped at the 'entrance' by a gopi. He took a dip in the Yamuna to turn into a beautiful gopi, only then He was allowed
Jai Gopeshwar MahAdev !
Jai Shri Krshna
THAT materializes THAT, as a material cause for THAT
sarvam khalv idam brahma
"All indeed is Brahman"
(Sacred Chhāndogya 3.14)
love to you
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