Re: Advaita Vedanta scientific and rational
Namaste Sriram,
Originally Posted by
Sriram257
Your objection will then be how can the experiencer and the experienced be same. The answer is that they can be same, but this cannot be decided merely on the basis of logic.
What happens is that when we say that anything is logical or otherwise, we take axioms applicable to waking state and then try to judge a phenomenon as logical / illogical. That is why we are unable to understand the actual phenomenon and how and why this happens.
I have found that Dream phenomenon can explain to a great extent on this issue. "Dream" is a phenomenon which is created by mind i.e. conditioned consciousness and with careful study of dreams we can understand how consciousness works (not fully but to some extent) which can at least prove that "our logic" cannot be applied to Reality as It is. In a dreamer's dream, in reality, there is Only one consciousness i.e. of the dreamer. However, the dreamer sees many objects and characters (even enemy characters) in the dream which are projected and powered by his own consciousness. While dreaming he forgets what he really is. The characters in the dream are able to differentiate among themselves, act without taking any clue from the dreamer and the dreamer doesn't know what the characters would do the next moment. So, apparently, One Consciousness of the dreamer creates and experiences Itself as many conditioned consciousnesses of so many characters (which apparently have their own minds and "self(s)") and objects.
When we don't know the characteristics of any material, we cannot say for sure how it should act. We don't know the characteristics of Consciousness exactly and therefore, applying our logic on how it works will result into fallacious results.
OM
"Om Namo Bhagvate Vaasudevaye"
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