Spiritualism
Spiritualism is all about knowing oneself vis-à-vis this whole universe. In simpler terms it is knowledge about the self (atman) and the Higher self (Parmataman) i.e. soul and God. There are umpteen number of ways for this realization and are based on two different philosophies. The first one being Identity or Unity in the Hindu scriptures it is known as Adwaitya (non dualism). Here it is considered that the soul is part of the Higher self and therefore is itself a Higher self. This is practiced by gaining knowledge about self and is known as Sankhya Yoga. The second path is that of Dwaitya which means dualism, here the soul is considered as different from Higher self and has to attain it. This is practiced by the way of devotion or Bhakti Yoga. The too there are many different factions in both Dualism (Dwaitya) and Non Dualism (Adwaitya). To keep this article as an introduction I will try to only enlist on the above two philosophies in the beginning and then later go on in the details of other things.
Adwaitya or non dualism considers soul, self or atman as a part of God, Higher Self, or Parmataman, for eg the space in a pot is the same as space in this world but is only differentiated due to pot (gross body). In Dwaitya or Dualism the soul, self or atman is different from the God, Higher Self or Parmatman, for eg they are two birds sitting on the same tree of which one enjoys and eats or partakes the fruit of the tree whereas the other only observes or witnesses.
Spiritualism is all about knowing oneself vis-à-vis this whole universe. In simpler terms it is knowledge about the self (atman) and the Higher self (Parmataman) i.e. soul and God. There are umpteen number of ways for this realization and are based on two different philosophies. The first one being Identity or Unity in the Hindu scriptures it is known as Adwaitya (non dualism). Here it is considered that the soul is part of the Higher self and therefore is itself a Higher self. This is practiced by gaining knowledge about self and is known as Sankhya Yoga. The second path is that of Dwaitya which means dualism, here the soul is considered as different from Higher self and has to attain it. This is practiced by the way of devotion or Bhakti Yoga. The too there are many different factions in both Dualism (Dwaitya) and Non Dualism (Adwaitya). To keep this article as an introduction I will try to only enlist on the above two philosophies in the beginning and then later go on in the details of other things.
Adwaitya or non dualism considers soul, self or atman as a part of God, Higher Self, or Parmataman, for eg the space in a pot is the same as space in this world but is only differentiated due to pot (gross body). In Dwaitya or Dualism the soul, self or atman is different from the God, Higher Self or Parmatman, for eg they are two birds sitting on the same tree of which one enjoys and eats or partakes the fruit of the tree whereas the other only observes or witnesses.
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