#126 I SHALL NOW EXPLAIN TO YOU THE FORM OF THE SUPREME GODHEAD

VERSE 126

Atha tee sam-pravakshyaami
svaruupam paramaatmanaha
yad vignaaya naroo
bandhaan muktaha, kaivalyam asnutee.

GIST
I now explain to you the form of the Supreme GodHead, knowing which a person can attain a state of the 'kaivalyam = onlyness' (oneness with God).

YBrems:
An ordinary person holds a consciousness of him/herself i.e. the identity of the body. A person believes that s/he is an entity. This personal identity is lost when a person realises that he is an integral part of the Supreme GodHead.

Compare this with the existentialism of:

Kierkegaard
Frederick Nietzsche
Martin Heidegger
Jean-Paul Sartre
Albert Camus.

The 'Viveka Chuudaaman`i' philosophy, apparently, advocates a non-existentialist individual, who believes that he does not exist as an individual. The individual is dissolved.

Note: The Advaita philosophy of Viveka Chudamani is neutral to religion. The Supreme GodHead can be called in any name like Vishn`u, Yehova, Allah et al. Self is the God and, God is the self. Self is not the body.

Note 2: The Advaita philosophy is easy to preach and difficult to implement and practise. We hear, for this reason only, that sages like Visvamitra and Parasara and Swamijis like Jayendra Sarasvati, Kalki Bhagavan, Nityananda, Puttaparti Sai Baba and Swarupananda Sarasvati, drown themselves in the luxuries of this body. We should not confuse ourselves the preachers with the practitioners. Preaching is a profession, separate from practising.
The practitioners are ordinary citizen-individuals who do their daily chores, without wearing ochre robes or vermilon spots and stripes on the forehead and all over the body. They have dignity of labor and do not depend on the society for their livelihood.