Saturday, December 10, 2005

Paramatman

This Paramatman in the form of Brahman will likewise remain happy whatever the situation.

Paramatman is the final reality. It exists in itself but does not know itself. To know itself, it must manifest. Reality manifests itself as the power of Brahman, or pure consciousness, taking innumerable forms through age after age. None of the forms, however, result in any diminution or change in the reality itself. It is the creating and veiling power of Brahman, called Maya, that causes that pure consciousness to identify itself with the form. In this way, reality gets itself involved with the life of the forms, the world of manifestation, and forgets itself as reality.

Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj