The Absolute or Ultimate Truth

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“In sastra we say time is born, space is born- akashah samboota, tasmatva etasmatatmanah. Akasha is born. Samvatsara abhavat. Samvatsara means year. Time principle was born. It is not only in scriptures, now even scientist who used to have difficulties have also accepted. When they talk about the big bang theory, they say there was something. In fact they say in the stage before the creation, we cannot talk about time and space. Time and space come only after the Big Bang happened, then creation started. Before that time and space were not there. That trikala titam means avyakritam otherwise called maya is also omkarah.”

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“But what is happening is after listening to this also we keep Brahman somewhere up there outside. Therefore sruthi has to say ayam atma ie, this atma. Suppose Sruthi had said atma brahma, then also it would not have been complete, because people may think just as Brahman is something great, the object,atma is also something very divine . So that divine atma is Brahman. The present atman is not Brahman. I have to become divine to be equated to Brahman. This is how our mind works. Like to marry the prince I have to deserve it. Therefore if I have to be equated to Brahman, I have to be a divine self. Then only I can be equated to Brahman. Even though it might have been said with a purpose, but technically from the Vedanta stand point, this is not correct. Therefore sruthi says ayam. Right now the way you are, you are Brahman. It is not that after purifying, after refining you will be Brahman. Varthamanakale-right now. It is something like golden piece have fallen into mud and it is having mud all over, still I have to say it is gold right now. It is not that gold has to be purified to become the gold.”