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billions of worlds are joined to All philosophers, old and
‘It’ and exist in ‘It’? Who can new, arrive at the same point –
count or calculate? That ‘It’ is Advaita (Monism). That is inevi-
the source, the Atman, or table; people of thoughtful
Brahman. It is the one Reality temperament cannot find peace
that sustains and supports all and quietude until they do so.
that is unreal. There cannot be Moksha is in the realization of
two ‘realities’ or two indepen- one’s oneness with God. We
dent things. It is illogical. If speak of gods and goddesses,
there are two realities, the one devotion and devotee, only in
must necessarily limit the other. an inaccurate way, only from
The limited cannot be indepen- the standpoint of a dvaitin (du-
dent; it cannot control all else. alist). After the realization of
The Truth of truths is oneness with God, there is no
contained in the Vedantic theory distinction between God and
that only the one thing which is devotee, and the word ‘devo-
unlimited, and which is the tion’ has no meaning. Hanu-
basis of everything else, is the man’s words to Sri Ramachan-
Reality. Modern science dra express the splendid truth:
supports this theory with its de- deh†ò(a tu dasae=h<
duction that the entire universe jIv†ò(a Tvd<zk>,
originates from an unlimited vStutStu Tvmevah<
and indestructible force.
#it me iniíta mit>.
Whether others accept it or not,
Truth is always Truth. That dehadåñöyä tu däso’haà
jévadåñöyä tvadaàçakaù,
‘Truth is One’ can never be vastutastu tvamevähaà
denied. As a result of modern iti me niçcitä matiù.
scientific developments and From the standpoint of the
formulation of new systems of
philosophy, old beliefs and physical body, I am Your
theories may undergo modifica- servant, from the standpoint
tion, but the theory that ‘Reality of the jéva (subtle body), I am
is One’, that it is the basis of a part of You, from the stand-
everything, that it is the final point of the Self, I am You;
cause, that it is the life force that this is my firm conviction.
pervades all objects and shines To the thinker, there is only
perpetually, can never be called One Living Thing and ‘It’
in question … undergoes no change.

Tapovan Prasad 13 November 2017