Lakṣmī Tantra—Cosmogony
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 2020-10-31

This series is classified Vivartha-vāda | Rāja-yoga | Suśupti | Viśuddhi-cakra
Mother Lakṣmī says: “I am the eternal l-hood of all beings and am considered to be the creator of the universe in descending and ascending order. The supreme I-hood is known as the state of turyātīta. That is transcendent Absolute Brahman, the absolute state of existence and the joint existence of Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇa. There is no dualism in Us, since We exist unitedly as the existential principle and its state of existence. When activity stirs up in that state, as in the ocean when the moon rises, I the Śakti of Nārāyaṇa, am then characterized by the creative urge, and that is My turya state, coinciding with the beginning of My state of evolution. Therein both the pure and the impure creation lie dormant.” [51.9–12]
“There is another set of categories in both the pure and impure stages of the creative evolution that is also pervaded by Me, consisting of the cognizer, the medium of cognition and the object of cognition… The medium of cognition is divided into two, classified as external and internal… When these cognizers realize their identity with God, this is the turyātīta state… Bearing in mind that these two phases, My descent and ascension, are parts of one process, a person fixing his mind solely on Me and dedicating his entire life to Me, ulimately achieves union with Me.” [52.18-24]
“O king of heaven, I am beyond the limitations of time or place. In fact these upādhis (limiting factors) are pervaded by Me. With Myself as the substratum, I voluntarily evolve this entire universe. Thus I have briefly revealed to you the different aspects of My presence as the received and the receiving, and this is how I evolve as the definable: vācya (the material creation—literally, that which is spoken). 
“Now listen attentively to My defining aspect as vācaka (knowledge—literally, that which is spoken of). Consisting of pure knowledge, I first evolve into prāṇa (Kuṇḍalinī). Then through specific stages I evolve into subsequent states known as śāntā, sūkṣmā, madhyā and vaikharī. As śāntā, manifesting the catur-vyūha (four forms of Viṣṇu) and the objects of knowledge of the catur-vyūha, I evolve further into the subtle state. In the subtle state I remain in the dual form of śakti and nāda (śabda-brahman, subtle sound). 
“Evolving from the subtle state I arrive at the stage of madhyamā. That is the state of bindu, in which the totality of all sounds is latent. I am that state of all sounds, madhyā. From there I evolve into the state of vaikharī. This is the state in which sounds are differentiated, manifest themselves and are divided into groups of vowels, consonants and so on: the Mātṛkā. He who is versed in the knowledge of śabda-brahman and bears in mind My two states of descent and ascension (creation and dissolution), enters the state of one who is beyond the reach of sound.” [52.24–32]

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