WE SEE  GOD  PRINCIPLE OUTSIDE  IN 'DWAIDA',  WE OBSERVE  THE SAME WITHIN AND WITHOUT  IN  VISISHTADWAIDA,  AND  REALIZE  IT WITHOUT  DISTINCTION OF OUTSIDE AND INSIDE, IN ADWAIDA.

I AM THAT;  I AM  I;  AND 'I' -  INDICATE THE ABOVE TRUTH ;  AND THEY OPERATE  RESPECTIVELY  IN THE WORSHIP,  IN MEDITATION,  AND  IN SAMADHY/DEEP SLEEP STAGES.


" I " IS "BHODAM" AND "I AM" IS.  "EXPRESSION" ;  MIND, EGO, DUAL CONCEPTS, INTELLECT ETC., ARE REFLECTIONS/DEFLECTIONS OF "I AM".

"I AM" IS THE 'WITNESS'  OF THE REFLECTIONS/DEFLECTIONS;  "I" IS THE "KNOWER";  BEYOND IS "KNOWLEDGE".

KNOWER, WITNESS  AND WITNESSED,  REPRESENT RESPECTIVELY,  I -CONSCIOUSNESS, I AM,  AND MIND/INTELLECT/EGO.

 "BRAHMAN"  IS NEITHER KNOWER, NOR WITNESS, NOR WITNESSED    BRAHMAN  IS "KNOWLEDGE ".

THE KNOWER IS KNOWN IN KNOWLEDGE MEANS  -CONSCIOUSNESS
IS KNOWN  IN  AWARENESS -AWARENESS IS "LIGHT". AND CONSCIOUSNESS IS DAY-LIGHT. CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE EXPRESSION OF AWARENESS.

'I AM THAT', 'IAM I'  AND 'I'  ARE OUR OWN VISION AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ONE AND THE SAME TRUTH, OBSERVED OUTSIDE, OBSERVED WITHIN AND WITHOUT,  AND REALIZED  WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF 'IN' AND 'OUT'.

"I AM" IS THE WITNESS OF ITS REFLECTIONS - -(MIND, INTELLECT ETC.,);
"I CONSCIOUSNESS". IS THE "KNOWER" OF 'I AM '.  BEYOND "I" IS "KNOWLEDGE".


"I AM"  IS "JEEVA SAKSHY"  WITNESSING IT'S REFLECTION IN JEEVA AND B.M.I EQUIPMENT.  "I CONSCIOUSNESS" IS  "SARVASAKSHY" AS A "KNOWER" OF "I AM" AND IT'S REFLECTION.  "BEYOND"  SARVASAKSHY AND JEEVA SAKSHY.  IS "ABSOLUTE KNOWLEDGE".

"SIVOHAM"  IS SHORTENED AS "SOHAM" AND SOMETIMES  "HAMSOHAM";  IT IS SHORTENED  FURTHER TO "I AM", PROBABLY ON REALIZATION THAT 'IAM HAS " I  " IN IT.

  IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER THE 'MANTRA' IS SHORT OR LONG. REALIZE ONE TRUTH,  ERASING  ALL THOUGHTS ,  WITH THE MANTRA "I AM" - A COMBINATION OF "I " AND "AM".

IN SIMPLE TERM,  ABSOLUTE IS THE ONLY TRUTH,  AND ALL OTHERS ARE REFLECTIONS.  SILENCE IS THE ONLY LANGUAGE, AND ALL OTHERS ARE  'APPARENT VIBRATIONS'.

WATER IS THE ONLY SUBSTANCE.  OCEAN,  SEA OF WAVES, WAVE, WAVELET, FOAM, BUBBLE ETC., ETC.,.ARE DIFFERENTLY PERCEIVED, WITH NAMES AND FORMS, WITH TIME AND SPACE, WITH CAUSE AND EFFECT, ATTRACTION/REPULSION, LIKES/DISLIKES ETC
 

ERASE ALL THOUGHTS ,  WITH THE MANTRA "I AM" - A COMBINATION OF "I " AND "AM", AND REALIZE  "ABSOLUTE".


SINGLE CONCEPT  "I AM"  IS AVARANAM .  MULTIPLE  CONCEPTS  ARE 'VIKSHEPAM' ,  MISTAKING ONE FOR  THE  OTHER , IS  'BRAMAM'.

E.G., ROPE IS A CONCEPT,  SNAKE IS ANOTHER CONCEPT - THESE. MULTIPLE CONCEPTS  ARE CAUSED BY 'VIKSHEPAM'.  MISTAKING ROPE AS A SNAKE ,  AND  THE RESULTANT EMOTIONS, ARE KNOWN  AS  'BRAMAM'.

THE VERY APPEARANCE  OF " I -AM" ( PRIMARY CONCEPT), FOLLOWED BY MULTIPLE CONCEPTS  AND THE RESULTANT EMOTIONS, IS 'JAGATH'.

"PARAM" ,  "SATYAM" AND. "RITAM". ARE. THE THREE TERMS THOUGHTFULLY  COINED BY THE ANCIENT SAGES,  TO  INDICATE  ABSOLUTE,  I-CONSCIOUSNESS  AND  "I AM".


IT IS NOT THAT DIFFICULT TO CONTEMPLATE UPON THESE TERMS WITH 
  THE ANALOGY OF "WATER",  "OCEAN"  AND  "SEA WITH RHYTHMIC WAVES". 

A RHYTHMIC 'LIVING' WITH WISDOM KNOWLEDGE,  IS WHAT WE SHOULD ASPIRE FOR,  OUTLIVING  EMOTIONS AND EGO. 

"I-CONSCIOUSNESS"  (LIFE) SHINES IN  RHYTHMIC LIVING.  'LIFE'. AND 'LIVING'  ( 'I' AND 'I AM';  OCEAN AND THE RHYTHMIC WAVES, EXIST TOGETHER).
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AGNANAM IS THE DISEASE AND ATMA VICHARAM IS THE MEDICINE.


WHEN ONE SUFFERS THE EXTREME, EGO IS LOST.


ANYTHING THAT TAKES YOU AWAY FROM "SELF" ,  IS "MAYA"
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WHOLESOME IS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "SAMGNANAM".(SAMYAK -GNANAM)
'EQANIMITY  OF VISION, SAMA-DARSANAM, SAMATWAM ARE DIFFERENT TERMS, FOR THIS 'UNIFIED VISION'.

BOTH SUFFERING AND CONSOLATION ARE AS ORDAINED BY ONE AND THE SAME 'SHIVA-SAKTHY'.

VIKARAM, VICHARAM AND VIVEKAM   MEAN   EMOTIONAL CONFLICTS,  DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROOT CAUSE, AND WISDOM KNOWLEDGE  RESPECTIVELY.

GNANAM IS EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE,  VIGNANAM IS INTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE, SAMGNANAM IS WISDOM KNOWLEDGE.  PRAGNANAM IS SUPREME KNOWLEDGE.


I CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE 'LIFE'. AND 'I AM'  IS THE 'LIVING'  - TWO ASPECTS OF THE 'ABSOLUTE'.  (ANALOGY:OCEAN AND WAVES ARE THE TWO ASPECTS OF WATER)