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"The individual soul is a cognizer, a conscious agent, who consists of everything [that arises in its sphere of experience]; therefore, as the Spanda-kārikās teach, "the state that is not Consciousness does not exist in words, thoughts, or things," whether past, present, or future. The real meaning of this verse is that everything has God as its real nature. – And since it is so, the conscious perceiver is an active *experiencer* who exists as the feeling-state of the given object of experience, yet remains the same, neither lessened nor increased, at all times and in all loci of experience, such as the various tattvas and worlds. Nor can any object of experience whatsoever be something separate from its experiencer. So the Spanda-kārikā verse (2.4) establishes that in actuality there is no difference whatsoever between Śiva and the individual soul. Thus, one should not think oneself incomplete or imperfect with regard to any state of the body, mind, etc. On the contrary, one should know “My essence-nature is Śiva, undivided Awareness, in the form of this very state.”"
"The Great Lord is the power-holder and His
powers are the universe.
(This implies) that whatever manifests is
all the light of consciousness because it is unrea-
sonable to maintain that what is unmanifest
(literally: not light) could (ever) manifest. And
for the same reason as is evident (to everybody)
when we think or dream, consciousness engen-
ders the outpouring of manifestation. Moreover
(the very nature) of experience (confirms) that
the energies of the Blessed One, Who is the
Light itself, make up the manifest universe. Col-
lectively they constitute a 'Wheel' which con-
sists of the wonderfully varied ways in which
they come together (anPost too long. Click here to view the full text.