{"id":64844,"date":"2026-09-28T20:50:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=64844"},"modified":"2026-09-28T20:54:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:54:49","slug":"that-art-thou-tat-tvam-asi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=64844","title":{"rendered":"That Art Thou , Tat Tvam Asi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tat Tvam Asi: The Ultimate Truth from Chandogya Upanishad\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BRytls92LvI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sree Narayana Guru placed a Mirror,<br>Inside a Temple as Prathishta; That Art Thou !<br>Divine ? In these pure features I behold,<br>Creative Nature to Soul unfold !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creative Nature to Soul unfold?<br>What does it mean ?<br>In Spinoza, there are two types of Nature,<br>Creative Nature and Created Nature !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Natura Naturans and Natura Naturata,<br>Corresponding to Moola Prakriti &amp; Jada Prakriti,<br>Para Prakriti &amp; Prakriti,<br>Brahman and Maya of Vedanta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Absolute &amp; the Relative,<br>Being and Becoming,<br>The Indeterminate and the Determinate,<br>The One and the Innumerable !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is the Universal revealing to the Particular,<br>Purusha revealing to Prakriti,<br>The Absolute revealing I AM THAT I AM,<br>The All, AND that which exceeds the ALL !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the Mirror views its Mirror Image,<br>The Universe shineth in thee !<br>It is thy mind which blocks Reality,<br>Erase the Mind, Yogas chitta vrittti Nirodhah !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kannadi Thannil Pratibimbam Kanumbol,<br>Ninnil thilangumee Lokam ellam<br>Swachamam Darsanam illa Ninnil,<br>Ichamam nin Mala bandham nenjil !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Agony &amp; Ecstasy are,<br>Bipolarities of Mind !<br>Mind is the Cause of Bondage &amp; Liberation,<br>TRANSCEND MIND !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consciousness is like a Mirror,<br>Says the internationally renowned Mahesh Yogi.<br>Filled it is with perceptions of world outer,<br>Hence it cannot realise its true nature !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Three outer walls of the Temple,<br>Represents our three bodies,<br>Bodies physical, astral and causal,<br>Sareeras- Sthoola, Sooksha and Karana !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is through these bodies,<br>The Self is actualised !<br>Sareeram Adyam Khalu Dharma Sadhanam,<br>So keep your bodies athletic !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vidya, Wisdom, comes in the form of a young damsel,<br>And tells the Scholar &#8221; GIVE ME TO THE DESERVING ONLY &#8220;<br>TO the liberal economic, with continence &amp; with intellect,<br>Dhana dayee Brahmachari cha, Medhavee Srothita Priya !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About That Art Thou, Aurobindo wrote,<br>Seek Him not upon earth, for thou art He !<br>Only Verity, the Serene Whole,<br>Thou art indeed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O to live and die in Aurobindo&#8217;s poems,<br>To honor Poesy and to be honored by Poesy,<br>Is a consummation,<br>Devoutly to be wished !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sree Narayana Guru placed a Mirror,Inside a Temple as Prathishta; That Art Thou !Divine ? In these pure features I behold,Creative Nature to Soul unfold ! Creative Nature to Soul unfold?What does it mean ?In Spinoza, there are two types of Nature,Creative Nature and Created Nature ! 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