Q:~Krishna Chaitanya Q:~ Dear sir, how as per Advaita, you can explain the natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunami, etc., fatal diseases, accidents, in which thousands of innocent, good people die or suffer? May you post an article explaining this one on Facebook?
Santthosh Kumaar: ~ First, know that Advaita is not a philosophy. Advaita is the nature of the Soul, the innermost Self. The Soul is the cause of the universe in which we exist, and it is uncaused. The whole universe is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. From the standpoint of the Soul or God, the universe is merely an illusion.
Therefore, natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunami, etc., and fatal diseases, accidents, in which thousands of innocent, good people die or suffer, are within the dualistic illusion.
Suppose if you had asked me the same question in a dream, the dream becomes unreal when waking takes place. Similarly, the waking becomes unreal the waking (universe) becomes unreal when wisdom dawns. Wisdom dawns when you realize the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is God, which pervades in everything and everywhere in the universe in which we exist. Thus, everything is the Soul, which is God. The nature of God is Advaita.
Gnani and Illusion:~
A King who was greatly incensed at the wisdom taught by Gnani that everything here below is an illusion. He wanted to teach the exponent of this doctrine a lesson. So he invited the then Gnani to his palace. That Gnani went there and stoutly maintained that everything in this world is an illusion.
The king had arranged to let loose a hungry lion against Gnani. The beast rushed at Gnani who took to a precipitate flight to save himself.
'Oh, Venerable Sir,' shouted the king, 'why do you run so fast, seeing that the lion is only an illusion?'
'Oh, king,' said Gnani in the course of his flight, 'my running too is an illusion. Everything in this world is an illusion.’
Similarly, natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunami, etc., and fatal diseases, accidents, in which thousands of innocent, good people die or suffer, are within the dualistic illusion. The dualistic illusion is created out of single stuff, and that single stuff is Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
We all are searching truth within the illusion of not being aware of the fact that the illusion is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Thus, searching the truth in the illusion with the illusory Self, within the illusory experience, has to be an illusion. The illusion is created and sustained and finally dissolves as the Soul or the consciousness. There is no second thing other than consciousness. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.
That is why you must know the Soul is God. The nature of the Soul is ever peaceful. To make the world peaceful, one must realize the unrest world is created out of the ever peaceful clay. That clay is the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness. Truth-realization is self-realization is God-realization.
Today the wars and violence terrorism going on in the name of protecting the religion and God without realizing what God supposed to be in truth. We must know the real nature of the Soul to realize what this universe supposed to be in actuality.
The truth of the God and the truth of the universe exposes the nondual nature of God, which is Soul, the the Self. The Soul, the Self is the cause of the universe, will shines on its own.
Rig Veda :~ Prajnanam Brahma: - Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.
Bhagavad Gita: ~ ‘Brahmano hi pratisthaham’ ~ Brahman (God in truth) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).
When Bhagavad Gita says, God is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.
Lord Krishna says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know the Self in truth.”. The last two words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.
The dualistic worship of "God” is only for the ignorant populace. The God in truth is only Atman, the innermost Self. In reality, there is no duality, no differentiation. Only Atman exists.
Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ God is Supreme Spirit.
If God is Spirit, then how does the man know God created the world? There is no proof. If the man had seen God creating the world, he could admit it, but how could he have seen God before he came into existence? (i.e. were created). .
The Vedas confirms God is Atman (Spirit).
Rig Veda: ~ The Atman is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman, the Self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman, nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)
Rig-Veda 1-164-46 and Y.V 32-1 mention that God is “One”.
Rig Veda declares God is ‘ONE’ and God is Atman, then why believe and worship in place of real God.
Brihad Upanishad: ~ “If you think there is another entity, whether man or God, there is no truth.”
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ Brahman (God in truth) is present in the form of the Athma, and it is indeed Athma itself.
People who are saying ‘I Am GOD’ are hallucinating that they become God. First, you must know what is God.
Thus, truth realization is Self-realization. The Self-realization is God-realization. God-realization itself is real worship.
Remember:~
Chandogya Upanishad : ~ Sarvam khalvidam brahma ~ all this (universe) is verily Brahman. By following back all the relative appearances in the world, we eventually return to that from which it is all manifest – the non-dual reality.
Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman (God) is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal and Akarta (non-agent). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing Subject. It can never become, as it is beyond the reach of the senses. Brahman is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other beside it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described, because description implies distinction. Brahman cannot be distinguished from any other than It. In Brahman, there is not a distinction between substance and attribute. Sat-Chit-Ananda constitutes the very essence or Svarupa of Brahman, and not just Its attributes. The Nirguna Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal.
Sage Sankara: ~"That which permeates all, which nothing transcends and which, like the universal space around us, fills everything from within and without, that Supreme non-dual Brahman or God in truth."
Thus, truth realization is Self-realization. The Self-realization is God-realization. God-realization itself is real worship.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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