In English
Three faces of reality
There are similarly three concepts in relating to what constitutes truth: , and . relates to the Supreme, to worldly existence and to the superimposition of the physical on the spiritual. These three are not at variance from each other. They are the same thing in three different forms like the ocean, the waves and the foam. The same coolness and taste that exist in the ocean are to be found in the wave and the foam. When you are considering matters relating to the world, you use the term . When you are considering experiences relating to the mind, you call them (concerning the Divine). When you consider matters relating to thoughts, you describe them as . While the epithets are different, the underlying truth is one and the same. To know the nature of the Divine, the first step is to understand the social process. Starting with (the Divine), you understand (creation) and become aware of (the society or community) and realise the role of (the individual). The process of understanding is an integral one related to each other. Without the individual there can be no society. Without society, creation has no meaning. Although different terms have been used in Vedantik parlance to describe the different levels of awareness, the entire understanding of this unifying process is that the individual proceeds from the social to the cosmic and then to the Divine.