Brahma Satyam; Jagat Mithyaa

Brahma Satyam; Jagat Mithyaa

Jagat (जगत्) is composed of ja (ज) meaning knowledge and gat (गत्) meaning movement or going. Thus जगत् means that which is in movement (i.e in time) - which may be loosely interpreted as universe.

Jaagrat (जाग्रत् derived from jagat) is Awareness of jagat (जगत्). Without that awareness, certainly, there cannot be a concept of matter or universe. 

We are aware of this jagat because we are able to differentiate between the pancha bhootas (five elements) namely Earth, Water, Fire, Air & Space (पृथ्व्यब्तेजोवाय्वाकाश in that order)

A lowly intelligent robot or a metallic / wooden object, we may say, does not differentiate between Fire (agnih अग्नि:), Air (vaayuh वायु:) or  Space (aakaasah आकाश:).  But can differentiate from Earth (prithvi पृथ्वि) and Water (jalam जलम्) as there is some difference in say, the density of matter in them.  It may rest on earth or float on water.

As the robot becomes (artificially) intelligent, it could even differentiate between agnih, vaayuh and aakaasah. Humans being more intelligent may be able to differentiate and understand even beyond the pancha bhootas (पञ्च भूता).

Thus every object assumes reality to the heights of its own intelligence and not beyond.

Beyond that, it assumes to be non existing and therefore terms it as mithyaa (मिथ्या) or illusion.

Therefore, the mithya level (or mithyaa layer) of each object is different.  As the understanding  (of satyam / truth) increases from dimension to dimension, the understander realizes that what lay in the lower dimension is only a lesser expression of that lying in the higher dimension. In other words, objects in a 2D (2nd Dimension) talam (layer तलम्), understands that the 2D objects are made up of many objects of the 1D talam.  That object in the 3D talam understands all that is known by the 2D objects as before (mentioned in the previous sentence), as well as that the 3D objects are made up of many objects of the 2D talam; that in the 4D talam understands all those properly understood by 3D objects and that the 4D objects are made up of many objects of the 3D talam and so on.  

At the same time, those objects in a particular talam do not natively understand those objects in higher talam. Therefore it understands all that is existing in the higher talams to be mithyaa (illusion).

Hence for that pure energy that is zero (percent) matter, and therefore existing in the 0D talam would only understand anything in any higher talam as Mithyaa.  At that talam therefore, entire universe is Mithyaa.

And since that pure energy is known as Brahma, in that state of Brahma-Jnaanam (ब्रह्म ज्ञानम्), the entire awareness of jagat, is verily mithyaa. That state of Brahma that is Brahma-Jnaanam is where the quest of 'Who-Am-I' realizes to 'I-am-Brahma' (Aham-Brahama-Asmi अहम् ब्रह्मास्मि) & 'You-are-That' (Tat-Twam-Asi तत् त्वमसि).

If one were to consider an object in that highest talam (infinity talam), where all talams are readily experienceable (thanks to the relative position of all other talams falling below it), one might be tempted to also say 'Jagat Satyam Brahma Mithyaa' (Universe is True, Energy is Illusion). Both would nearly mean the same.  However, at the point of singularity, where there is verily no jagat, it would be wiser to understand that Brahma is Satyam (सत्यम्) and Jagat is Mithyaa (मिथ्या) and not the other way round.

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