Integral unity means that ultimately only the whole exists; the parts that make up the whole have but a relative existence.
Like a smile cannot exist separately from the face; it is dependent and contingent on the face. However, the face has an independent existence, whether it smiles or not. The relationships of every entity to the cosmic whole is similar. The dependency is unidirectional. Each element be it physical or non-physical, is inseparable in this manner from the ULTIMATE REALITY. Just as each expression of the face is a form or manifestation of the face, so also everything that exists is a form or manifestation of the single Ultimate Reality.
The various dharmic systems all agree that Ultimate Reality cannot be fully understood by the ordinary human mind because such a mind is limited and its perceptions consequently deficient. While scripture can communicate something of the concept of unity, one has to advance to a state of unity consciousness in order to grasp it more fully.
Creation is not separate from God. Since the divine manifests itself, in part, as the cosmos (not merely in the Cosmos), the entire cosmos is intelligent and ultimately one. The divine is thus one with, yet separate from, the Cosmos itself. The universe arises out of the Ultimate Reality, not for any reason we can conceptualize but simply because this is its nature.
God is not merely the creator of many splendid worlds; God is the World. Everything is ultimately a distinct expression of Brahman(ब्रह्मा). Brahman (ब्रह्मा) and the manifestations of Brahman (ब्रह्मा) are inseparable. Unity in Diversity is thus the nature and essence of reality.
Reality then is the unity fostered by the interconnectedness of an ever-changing world its diversity shaped by its very impermanence.
Hindus and some Buddhists easily blur the Human-Deity divide and defy certain actions, attributes, process, and powers. The Sanskrit term DEVA, often translated as ‘GOD’, means one who possesses or gives something of value. Sages give knowledge, Parents give Guidance, the Sun gives Light – and all these are Devas. Humans with their infinite spiritual potential can aspire to become Devas with the practice of austerities (tapas).
In Dharma traditions, integral unity can be discovered and experienced through spiritual practices such as Yoga. Since both, exterior and interior, body and mind, spirit and matter, individual and collective, are mere manifestations or aspects of an integral whole, it becomes natural to start the quest for ultimate truth using what is at hand, namely the embodied self.
The various dharmic systems all agree that Ultimate Reality cannot be fully understood by the ordinary human mind because such a mind is limited and its perceptions consequently deficient. While scripture can communicate something of the concept of unity, one has to advance to a state of unity consciousness in order to grasp it more fully.
Creation is not separate from God. Since the divine manifests itself, in part, as the cosmos (not merely in the Cosmos), the entire cosmos is intelligent and ultimately one. The divine is thus one with, yet separate from, the Cosmos itself. The universe arises out of the Ultimate Reality, not for any reason we can conceptualize but simply because this is its nature.
God is not merely the creator of many splendid worlds; God is the World. Everything is ultimately a distinct expression of Brahman(ब्रह्मा). Brahman (ब्रह्मा) and the manifestations of Brahman (ब्रह्मा) are inseparable. Unity in Diversity is thus the nature and essence of reality.
Reality then is the unity fostered by the interconnectedness of an ever-changing world its diversity shaped by its very impermanence.
Hindus and some Buddhists easily blur the Human-Deity divide and defy certain actions, attributes, process, and powers. The Sanskrit term DEVA, often translated as ‘GOD’, means one who possesses or gives something of value. Sages give knowledge, Parents give Guidance, the Sun gives Light – and all these are Devas. Humans with their infinite spiritual potential can aspire to become Devas with the practice of austerities (tapas).
In Dharma traditions, integral unity can be discovered and experienced through spiritual practices such as Yoga. Since both, exterior and interior, body and mind, spirit and matter, individual and collective, are mere manifestations or aspects of an integral whole, it becomes natural to start the quest for ultimate truth using what is at hand, namely the embodied self.
- above taken from the book
“ Being different by Sh. Rajiv Malhotra”
https://beingdifferentbook.com/
“ Being different by Sh. Rajiv Malhotra”
https://beingdifferentbook.com/
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