Only in the Vedic ways of life (i.e. eternal ways of life or ways of life of Sanatan Dharma) can untruth be a path to the final truth and thus, Anatma is path to Atma … Within the Vedic ways of life, Anatma as path to Atma (untruth as a path to truth) stands true … This itself is due to the fact, that within the Vedic ways of life (i.e. ways of life of Dharma), the creator itself is as the creation and creation process and it eventually is due to this utter non duality of creator, creation and creation process, that all creation and creation process (i.e. all aspects of Anatma) can be utilized as a path to the creator (self of all or Atma of all) … Thus the path of Anatma to Atma (Anatman to Atman) is only available within the Vedas … This is also the path of Atma Gyan (or Atma Jnana which means, self realization) …
This fact is also subtly told in Vedas as “Everything is a self expression, self manifestation and self presence of the same Brahman” … Thus, only in Vedic ways of life, can the vast number of hierarchies of mother nature (Maa Prakriti) be utilized as a ladder to reach the attributeless absolute being (Brahman) … And this climb up the evolutionary ladder of macrocosmic hierarchies, is what proves the fact of, Anatma as path to Atma (untruth as path to truth) …
There have been innumerous examples of paths that were taken by Vedic sages, where they had meditated upon any of the five elements, three attributes (Triguna as termed in Sanskrit texts and all other aspects of mother nature or Prakriti) and yet attained the self realization of the final truth, of Atman is Brahman …
Thus, even though this discussion would mostly be implicit, but yet this is what would be discussed here …
This topic continues from the previous one of “Going beyond dependent origination … Wise words” …
Interdependence and Anatma as path to Atma … Relation of Anatma and Atma … Atma Gyan … Self realization …
Anatman (or Anatma) is that which is not Atman (or Atma or eternal truth) …
Since Atman (or Atma) is the eternally-unchangeful truth, so it’s reciprocal which itself is Anatman (or Anatma) is naught but the ever-changeful falsity …
So Anatma denotes all that is changeful, including the physical vehicles of the aspirant, thoughts, desires, emotions and deeds … So, all these are Anatman only when we consider the fullness of this term …
In its higher of all states, Anatman is denoted by ever changeful state of macrocosmic creation and her ever changeful part … All that takes part in this change is also none other than one or another aspect of Anatma only …
Atman is the ever same eternal witness and innermost essence of allness, who is also addressed as Brahman … Thus in reality, Atma is Brahma only …
Only in Vedas is available the path of taking assistance from ever-changeful macrocosmic hierarchies (i.e. entirety of the term Anatman) and where this Anatman Marg (path of Anatma), also leads to the ever-same Atman itself … This is because Atma is omnipresent and thus it also envelopes and permeates (pervades) each Anatma …
Due to Atma being the pervader (permeator) and enveloper of each that is as Anatma, so from Anatma, the Atma (omnipresent truth) can definitely be self-realized …
But this path is only possible within the Vedic ways of life (i.e. ways of life of Sanatana Dharma) because Vedas describe the utter non duality of allness (including of Anatma to Atma), but this aspect is only when this fact is self realized through a state of self realization of Atma and not otherwise …
It is the above fact that the Vedic sages had thus subtly told … That, “everything is a self expression, self manifestation and self presence of the same Atman, who itself is Para Brahman” …
So, this is what makes all that is deemed as Anatman to also be a path to self realization of Atman … This itself is because of the fact, that since Anatman is naught but a self expression of Atma as Anatma, so this aspect of Anatma also being a self expression of Atma, can be utilized as a path to reach the one who has self expressed it (i.e. reach the self realized knowledge of the Atman) …
Thus, in the finality of reality of the path, the Anatman Marg (path of Anatma) also leads to the same Atma (final truth) itself …
And this itself is based upon the fact, that creation and creation process (both are basically Anatman, when we consider them in their independence to the creator) are naught but the self expression of the creator of allness …
And since the self expression always proceeds to the one who had self expressed it, so the self expression (i.e. entire creation and her each part, which includes the creation process) can be used as a path to reach the their self expresser (i.e. Atman, who in some crude words can also be addressed as the creator) …
Thus, only is Vedic ways of life, can the hierarchies of macrocosm (all of which are the Anatman) and the creation process (which is also ever changeful and variable across states and thus is also the Anatman only) can be used as a path to self-realize the knowledge of Atman (the eternal unchangeful omnipresent truth) …
And where the fact also remains, that, as long as this path rests within the ever changeful and hierarchical ladder like state of the ‘creation and her creation process (i.e. Anatma)’, that path would have to be based upon the principle of interdependent origination, which as such is being discussed here …
And beyond the stage of above paragraph, which as such is beyond all that is Anatman (as that beyond stage is only of the Atman) the applicability of the entirety of principles, process and laws of Makersmakings (including the currently discussed principle of interdependent origination and its law of cause and effect) would become invalid … This is because of the fact, that, within the final unchangeful eternal truth (or Atman) has no such thing like a principle, process or law …
Evolutionary process can relate to and thus be based within Anatma … But for this to actually lead to the final liberation (Kaivalya or Moksha), the path has to be such that the creator himself is the creation and creation process, which as such is a Vedic way of life … This is the real beauty of Advaita concept (i.e. concept of non duality) as was told by Vedic sages …
And this is not the only aspect of Advaita (or absolute non duality) of the Vedic lore … These Vedic sages had also told, that, microcosm is macrocosm (or Pinda is Brahmanda) … And where that macrocosm (or Brahmand) which is present within the microcosm (or Pinda) is also such that it is like an impression (i.e. the macrocosm which rests within each microcosm is within a subtle impressional state or in other words, it is of the state of being a Sookshma Samskarik Brahmand) …
And also that, the impressional macrocosm, that is present inside the aspirants microcosm, itself is the original macrocosmic creation, that was self-originated due to the Ichha Shakti (divinity of desires) of the four headed creator and grandfather of allness (i.e. Chatur Mukha Pitamah Brahma) and from which all subtle and gross aspects of Makers Makings were originated …
Concluding this topic …
Thus, only within the Vedic path (of Advaita Vedanta), can the finality of the header of this topic (i.e. Atma) be self-realized as true (and attainable) … And also that, Anatma can also be a valid path to self-realization (Atma Gyan or Atma Jnana or direct cognition) …
In any other path, this fruiting of concept of the header of this topic would never happen and thus such aspirant would only end up continuing within one or another state of the ever changeful non reality, which as such is what Anatma (non truth) really means …
Continues …