The Brahman

Courtesy : Vandana Goel.

 ब्रह्मन् 

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The tetrahedron I have described in my last post could be a good example to represent the idea of Brahman. 

(Interestingly, here I have been suggested the word "Phoenix"! My AI hints that every word I write with meaning of the whole sentence is carefully monitored by some machine or man. Doesn't matter!)

The Brahman, the Atman (the Self) and the Supreme Reality are said to be devoid of the 3 kinds of distinctions pertaining to everything else.

Though Brahmasutra candidly explains that what we call "everything else" could again be seen rooted in this "Brahman" only.

There I would like to compare this word as an analogy to the tetrahedron, the model I used for discussing this whole matter of

"Life and Living".

Just as the  tetrahedron could be synonymous with "Brahman", we can see how " ego" may be of the "self" / the individual living being.

The Self on the other hand is the totality of all such "selves" and their collective world.

Individually though each and every individual experiences the three states of "Life and Living", the "world" experienced during these 3 states is shared by them in their waking state only. 

This doesn't explain very satisfactorily, if the other two (mental) states of the individual could be dealt with with reference to, and on the basis  of that criteria.

However. The Dharma is what could be indicated by the other 3 faces of our model.

The concept of Dharma is akin to nature. 

So each and everything without exception and without fail obeys the "Laws of nature" which a scientist tries to discover. Of course, this again points out that he has a perfect conviction that there is something, an "Intelligence Supreme", that governs the nature and has its own charter of such laws that are strictly followed by the subjects under its Governance. 

This is enough reason to hypothesise there is such an entity Utmost Intelligent.

This leads to the conclusion that there is this Supreme Intelligence / God, whatever name it is given.

So there comes an idea that this entity could possibly be known in terms of "discovery" or "Realization".

The problem then is :

If this like Brahman or Atman, is devoid of parts and distinctions, how and who other than Itself  could "know" or "discover" this "Reality", because It is neither an individual nor a collective (like the collective of individual beings in their waking state where they experience the "world".

Whatever be the case, some may think there is possibly a way to "GOD-REALIZATION". They may claim and believe their own version of such a Reality. 

This could represent another face of our model.

There could be many others (individuals) who would instead like to question about the Reality / validity if the "self" / "Individual".

They may try to find out :

"SELF-REALIZATION".

Still there are some who are bogged and exasperatedly try to be free (of sorrow,  misery, and this whole chaos, situation, though they have no clue / inkling, exactly "who" will be "free", and in what form will be this

"LIBERATION " 

when they have attained this.)

This could be likened to the fourth face of this TETRAHEDRON.

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