CHAPTER XXXII.
On Self-realization, Spoken by the World Mother
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The Dev� said:--"Hear, ye Immortals! My words with attention, that I am now going to speak to you, hearing which will enable the J�vas to realise My Essence. Before the creation, I, only I, existed; nothing else was existent then. My Real Self is known by the names Chit, Sambit (Intelligence), Para Brahma and others. My �tman is beyond mind, beyond thought, beyond any name or mark, without any parallel, and beyond birth, death or any other change or transformation. My Self has one inherent power called M�y�. This M�y� is not existent, nor non-existent, nor can it be called both. This unspeakable substance M�y� always exists (till the final emancipation or Moksa).
M�y� can be destroyed by Brahmna J��na; so it can not be called existent, again if M�y� does not exist, the practical world catinot exist. So it cannot be called non-existent. Of course it cannot be called both, for it would involve contradictions. This M�y� (without beginning but with end at the time of Moksa) naturally arises as heat comes out of fire, as the rays come out of the Sun and as the cooling rays come out of the Moon. Just as all the Karmas of the J�vas dissolve in deep sleep (S'usupti), so at the time of Pralaya or the General Dissolution, the Karmas of the J�vas, the J�vas and Time all become merged, in one uniform mass in this great M�y�. United with My S'akt�, I am the Cause of this world; this S'akt� has this defect that it has the power of hiding Me, its Originator.
I am Nirguna. And when I am united with my S'akt�, M�y�, 1 become Saguns, the Great Cause of this world. This M�y� is divided into two, Vidy� and Avidy�. Avidy� M�y� hides Me; whereas Vidy� M�y� does not. Avidy� creates whereas Vidy� M�y� liberates.
M�y� united with Chaitanya (Intelligence), i. e., Chid�bh�sa is the efficient cause of this Universe; whereas M�y� reduced to and united with five original elements is the material Cause of the Universe. Some call this M�y� tapas; some call Her inert, material; some call Her knowledge; some call Her M�y�, Pradh�na, Prakriti, Aj� (unborn) and sonic others call Her S'akt�. The S'aiva authors call Her Vimars'a and the other Ved�ntists call Her Avidy�; in short, this M�y� is in the heads of all the Pundits. This M�y� is called various in the Nigamas.
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