What is Kashmir Shaivism?
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The Importance of Shiva in Creation
Shiva is both the absolute transcendence self for consciousness and the utmost unchanging light of subjectivity itself. But that consciousness also contemplates itself, right? It looks back at itself which creates a kind of artificial kind of duality. When Shiva contemplates himself, that creates this kind of artificial duality between the contemplator and the contemplated. There's no difference between Shiva and Shakti in reality, between pure consciousness and its power. Shivites have a rather different idea. To them, it is this very dynamic aspect of the Supreme Self that results in the manifestation of the world of diversity.
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