Creation is the eternal play of the Divine (Parabrahma, the Totality). Parabrahma has two cosmic states: to be awake or asleep. When Parabrahma is in the awakened state His manifestation into creation takes place; when in the state of sleep, all His activities are dissolved into absolute zero (Shoonya) and the creation ceases to exist.
When a person is in a state of consciousness, he is active, his personality manifests in his work and his talents are expressed. But when he is asleep, he is totally inactive, and the expression of his personality is withdrawn into his being.
The process of creation is comparable to the process of a seed sprouting to become a tree, and having attained full maturity, becoming a seed again. The Divine (Parabrahma) becomes the Primordial Seed (Brahma Beeja)
In the second stage the Creation now moves from the state of the Primordial Circle (Adi Valaya) into the state of the Primordial Point (Adi Bindu), by pinpointedly concentrating all its energy into a dot
At this stage the Primordial Divine Power assumes existence as Her Ego (Ahamkara), which is represented as the second dot (Bindu) in the figure. Now She generates the second circle (Valaya), which represents the Divine Power of Adi Shakti.
Adi Valaya represents the Primordial Circle; Adi Bindu represents the Primordial Point and Bindu represents Adi Shakti. Valaya represents Her Divine Power Adi Valaya, represented by Maha Shakti, which now breaks into Bindu and Valaya.
Thus the identities of the Divine Couple, Father God (Sadashiva) and Mother God (Adi Shakti), come into existence. She is His wife, His beloved, His consort, the Divine Power of Love, and as such is represented
by Her identity (Bindu) surrounded by the halo of Her Power (Valaya).
The Divine Couple exists in perfect unison. As the Lord of His Power (Adi Shakti, the Primordial Mother, the Holy Ghost) and One with Her Sadashiva does not tolerate any insults offered to Her. His identification with His beloved wife is complete and bounded with perfect mutual love.
They exist in complete oneness, in one subtle understanding. The perfect harmony exists in an equal balance and level of love, one for the other. Love does not flow in any one direction but is continuous, as with an electrical current, when one point which is positive (active) and another which is negative (inactive) are connected.
He uses His authority as the Spectator or potential energy, cajoling Her to play Her game (Leela) of creation. She is the transformer or kinetic energy. Despite being the greatest of the greatest and the kindest of the kindest, He is nevertheless a jealous God.
Through Her male or female children (Avataras) He destroys devils, satanic incarnations (Rakshasas), and depraved human beings who manifest the evil forces by trying to disrupt and subvert Her creation
The formation of evil in creation will be examined later. His identification with His Power is absolute. His wrath falls naturally on all those who try to cross or spoil the game of His beloved spouse, just like a wise father who punishes his children when they disobey their mother. His anger may explode so violently that the have of total destruction through His Dance as Lord Shiva (Tandava) will occur.
The Sound of Pranava
Pranava’s sound is known as Anahat. It is generated when the Primordial Cell breaks like the hatching of an egg. It is audible with the departure of the nucleus from the ellipse.
The first linear movement of Adi Shakti makes the First Primordial Sound – ‘AA’
The push of Sadashiva causes the Second Primordial Sound – ‘OO’
The Third Sound – ‘MA’ – is caused by the pause stage, which follows the breathing in and breathing out of the Primordial Zygote.
Pranava is therefore the All-pervading Divine Power of Adi Shakti, and Anahat is the sound created, without any percussion, by this Power. It can be understood better by describing Anahat as the sound announcement of Pranava.
These three Primordial Syllables ‘AA’, ‘OO’ and ‘MA’, represent the three powers of the Primordial Mother:
- ‘AA’ represents the existence and destructive power of Mahakali
- ‘OO’ represents the creative power of Mahasaraswati
- ‘MA’ represents the sustenance or evolutionary power of Mahalakshmi. or ‘MA’ represents the sustenance or evolutionary power of Mahalakshmi.
These three Primordial Syllables, later on, form the Primordial Words (Beeja Mantras) ‘Aim’, ‘Hrim’ and ‘Klim’. All together these comprise the phonetic words of the Devanagari script (Sanskrit), and will be examined in greater detail in the chapter on Chakras
Much before the hatching of the Primordial Egg, the Primordial Zygote reaches the embryonic stage. It starts breathing and creates the Primordial Sound (Anahata) that fills the entire embryo, which encircles
the central point.
The breathing of Adi Shakti is the Pranava or Divine Power, while its sound is called Anahata. This sound is without percussion and is heard on the heart as a pulsation. This sound is a mixture of seven component sounds (Nadabrahma), which when heard together creates the beautiful Word, ‘Aum’. When it is broken into its component parts it sounds like ‘AA’, ‘OO’ and ‘MA’
God Almighty as Paramount God or Supreme Spirit is called Parameshwara; the Power of God Almighty is known as Parameshwari. He resides at the very top spot on the Head of the Primordial Being (Virata).
He is the absolute fountainhead, and all His three aspects radiate from Him. He is like the root of the Tree of Life, and His three aspects are like three branches of the same tree. He is the all-witnessing Primordial Being, and is reflected in the Heart of the Great Primordial
Being as Ishwara (God in Spirit). His Power is known as Ishwari. This is the detached Power of the Great Witness (Sarva Sakshi). It exists in all animate and inanimate beings. In human beings it is reflected as Spirit (Atma) in the heart.
As seen before, Adi Shakti goes into three more abstract forms before starting the creation. These three forms exist in the Utpatti or the beginning stage of cosmic creation, and are Valaya, Bindu and Ardhabindu.
The Three Aspects of God Almighty as Parameshwara Adi Shakti expresses the three aspects of God Almighty in the Great Primordial Being. They are Sadashiva (Ishwara), Hiranya Garbha (Prajapati) and Virata.