Message 16 July

 From the Individual Self to Parama Chivam

According to Chivality, every human being has originated from the Supreme Reality, Parama Chivam (Parameshwar). At some point in the beginningless journey of existence, the individual consciousness became identified with the mind, ego, and material existence. This apparent separation is not because Parama Chivam has moved away from us, but because the human mind has become covered by negativity and false identification.

Just as the sun is always present even when hidden by thick clouds, Parama Chivam is always present within us. The clouds do not remove the sun; they merely prevent us from seeing it. Likewise, negativity, mental impressions, desires, fears, attachments, and ego prevent us from becoming aware of the Divine that already exists within.

This Divine presence within every being is called Chivam or Easwar. It is not something to be created or acquired. It is already there, silently witnessing everything. However, the ordinary human mind cannot recognize it because the mind itself is constantly occupied with thoughts, emotions, memories, and desires.

Why can't we experience Chivam?

The human mind is designed to experience objects, thoughts, emotions, pleasures, pains, and the external world. Every experience has an experiencer and an object being experienced.

Chivam is entirely different.

It is not an object before the mind. It is the very source from which awareness itself arises. Therefore, Chivam cannot be experienced in the ordinary sense.

One cannot "see" Chivam, "hear" Chivam, or "think" Chivam.

The mind can experience only what is different from itself. Chivam is beyond the mind.

Therefore, the dissolution of the disturbed mind becomes essential. As negativity gradually disappears through Silentation and the grace of the Divine Master, the mind becomes quieter, purer, and more transparent. Eventually, the mind reaches a condition where it no longer creates disturbance.

At that point, there is no ordinary experience.

Instead, there is the absence of all experiences.

This is why Chivam may be described as the non-experience of every experience.

Nothing extraordinary appears before you.

Nothing new is seen.

Nothing dramatic happens.

Yet an indescribable peace remains.

That peace itself is the fragrance of Easwar.

Where there is Chivam, there is effortless peace.

An analogy of the mirror

Imagine a mirror covered with years of dust.

The reflection has never disappeared.

Only the dust prevents it from being seen.

Cleaning the mirror does not create the reflection.

It merely reveals what was always present.

Similarly, spiritual practice does not create Chivam.

It removes negativity.

As negativity disappears, Chivam reveals itself naturally.

An analogy of space inside a pot

Consider a clay pot.

Inside the pot there appears to be "pot-space," while outside is the infinite sky.

When the pot breaks, the space inside does not travel anywhere.

It was never separate from infinite space.

Only the pot created the appearance of separation.

The human mind and ego are like the pot.

Parama Chivam is the infinite space.

Chivam within is like the space inside the pot.

When the walls of negativity dissolve, no journey takes place.

Only the illusion of separation disappears.

The role of realization

The realization of Easwar is not the end of the spiritual journey.

It is the beginning of the highest phase.

Once the inner Chivam is realized, there is nothing more for the individual to do except remain in that peace.

There is no forcing.

There is no ambition.

There is no spiritual achievement to seek.

At the appropriate time, by Divine grace, the union of Easwar (the individual Divine presence) with Parama Chivam (the Supreme Divine, also called the Divine Mother) happens naturally.

Just as a river does not struggle to merge with the ocean once it reaches it, the individual Chivam merges effortlessly with Parama Chivam when the time becomes ripe.

The fading of material life

As one progresses on this journey, material life does not necessarily disappear, but its importance steadily diminishes.

Possessions, status, praise, success, and worldly achievements lose their power over the mind.

They become tools for living rather than purposes for living.

The seeker's attention naturally shifts from accumulation to purification, from pleasure to peace, from achievement to realization.

The true purpose of human life is not merely to experience the material world.

Material experiences are temporary and constantly changing.

The highest purpose of life is to awaken to Chivam, the eternal Divine Reality within.

Who experiences Chivam?

In the beginning, the same human mind that once experienced the world becomes purified through the removal of negativity.

A purified mind becomes transparent enough to recognize its own source.

In that state, what was once called "I" begins to experience the Divine "ME."

The false identity slowly dissolves.

The real identity shines.

Finally, when the individual Chivam becomes completely aligned with Parama Chivam, even this subtle sense of "I am experiencing" disappears.

There is no separate experiencer.

There is no separate experience.

There is only Chivam.

The drop has become the ocean.

The wave has become the sea.

The pot has disappeared into infinite space.

Nothing has been gained.

Nothing has been lost.

Only the illusion of separation has come to an end.

This is the highest state of Chivam—the state of absolute peace, absolute silence, and absolute oneness with Parama Chivam.