{"id":2715,"date":"2025-02-21T14:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T09:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scimonk.com\/?p=2715"},"modified":"2025-02-21T14:37:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T09:07:56","slug":"brahman-fulfiller-of-desires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scimonk.com\/indexphp\/2025\/02\/21\/brahman-fulfiller-of-desires\/","title":{"rendered":"Brahman- Fulfiller of Desires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Nasadiya Sukta suggests that desires are the seed cause of existence<\/a>. You may have heard stories where Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, or other devatas appear before a sadhaka and ask, “What do you desire?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does this imply? What is the connection between Brahman and desires? The Chandogya Upanishad identifies OM as the fulfiller of desires, and many other texts echo this sentiment. But who or what is the fulfiller of desires? Is it a higher being watching over you, or is it your own self?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we speak of Brahman, the Purusha of Sankhya, the Atman of the Upanishads, or awareness as described in Buddhist teachings, what do these terms actually mean? In Jiddu Krishnamurti\u2019s language, it would be referred to as “the observer.” But how do the observer and desires relate to one another? Let\u2019s explore this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brahman or Purusha is described as the Drashta (the Seer) or Sakshi (the Witness) of all actions within an individual. This concept defies the confines of modern scientific definition, as it pertains to consciousness, a qualitative rather than quantitative aspect of existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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