Hardev Singh ji, yesterday I said:
This info graphic clearly depicts the key feature of Sikh Metaphysics in pictorial form.
It says, Sikhism believes in one reality. That thought is expressed thus:
1. There is only one reality.
2. It is both immanent and transcendent.
Which means, God is the visible existence and God is the invisible spirit..
Bhai Satpal explains it thus:
But...
This second figure - panenthiesm - explains three different viewpoints.
It explains all the three sub stratums of thought that are contained in vedanta.
The three can be stated thus:
1. There is only one reality - what we see is apparent reality.
2. There is only one reality. what we observe is real but short lived.
3. There is only one reality. It gives rise to a dependent reality.
So which of these three statements does Sikhi express?
It is the third principle of Sikh Metaphysics that provides the key.
Look at the three together:
1. There is only one reality.
2. It is both immanent and transcendent.
3. This one reality is self conscious and possessed of will.
The possession of will - the will to create - points to the reality of creation.
More next.
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While Gurbani says maya is a reality, Bhai Satpal is saying something else.
He is saying there is only one reality that is transcendent and what we see is delusion.
Listen to the video. He says maya is attachment... it is a psychological process within you.
If you let go of the attachment, there remains only the one reality... there is no you he says.
So Hardev Singh ji, what is this identity called "you" in Gubani?