ESSAYS

Laya and Pralaya describe the two dissolutions of Vedanta: laya, the withdrawal of the individual mind into the causal seed, and pralaya, the reabsorption of the entire cosmos into Maya. Both reveal that creation is not new but cyclic — the unmanifest becoming manifest again, within the eternal awareness of Brahman.

Prajna is consciousness in the deep-sleep state. Blissful yet ignorant, it reveals that happiness is intrinsic to the Self — but only Self-knowledge, not sleep, gives lasting freedom.