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Rays of the Absolute - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

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The metaphor <strong>of</strong> prior is an illusion.<br />

There is no prior.<br />

Nisargadatta Maharaj:<br />

“Consciousness depends on <strong>the</strong> <strong>Absolute</strong>,<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>Absolute</strong> does not depend<br />

on <strong>the</strong> consciousness.”<br />

Nisargadatta Maharaj:<br />

“The <strong>Absolute</strong> prior to consciousness<br />

is <strong>the</strong> Parabrahman.”<br />

Kashmir Shaivism calls it <strong>the</strong> Parashiva.<br />

The Nameless <strong>Absolute</strong> has no concept <strong>of</strong> evolution.<br />

The <strong>Absolute</strong> has no mantras, yantras, or tantras.<br />

All is made <strong>of</strong> consciousness even as it gives <strong>the</strong><br />

appearance <strong>of</strong> emptiness.<br />

All is just a temporary appearance made <strong>of</strong><br />

consciousness,<br />

an appearance on <strong>the</strong> <strong>Absolute</strong>.<br />

For <strong>the</strong> <strong>Absolute</strong> <strong>the</strong> world was never created.<br />

For <strong>the</strong> <strong>Absolute</strong> <strong>the</strong>re is no universe.<br />

For <strong>the</strong> <strong>Absolute</strong> <strong>the</strong>re is no lessons to be learned, soul<br />

to be incarnated and no karma to be balanced.<br />

Nisagadatta Maharaj:<br />

“There is no karma in <strong>the</strong> state <strong>of</strong><br />

Parabrahma<br />

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