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