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1.3.1 general topics on brahmachakra, 1.4.4 tantra/philosophy

Q: Can Purusottama be likened to a field of unmanifest energy? If the field of Purusottama is held in perfect equilibrium, what forces act on it or within it to cause the slight vibration, the slight distortion, that prompts the play of consciousness towards manifest existence?

You see, this manifest universe is neither linear nor is it progressive. For purposes of philosophical discussion, due to the context of human thinking, it is described in a linear fashion. But this description is evasive. It is said in the philosophy that Purusottama, or pure undifferentiated consciousness, lies like the central point of an equilateral triangle in the very hub of existence in the unmanifest state. The three gunas, which are the qualifying principles, operative principles, which will form the operation of the manifest universe and are known as Prakriti, form a kind of equilateral triangle around this hub. That is, they are in complete equipoise. So this is a philosophical statement. And it is said in the philosophy that when the first generation of waves has come forward out of the apex of the triangle, the first wave distortion begins in the pure field of consciousness. In the undifferentiated, undefined consciousness, the first wave appears, and as it crudifies the gunas begin the process of manifestation.

Now, this is what is said in the philosophy, but it is a bit misleading. For you see, Purusottama, this timeless and unbound existence, is never bound, is never defined, is never confined and never altered. What occurs can be described in another way also. Let us say that within the unbound, timeless, formless, limitless array of unmanifest existence there is ever the potentiality of manifestation, there is ever the potentiality of any and all existence. For it is the wellspring of all potentialities, and all potentialities exist simultaneously and multi-dimensionally, sustained within the very nature of that which is unformed. Formation from potentiality is not linear. It has always been, and it will be, for eons, the same. There was never a time when it did does not exist. For in the very potentiality, the reality already exists. In the very potentiality it has already occurred. In the very potentiality it has grown, expressed, dissolved and come again.

Do you understand? It is not so linear. All expression has ever been, always will be, and has never existed at all. Your separation from Parama Purus'a is a complete illusion.