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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: bhagavadgitausa.com: Kashmir Saivism

Isvara Tattva: This (Idam) has become a distinct picture. Idam is explicit and unambiguous. Then there is a sudden feeling of awareness of the presence of This (Idam). It is like a newborn baby brought into home from the hospital. Suddenly everyone notices the baby (Idam); Idam becomes the cynosure and thus the polarity of subject-object experience reverses and becomes object-subject, simply by newness of Idam: Idam-Aham configuration. This is the Unmesa (opening-blossoming) experience of the universe (baby). This new polarity spends itself and the I-ness and This-ness become equal--Experiencer and the experienced; subject and object are coequal. Sadasiva and Isvara Tattvas are like OFF and ON switches. Isvara experiencing THIS is called Mantresvara. In this state as the soul ascends, there is a feeling of Aham, full of consciousness, bliss, will, knowledge, and action. Equality of Aham and Idam is present here. I am the universe. This is where the soul unites with Siva on its upward move. Here the individual self feels the universe is in the Self.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Partial matches: Tattva, Ishvara.

Full-text: Sadasiva Tattva.

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The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)

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