Mandukya Upanishad

With an Advaita Commentary from our Understanding

by Kenneth Jaques | 31,733 words

The Mandukya Upanishad is a short, just twelve verses, description of the material manifestation and the eventual return to unmanifest form of the Universe....

Verse 45

45. Origination appearance, moving appearance, and thing appearance exactly in the same way are nothing but vijnana (consciousness), un-originated and unmoving, unsubstantiality, calm and without any dual.

These references to the forms of appearance, birth, moving and so forth encompass all appearances of existence of "other(s) ".
This is confirmation and elaboration of the earlier statement that "I" Alone Exist. "I", that is "This" Consciousness is all that exists and this statement should not be modified in any way because it is literally the truth is what this verse, in the light of earlier verses is saying.
This Consciousness is primal and unoriginated and a Singularity. Nothing or no one else can come into existence so any such appearance of existence is nothing but consciousness displaying to "Self", or "I" all such appearances. This "I" this "Self" is not a total of "All" others because no "Other(s) " exist.

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