Lets try to separate an illusion from reality?
If you observe a magic trick you will see that during an illusion objects appear and disappear, during the illusion and in between they change in forms.
From this I can list two properties of an illusion:
1) It has a start and an end.
2) Things change forms while the illusion is in place.
If we observe ourself or the world around us everything we know of had a start and will end at some point in time; it includes the earth, the sun and even our universe which had a start in the form of the Big bang.
In scienctific language we will consider anything which exist in space or time as an illusion, as it has a start and an end ( it is bound in time ), and it changes forms ( it is bound in space ).
So then, what is real, should be what remains when I get rid of everything qualifying above criteria.
Our spiritual texts talks about the true form of God to be Nirgun and Nirakar (virtueless and formless). One which is infinite, everywhere and timeless. That divine is Neti Neti ( neither this nor that). God we commonly know of is called Sakaar roop (God with form), as not everyone can fathom the depth of Nirakar, it is for masses.
But that still doesn't prove if there is such a thing called God or is everything just an illusion. Well, then an illusion cannot exist by itself in the same way as a magic trick can't exist without a magician. So, there should be the eternal or the God and rest all just Maya ( illusion ).
Again giving god a scientific touch:
In science everthing is made up of matter, every matter is made up of energy. In a nutshell everything which exists is a vibration in a field of energy. Every field has a source and sink.
But there is a field called Higgs field, which doesnot have a source, is unifrom thoughout the cosmos, making it a field not bound by space-time. We recently observed its smallest unit, Higgs boson (so called God particle).
Now you know why so, as it satisfy all the properties of God!
In spirituality or advaita philosophy, these properties are shared with Consciousness, now since everyone has that, it is better left to be explored inside you as no word can describe who I am.
Below are some of the most popular Blogs on the topic which will interest you:
Ramana Maharshi on Advaita with a 14 step self enquiry
Two fundamental concepts LILA ( the game ) and MAYA ( the illusion )
Advaita Vedanta - God and Soul (Isvara and Atman)
Atman its bondage and freedom - Swami Vivekananda on Advaita
Atman - Swami Vivekananda on Advaita
Realisation - Swami Vivekananda on Advaita
If you observe a magic trick you will see that during an illusion objects appear and disappear, during the illusion and in between they change in forms.
From this I can list two properties of an illusion:
1) It has a start and an end.
2) Things change forms while the illusion is in place.
If we observe ourself or the world around us everything we know of had a start and will end at some point in time; it includes the earth, the sun and even our universe which had a start in the form of the Big bang.
In scienctific language we will consider anything which exist in space or time as an illusion, as it has a start and an end ( it is bound in time ), and it changes forms ( it is bound in space ).
So then, what is real, should be what remains when I get rid of everything qualifying above criteria.
Our spiritual texts talks about the true form of God to be Nirgun and Nirakar (virtueless and formless). One which is infinite, everywhere and timeless. That divine is Neti Neti ( neither this nor that). God we commonly know of is called Sakaar roop (God with form), as not everyone can fathom the depth of Nirakar, it is for masses.
But that still doesn't prove if there is such a thing called God or is everything just an illusion. Well, then an illusion cannot exist by itself in the same way as a magic trick can't exist without a magician. So, there should be the eternal or the God and rest all just Maya ( illusion ).
Again giving god a scientific touch:
In science everthing is made up of matter, every matter is made up of energy. In a nutshell everything which exists is a vibration in a field of energy. Every field has a source and sink.
But there is a field called Higgs field, which doesnot have a source, is unifrom thoughout the cosmos, making it a field not bound by space-time. We recently observed its smallest unit, Higgs boson (so called God particle).
Now you know why so, as it satisfy all the properties of God!
In spirituality or advaita philosophy, these properties are shared with Consciousness, now since everyone has that, it is better left to be explored inside you as no word can describe who I am.
Below are some of the most popular Blogs on the topic which will interest you:
Ramana Maharshi on Advaita with a 14 step self enquiry
Two fundamental concepts LILA ( the game ) and MAYA ( the illusion )
Advaita Vedanta - God and Soul (Isvara and Atman)
Atman its bondage and freedom - Swami Vivekananda on Advaita
Atman - Swami Vivekananda on Advaita
Realisation - Swami Vivekananda on Advaita
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