Hindu Conceptualism - Krama Kalpanā
The Hindu Conceptualist does not deny the obvious or the mystical, the inner joy or the outer suffering. They accept everything as it is, and yet still chooses consciously, to live aligned with truth.
Reality is the result of a non-dual awareness
unfolding as a cascade of
ontologically real conceptions by means of a
recursive structure
Non-dual awareness:
Nothing can be demonstrated apart from awareness. For this reason, the universe cannot be reduced to energy or matter alone. Whether one believes in heaven or hell, eternal darkness or an infinite dream, all such experiences arise within the witness that perceives them. This eternal witness called Brahman, Paramātma, or universal consciousness, is singular, without identity, beyond time or knowing. It is paradoxical, self-existent, and yet the heart of all experience. It is the source from which all realities emerge, grounding this philosophy in the core of Sanātana Dharma.
Unfolding as a cascade:
The One unfolds as the many: from unity emerges duality, from duality comes multiplicity, from multiplicity arises particularity, and this gives rise to the world you perceive. This cascade generates each unit of creation as an ontologically real conception, each with equal and opposite pairs (Karma). Just as a folded sheet of paper never ceases to be paper when unfolded, the world is not other than Brahman.
Ontologically real conceptions:
The universe is not symbolic, nor are manifestations before you not real. Conceptions are literal building blocks of reality, and something that ‘is’ cannot be denied. This affirms reality, and does not trivialize it to illusion (maya). This is Kalpanā, understood not as figments of thought, but as the foundation of existence. Material manifestations are effects of concepts.
Recursive structure (Krama):
Conceptions are ordered and are built upon each other. A conception’s foundational relevance is relative to its placement in Brahmans unfolding. Taking away one can actually take away many depending on its position in the unfolding. Yet every conception, no matter how particular, contains a path back to the Source. Each being is placed with purpose within a system that is not arbitrary, but designed by the nature of Karma. The journey of the individual is to realize this and to understand their place within the great recursive unfolding of Brahman by following their Dharma or purpose in life.
EXPLICIT DEFINITION
Conception (Kalpanā) is not a subjective idea or mental thought. It is not Brahman’s thought projection. They are not dependent on a biological mind or any type of mind at all.
A Conception is a principle of existence that structurally unfolds from a source of infinite potential.
Its existence is beyond a physical emanation, an abstraction, or thought. These are instead mediums that can access a conception.
“Ontological” means related to what actually exists, not just what is imagined or thought about.
Recursion means something that repeats or refers back to itself in a loop-like structure. In Hindu Conceptualism, “conceptual recursion” means that one conception causes another conception, which causes more conceptions, like a chain reaction, but these conceptions also reflect back to their original source.
Major Tenets of Hindu Conceptualism
10 Major Points in the Philosophy
1. Conceptions, Not Energy, Are Foundational
Reality does not emerge from energy or matter. It originates from ontologically real conceptions that are structured expressions of awareness. Energy is not the root, but an effect within the cascade.
2. Conceptions Are Not Mental: They Are Cosmic
Conceptions do not arise from your mind; rather, your mind arises from conception. These are units of awareness emanating from Brahman, the cause behind all existence.
3. No Illusion: Every Manifestation is Exact and Real
The universe is not maya. Every form, thought, and event is precisely positioned in the conceptual structure of existence and deserves reverence.
4. Karma Is Conceptual Causality
Karma is not moral accounting. It is the recursive behavior of conceptions that are cascading, structured, and meaningful. Every effect can be traced back to conceptional causes.
5. The Universe Unfolds in a Tiered Cascade
Reality emerges through a cascade with 3 major parts:
- Causal (Kāraṇa): The origin in Brahman
- Subtle (Sūkṣma): The conceptional field
- Gross (Sthūla): Physical mind, matter, and events
6. Brahman Is Active, Not Passive
Brahman is not passive, but dynamically unfolding. It does not act with intention or desire. Its design is the inevitable, self-manifesting recursion of pure awareness.
7. The Devas and Devis Are Real
The Gods are not symbolic archetypes. They are actual intelligences, beings made of conceptional clusters operating within the subtle realm of the cascade.
8. Mind and Matter Are Not Separate
Mind and matter are not two different categories, but points on the same spectrum, co-arising within the final stages of the conceptual cascade.
9. Life Has a Structured Purpose
Because reality is a conceptual design, your existence is not random. You have a dharma, a trajectory, and a place in the pattern of the whole.
10. The Goal: Realize Your Design and Return to the Source
Liberation (moksha) is not an escape from the world but realization of your true ontological identity. By knowing yourself as a manifestation of Brahman’s structure, and aligning action with your conceptional nature, you ascend the cascade, returning to the source as a conscious, perfected being.
The Bases of Ethics
Why be Ethical?
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