Atmananda’s Insights 2 [based on the “Discourses”]:

Like the unchanging Formlessness of Deep Dreamless Sleep, any conscious, intentional interruption of objective Perception, Thought, or Feeling [i.e. any of the mental activities, conventionally considered Subjective, but deemed Objective to Non-Dual Consciousness], a gap often mis-interpreted as “Nothingness”, is actually one’s True Nature – unconditioned Reality – Happiness. This what you really are. There is only one Self & by the Word of the Guru: Thou art That, Consciousness is Brahman this One Self is Brahman, so know “I am Brahman”.

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Atmananda’s Insights 1 [based on the “Discourses”]:

The unchanging & happy Formlessness of Deep Dreamless Sleep has been offered by Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Atmananda, & other great Sages as a clue to the nature of the solitary Absolute Self, the only Reality. The truly Formless is all-embracing, without any boundary separating it from any other entity – thus Non-Dual. This is especially clarified with denial of anything objective & the affirmation of the Formless Reality, the Self as purely non-objective, which is to say more “subjective” than subjective, or perhaps trans-subjective. The ordinary subjective stands in opposition to what is objective, but if there is no objective existing, the some other term, like perhaps trans-subjective or Absolute Subjective may apply. This sole Existence is Consciousness-Bliss & thus an intensely “alive” & dynamic Peace. For the most part, spiritual practice occurs in the Waking State, though some recommendations for Lucid Dreaming, etc. can be found in the literature. Sri Atmananda even taught conscious Deep Dreamless Sleep. Sri Ramana Maharshi taught Self-Inquiry for the moment of transition from Dream or Deep Dreamless Sleep into Waking.

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Notes on Immortality 3

The clue to the Real in you, the Real that is you, is that it never changes for a moment, throughout Life, after Death, awake or in Deep Dreamless Sleep – it’s simply your Conscious Existence. Furthermore, the experience of Happiness reveals your innate desire for Eternity. Happiness that comes to an end is incomplete, & everyday Happiness always does come to an end. Just as lasting Happiness alone will do, so too is the desire for Immortality as strong as the desire for Happiness. The 2 are one & the same. No one wishes to be unhappy, & no one wishes to cease to exist. Some may want objective appearances, such as the Senses, the Body, & Thoughts to change when unpleasant, or even cease to exist if dreadful & hopeless. But offered a “fix”, all would choose to live happily ever after. That “fix” comes through Self-Inquiry as Liberation, Self-Realization through Self-Knowledge.

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Notes on Immortality 2

The up & downs of Life & the unpredictable inevitability of Death drive us either to Denial, like the proverbial Ostrich with its head in the sand, or by Guru’s Grace, to seek the Immortality of the Self. We can channel that same desire be free of Death into strong thought for Liberation, for Self-Realization. From the first, we recognize that everything in the World is perishable, so Liberation cannot be physical. The Bliss of Immortality is realizable by Self-Knowledge.

Comprehending the Non-Dual Teaching, as taught by Gurus in Scripture & live, face to face, we self-liberate from connection to the Body & all else in the World. Combining the desire for Happiness & the desire to continue to exist, we forge a singular focus upon Self-Realization & enables the practice of Self-Inquiry with undistracted meditation.

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[commentary on Master Nome’s Self Knowledge, posted in the Past as No. 17, …]

One’s self – Being-Consciousness-Bliss (Existence-Consciousness-Happiness) remains unchanged, even in Deep Dreamless Sleep, behind all thought, & even in death of the illusory Body. Projection [imaginary] in an objective “direction” results in Attachment to the World & the Senses. Specifically, Projection toward [but never truly reaching an unreal principle] Form results in Mis-identification with the Body. Projection toward [unreal] thought results in Mis-identification with the Mind. Such Projections are a product of self-delusion [the Tamasic dull Avarana veiling aspect of Maya, Ignorance] & the only Ego-supporting obstacles [Rajasic restless Vikshepa projecting aspect of Maya, Ignorance] to Immortal Bliss, our true Identity, or the Reality.

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Quantum Mechanics & Non-Duality

Seeing that Quantum Mechanics reveals the “World” to be Consciousness can be a lead in to Non-Duality. Though few began their realization of Non-Duality that way, & though few who study Quantum Mechanics make that leap, it is a way it can work for some. Similar reasoning ability can be harnessed for both, though not even all “Conquerors” [a Buddhist term] emphasize that style of reasoning ability. What counts is Self-Realization as Existence-Consciousness-Happiness, also Love & Bliss which is Brahman, Buddha-Mind, Consciousness. Self-Inquiry may be the most direct extinction of false Ego in an unreal Waking State world.

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Hogwash:

Andre Linde & others who postulated the nucleation of “Bubble” universes (like our own) into a Multi-verse, based on Inflationary Theory, estimated some 10⁵⁰⁰ such universes to make plausible our extremely Fine Tuned Universe by Random Chance.

Atheism apologist Victor Stenger, in “The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning” & other books claims that such was as if an unintended “mandate” from the results of research & not a concocted refutation of the more spiritual Anthropic Principle. Hogwash !

While many points of his entire thesis could be logically knocked down, just as one small example, consider his complaint about the use, by Anthropic Principles, of “less fundamental” constants such as Planck’s constant: h = 6.626 069 57 (29) x 10^–34 J s, the vacuum Speed of Light: c  = 299, 792, 458 m/s, & the Gravitational constant:  G = 6.673 84(80) x 10^–11 N m²/kg².

For the sake of elegance & simplicity for “insiders”, Physicists are wont to define “natural” dimensionless units by setting 4 π G = 1 = c = h, which is to say put other constants “in terms of” G, c, h. This serves “insiders” while obscuring details for those more amateur. In any case, such is just a device of convenience & does not “sanctify” that dimensionless format. Some focus on G, c, h in Metric Units for Anthropic Principle arguments because they are more concrete for the unprofessional reader than say, the Fine Structure Constant. Stenger, however, disqualifies them as “arbitrary” because, unlike dimensionless units, their numerical value depend on the particular units chosen. Well of course ! But given those particular units chosen, the still indicate ratios & other relationships between physical realties in the Universe. Definitions like 4 π G = 1 = c = h are also arbitrary, other choices could have bee made. To knock down the Metric Units is foolish or disingenuous, take your pick Victor. Inventing 10⁵⁰⁰ unreachable universes, bolstered by tenuous arguments about CMB anisotropy, just as special pleading in your Atheist argument against Theists, my God Victor !

To so justify Anthropic Chance begins to compare to all the particles in the Universe, requiring 1 with 80 zeroes, 10⁸⁰ as compared to Universe size to Electron size ratio – with 40 zeroes, 10⁴⁰. Add 6 zeroes to 86 & we have the particles in a million Universes 10⁸⁶. We can’t imagine 100 zeroes, a Googol, 10¹⁰⁰. How about 200 zeroes, 10²⁰⁰ ? What about 500 zeroes, 10⁵⁰⁰ not of particles now, but of same-size Universes ? That’s the number in the Multi-verse, with just 1, ours, working out.

We side with neither Atheist nor the Creator God of the Theist, but award way more points to the Theist. One Absolute Divine Consciousness has no Universe(s), though one or more may appear in the Waking State, but 10⁵⁰⁰ ???

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