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Old 08-09-2017, 11:43 PM
Shivani Devi Shivani Devi is offline
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Intersecting Circles

Namaste.

It's weird sometimes how we are taught/instructed via dreams and I had a really nice one last night in regards.

Think of two circles, the same size, side-by side.

One represents the differentiated Self and the other represents the universal consciousness/Brahman.

In the totally un-aware person, these circles exist/appear as being totally separate or dual:



When spiritual practice begins and some Self-awareness is achieved, these circles begin to move towards each other and start to intersect or overlap at various points along the circumference and bliss can be found only in the common space shared between these two circles:



The two circles will keep moving towards each other or away from each other invariably until they intersect totally and fully...and become one circle, but this one circle will have the properties of both circles, but it will be totally non-dual and a 'new circle' in its own right:



Now, that of course is assuming each circle is exactly the same size! (which many do).

We shall repeat the above, with the circle of Self a lot smaller than the circle of consciousness/Brahman.

So, at first and to the individual "in - divide - dual" awareness and perception, we have one big circle (cosmos/God/Infinite) and a lot smaller circle (Self/atman) and these exist in dual juxtaposition.

Then, after certain spiritual practices/Sadhana, theses two circles will intersect at various points along the combined circumference, leading to a shared space of love, bliss etc exactly like before.

Then, when non-duality is fully realised/actualised, the smaller circle will cease being just a part of the larger circle and go totally inside of it:



When that happens, the smaller circle becomes part of the larger circle and either becomes incorporated into everything within the circumference of the larger circle, or else still remains a circle in its own right within the larger circle, but non-duality is achieved either way.

So that's the dream I had last night and thank you for reading.
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