Know The Truth – God Only Is: the World is
Not
Divine Life
Society Publication: Creation
by Swami Sivananda
The question, "Why has
God created the world?” is an Ati-prasna or transcendental question. The finite
mind cannot give a proper answer. The reason can give answers only to worldly
questions. The question itself is wrong.
A finite mind that is gross
and conditioned by time, space and causation cannot comprehend the why and how
of the universe, a question that is transcendental. The question has never been
answered by anybody, by, any Sastra, by any sage or Acharya. Do not rack your
mind on this point. You can never get a solution for this problem. It is Mouja
of Brahman to create this universe. It is His Lila-vilasa. It is His Maya. It
is His Svabhava (innate nature).
You simply waste your energy
and time by entering into hot discussions regarding the question, "Why has
God created this world? Is the world real or unreal?". It would matter
nothing to you whether the world be real or not. You will not gain anything
substantial by entering into such controversies. You will have to dive deep
into the chamber of your heart by withdrawing the mind and the outgoing senses
to rest in the Supreme Self. Give up, therefore, these useless discussions and
proceed straightaway in the quest of the Self and Its realization. Instead of
counting the number of the leaves in a tree, try to eat the fruits directly.
Try to enjoy the eternal bliss of the Self by realization. This is wisdom.
There is only the eternal
Brahman in truth. Nothing else really exists. Only Brahman, the absolute,
undifferentiated mass of Satchidananda, exists.
Creation is a dream. Waking
also is a dream. The body is a dream.
The whole world is an utter
untruth. This world is utterly non-existent. Sensual enjoyments are like
fondling the son of a barren woman in dream.
Heaven, Moksha and world are
mere words only, just like the son of a barren woman.
Everything is a great
delusion. There is neither dream nor deep sleep, neither heaven nor
emancipation. The truth is that everything is the Peace and Bliss of Eternity.
Nothing here is ever born; nothing
here ever dies. The subject of instruction, and the purpose, of all teachings
is only a play of words or sounds.
The infinite which is both inside and outside appears as this world through space and time.
Brahman appears as the world.
World is mere appearance. It is like snake in the rope, like water in the
mirage, like blueness in the sky.
The snake appears because of
the ignorance of the rope; when the rope is known, the snake disappears. The
world appears because of the ignorance of the Self; it does not appear when
there is Knowledge of Atman.
When one forgets Himself,
Brahman appears to him as the universe. When one is established in one’s own
Self, the universe appears as the Brahman.
If you attain Knowledge of the
Self, the meaning of life will cease to be a mystery. You will clearly
understand the why and how of this universe. The purpose and progress in the
scheme of things will become clear to you. All transcendental things will be
known to you like the apple in the palm of your hand.
Withdraw. Meditate. Dive deep
into the recesses of your heart. You will have awareness of a Reality, very
different from empirical reality, a timeless, spaceless, changeless Reality.
You will feel and experience that whatever is outside of this only true Reality
is mere appearance, is Maya, is a dream.
Know the Truth, the Absolute.
You are saved. You are liberated. You are enlightened. You are free.
You can know Brahman only by
becoming Brahman. To become Brahman is to identify yourself with the divine
element—the Supreme Soul—which constitutes your essential nature. The Knower of
Brahman becomes Brahman. The river joins the ocean and becomes one with the
ocean. The drop mixes with the sea and becomes one with the sea.
Excerpts from:
Creation
by Swami Sivananda
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