The interesting fact is that even
the advaita shAstras do speak of this state. Of course the goal of the advaita
scriptures is not this. The peaceful nirguNa state without any mention of shakti or of any ‘action’ is the goal of
advaita. But the ‘Ishvara’ that advaita talks of does ‘get
into action’! It is He (taking the place of ‘parAshakti’ of the shAkta schools) who does all the leelA with the devotee.
That is why,
even though the Ultimate is something in which there should be no talk of ‘the 'rise
of desire’ or the ‘occurrence of determination (sankalpa)’, the Upanishads do speak like ‘Whatever
objects He desires, they appear by His very desire’. (‘yam kAmam kAmayate saH
asya sankalpAd-eva samuttishhTanti’ --Chandogya U. VIII -2). This means just that He has the quality
of ‘aishvarya’, namely, the godliness of being parAshakti.
(Continued...)
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