Ayam Atma Brahma, Mahavakya

                      Ayam Atma Brahma, Mahavakya

 

By Tantra Siddha Maha Yogi Shastrishree Paramahamsa Dr.Rupnathji

Ayam Atma Brahman is a Mahavakya in Hinduism, depicting that Atman and Brahman are the same.

The concept of Ayam Atma Brahman is explained as Atman and Brahman being the same. A Mahavakya

in Hinduism, this saying portrays the idea that the individual self is one and the same with the absolute.

The concept Ayam Atma Brahman is explained with the wave and ocean. The waves and ocean is not

considered as separated entity, similarly Atma and Brahman is the same. The aspirant can clearly

understand this Mahavakya by taking up the example of the ocean and watching the vastness of the

ocean. If a big wave starts to come ashore, and one concentrates on one wave, he can intently notice

that the wave get absorbs in the crashing of the surf, and he can feel the salt spray. In that moment, the

person is only aware of the vastness of this one wave. The ocean itself is forgotten during that time. The

only idea then prevails is that the ocean and the wave is the same and the one.