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Who is this book for? This book is not for intellectuals. This book is not for the faint of heart. This book is not for those who want to dream a better dream. This book is not for those who want to solve their mundane problems.  This book is not for those still investing in their personality. This book is for those who are ready for the Absolute Truth. This book is for those who are ready to go beyond the mind. This book is for those who are ready to go beyond life. This book is for those who are ready to go beyond themselves. This book is for those who are ready to go beyond Shiva.

A teacher will teach you. A master will awake you. I will destroy you. 2. The truth destroys. Destroys the lie forever. The lie that never existed. 3. Because I am Shiva. I am the Auspicious One. I am the Truth.

1. I am not bound, nor am I liberated. I am not enlightened, nor am I ignorant. ‘I’, I am not. There is no ‘I’ in Me. There is no ‘me’ in I. No ‘I’ has ever come to Me. No ‘I’ has ever presented itself to Me.

No ‘I’ have I ever seen. No ‘other’ have I ever seen. ‘I’ implies ‘other’. ‘Other’ implies ‘I’. There are no ‘I’ and no ‘other’ in Me. There is even no ‘me’ in Me. There is even no ‘I’ in I. I am beyond ‘I’, ‘me’ and ‘other’. I am beyond concepts and experiences. I am beyond beyond-ness.

There are no ‘I’ and no ‘other’ in Me. There is even no ‘me’ in Me. There is even no ‘I’ in I. I am beyond ‘I’, ‘me’ and ‘other’. I am beyond concepts and experiences. I am beyond beyond-ness.

4. Liberation is a play in the illusion of bondage. Liberation is created by bondage. Remove the one who has to get liberated and there is no bondage. Moksha, Salvation, Nirvana, Liberation, Self-Realization, Sat-Chit-Ananda, Freedom, Jnana, Enlightenment, Manonasa, and so on, are only concepts. What do they mean to you? They have significance because you believe you are bound. They have significance because you believe you are ignorant. Remove the one who believes. Remove that ‘I’ and you will truly see.

5. Feel your sense of existence. Feel your ‘I am’. Feel your ‘I exist’. Feel the source of your ‘I’. They are all false. But so are you. A false you, staying in the illusory sense of being, getting illusory liberation from a false illusion.

6. Then you will forget. Then you won’t remember. Then you won’t be you. You will know that you never needed to get liberated because you were never bound. But this is not entirely true. You will not even know that you never needed to get liberated from an illusion. You will not know anything. Not knowing anything is not ignorance. It is the supreme blissful wisdomless wisdom. You-less you. That which remains.

You don’t exist. The others don’t exist. The world doesn’t exist. The universe doesn’t exist. Nor even I exist. I am a product of your mind. Your mind can’t conceive Me, for the limitless cannot be understood by the limited; the infinite cannot be understood by the finite. The mind will always conceptualize the conceptless and superimpose the illusion of ‘I’ on the I-less illusionless.

In deep sleep you don’t exist. In deep sleep others don’t exist. In deep sleep the world doesn’t exist. In deep sleep the universe doesn’t exist. In deep sleep the ‘I’ you believe I am doesn’t exist.

AI Summary

Beyond Shiva by Avahtara presents key insights from the Kashmir Shaivism tradition. The 10 passages above capture the essential teachings.

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Key Passages: Highlights 1, 3, and 10 are particularly representative.

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