The Sign of My “Brightness”
Updated: Sep 14
SRI DA AVABHASA: It is said in the traditions that thisMaya cannot be comprehended, this appearance cannot befigured in its totality, it cannot be perceived from anylimited point of view. But you want to constantly figure itand make all this into some kind of intellectual packagethat limits you to your own mind. You cannot trulyunderstand any of this great “consideration” from the pointof view of limitation. You can participate in itmeaningfully, but you cannot comprehend it, or tie it down,or come up with a final description of it. To do so isutterly impossible. This appearance here is multitudinouslyinfinite. It is beyond comprehension. It is beyond mind.
That is why the process of Realization is about thetranscendence of mind—not just the transcendence ofpresent thinking, thinking, thinking but mind altogether.Most of mind is beyond your experience. Your brain shuts itout. Just a little bit trickles in. And, by the way, all ofit must be transcended.
