The path of Krsna: Part 2

In order to understand why it is we do not experience this as reality,(but instead observe the universe through time and space, with infinite phenomena and diversity, seeing each person/animal/creature or object as a separate being, with a separate "I".) we need to look at the concept of Maya. Our particular current vision of reality manifested within the Absolute by the shakti of concealment or ignorance called Avidya also known as tirodhana shakti

It is through her agency that the threefold universe is experienced by us as if real and separate from our Self.  She is the veil,  the net of illusion. This is called Maya. Maya is beginningless, its purpose is to facilitate our absolute freedom and Individuality, to fulfil our desires, and to conceal our divine nature which would inhibit the fulfilment of desire itself. For the one who knows that the universe is his/her body and very own nature, what is there to desire? We choose to associate with this potency and thereby forget our true nature...Its the endless game of hide and go Seek. 

To end this cycle, the path to realizing and experiencing the total true being is the path of shakti, the path of Sri. In tantra, this is referred to as Sri-Vidya. The knowledge through which, the seeker passes through the states and phases of being, The five great elements to arrive at the fullest and most all-encompassing supreme, primordial, simple substance. The Sahaja-Vastu, Sri Krsna.  

Aniruddha for Earth,  consciousness of the waking state and the world of the five senses.

Pradyumna for Water,  consciousness of the dream state, emotions, and the world experienced by the internal organs(mind, intellect, ego, and reflected consciousness)

Sankarshana for Fire, consciousness of during deep sleep, the world experienced in absence of thought, cognition, or separation.

Vasudev for Air, consciousness of trance or Turiya, the world of judgements and causation.

Sri Krsna for Space, consciousness of beyond, the world of identity emerging and collapsing from and into the void.

When the consciousness of the seeker is absorbed into the experience of Space, the realization of the co-emergence of form and emptiness dawns.  Life and death, black and white, totality and individuality are all experienced as the truth of life as it is. No division. No negation. All inclusive, Absolute, and Whole. The equipoise of absolute truth. This is the realisation of Sri-Krsna.

Krsna is known through Sri, the Goddess full of splendour, knowledge, and bliss. Manifested presently as sounds, letters, words, and mantras. According to tantra, sound is the key to changing consciousness. Sabda-Brahman or the absolute in sound form arises in 4 stages from subtle to gross. "Para" is the direct sound of the absolute before any changes or expressions occur, it is represented in the sastras as OM.  "Pashyanti" is the stage of sound which has not yet been produced either internally or externally but is like the impulse to create the sound, it is like the image of the idea of the sound. Madhyama is the internal sounds, the dialogue unheard by all except for you. Finally "Vaikhari" is gross audible sound vibration. These stages of sound are mapped and experienced during deep contemplation and recitation of Mantra.  A seeker is initiated by Sri Guru into the recitation of the mantra particular to his chosen deity and allows the mantra to carry him/her through the finer stages of sound until "para" is heard, here the yogi enters into Samadhi.

After practising Samadhi for many years, the yogi is able to dwell in the spontaneity of life, perfection, the attainment of the direct experience of Sri-Krsna.in this realization  the seeker simply floats through the experiences of life, guided by Sri, and lives in perfect association and service to Sri-Krsna in all activity, either in this world or in Krsna's very own Abode. 

Thus the Sahaja-vastu or primordial simple substance of reality is fully realized here and now. Thus is Sri-Krsna.

May the truth be the truth as it is
may my love for it endlessly grow
and may all those suffering in ignorance

Rejoice in the compassion of the truth
It is kind

It is love

#Jainitai