“We are made of the matrix of consciousness. All life was spumed out of the one Source of the river of consciousness.”
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Some parts of this article are adapted from the talk Everything is Consciousness by Nayaswami Jyotish, linked below.
At the heart of all spiritual realization lies one profound truth: everything is consciousness. Before there were stars, galaxies, or even thought itself, there was consciousness—unbounded, unconditioned, divine awareness.
This consciousness is not merely a backdrop to existence; it is existence. It is both the observer and the observed, the dreamer and the dream.
This is the root of God.
🌌 Consciousness as the Root of God
God is not an external creator manipulating the cosmos from afar. Rather, God is pure consciousness, the essence and substratum of all things. As shared in a profound teaching:
All of existence is simply consciousness. Yet God, in divine play, veils this truth, making it seem otherwise. This illusion — this seeming separation — is known as maya.
In the grand illusion of maya, we perceive duality, division, and difference. But behind the veil of form and phenomena lies a single source — God as pure awareness, manifesting the universe by condensing that consciousness into various levels of reality.
🕊️ The Divine Architecture: Holy Trinity and the Three Worlds
God’s consciousness, when projected outward, gives rise to a divine architecture — a holy trinity that mirrors both Christian and Vedic teachings.
In Christian theology, the Holy Trinity is:
- God the Father – The unmanifest Source, the Infinite Consciousness.
- God the Holy Spirit (Divine Mother) – The creative vibration, Aum, the breath, the power that animates and sustains creation. God as the creation.
- God the Son – The divine intelligence made manifest as a true Son or Daughter within the creation, the Christ Consciousness (Buddha consciousness, Krishna consciousness) that is dormant in most beings.
In Vedic cosmology, a strikingly similar structure exists:
- Causal World – The realm of thought and pure ideation, the first condensation of consciousness
- Astral World – The energetic world of light and vibration, the domain of subtle form and feeling
- Physical World – The densest layer, where energy crystallizes into matter and form
As taught by the Rishis:
God, as pure consciousness, begins creation by gently condensing His essence into thought — this gives rise to the causal realm. From there, to express creation in more tangible form, the astral world of energy emerges. Finally, this divine impulse crystallizes into the physical world, the realm of matter and the senses.
This isn’t merely theology; it’s a map of existence, showing how spirit becomes matter and how the many arise from the One.
💎 Indra’s Net: The Cosmic Weave of Divine Reflection
Enter Indra’s Net, a luminous vision from Hindu and Buddhist philosophy — perhaps the most poetic and comprehensive model of God’s immanence and transcendence.
Imagine a cosmic web of infinite jewels, stretching across all space and time. Each jewel reflects every other jewel. Every reflection contains the whole.
This is not a metaphor for egoic individuality — it’s a vision of divine multiplicity within unity:
- Each individual consciousness contains the whole.
- Every soul is God in microcosm, not separate from but essential to the whole.
- Divine intelligence flows through everything, without diminishing individuality or unity.
Indra’s Net teaches that enlightenment is the realization that you are both the jewel and the net — a unique expression of God, yet indivisibly part of the All.
As Christ said,
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.” (John 15:1)
Each jewel is a grape on the vine, nourished by the same divine sap. Each reflection is Christ Consciousness mirrored through the many facets of creation.
🧬 You Are the Architecture
You are not separate from this divine architecture — you are its essence. Your soul transcends all realms, expressing through the causal body in the realm of divine thought, flowing through the astral body of light and energy, and manifesting through the physical body in the world of action and form.
You are a jewel in Indra’s Net, eternally reflecting and being reflected.
And you are the child of the Holy Trinity, born of Infinite Consciousness, shaped by Divine Intelligence, and filled with the breath of Spirit.
✨ Conclusion: Realizing Your Divine Nature
To awaken is to remember:
- You are consciousness.
- You are God’s thought in motion.
- You are the reflection of the Infinite in a single radiant point.
Let your life be a conscious reflection of the divine. Recognize the net within the jewel. See God in all things, and all things in God. This is the highest realization. This is your true nature.
Live as the jewel. Love as the net. Shine as the light of consciousness.
Sifu Russo’s works are a collaboration between AI tools such as ChatGPT and himself.
MORE INFORMATION:
Everything is Consciousness by Nayaswami Jyotish, disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda
