
1. Find 50 words used in Vedanta to point towards Truth. Then see how many of them are positive (Via Positiva). 🔍 The following terms are used in Vedanta as pointers towards Truth or the Highest: Via Positiva (+): 🌿 1. ब्रह्म (Brahman) — Absolute Reality 2. आत्मन् (Atman) — Self 3. सत् (Sat) — Being / Reality 4. सत्यम् (Satyam) — Truth / Reality 5. ज्ञानम् (Jnanam) — Knowledge / Consciousness 6. प्रज्ञानम् (Prajnanam) — Pure Consciousness 7. चैतन्यम् (Chaitanyam) — Consciousness / Awareness 8. आनन्द (Ananda) — Bliss 9. पूर्णम् (Purnam) — Fullness / Completeness 10. शान्तम् (Shantam) — Peace 11. शिवम् (Shivam) — Auspicious / Benevolent 12. ज्योतिः (Jyotih) — Light 13. स्वयंज्योतिः (Svayamjyotih) — Self-luminous 14. साक्षी (Sakshi) — Witness 15. कूटस्थ (Kutastha) — Immutable substratum 16. भूमन् (Bhuman) — Infinite fullness / Vastness 17. तुरीय (Turiya) — The Fourth; beyond the three states 18. पुरुष (Purusha) — Supreme / Inner Person 19. ईश (Isha) — Lord / Supreme Principle 20. अन्तर्यामिन् (Antaryamin) — Inner Controller 21. ॐ (Om) — Sacred designation of Brahman 22. एकम् (Ekam) — One 23. ध्रुवम् (Dhruvam) — Constant / Stable 24. सर्वगतम् (Sarvagatam) — All-pervading Via Negativa (−): 🕊️ 25. अद्वैतम् (Advaitam) — Not-two / Non-dual 26. अनन्तम् (Anantam) — Without end / Infinite 27. अक्षरम् (Aksharam) — Imperishable 28. अज (Aja) — Unborn 29. अमृतम् (Amritam) — Deathless / Immortal 30. अव्ययम् (Avyayam) — Undecaying / Inexhaustible 31. अव्यक्तम् (Avyaktam) — Unmanifest 32. अचिन्त्यम् (Achintyam) — Unthinkable / Inconceivable 33. अनिर्देश्यम् (Anirdeshyam) — Indefinable 34. अदृष्टम् (Adrishtam) — Unseen 35. अव्यवहार्यम् (Avyavaharyam) — Beyond empirical dealings 36. अग्राह्यम् (Agrahyam) — Ungraspable 37. अलक्षणम् (Alakshanam) — Without defining characteristics 38. अव्यपदेश्यम् (Avyapadeshyam) — Indescribable 39. अशब्दम् (Ashabdam) — Soundless / Beyond sound 40. अस्पर्शम् (Asparsham) — Touchless / Beyond contact 41. अरूपम् (Arupam) — Formless 42. अरसम् (Arasam) — Tasteless / Beyond taste 43. अगन्धम् (Agandham) — Odourless / Beyond smell 44. अनादि (Anadi) — Beginningless 45. अनन्तरम् (Anantaram) — Without an interior 46. अबाह्यम् (Abahyam) — Without an exterior 47. अचलम् (Achalam) — Unmoving 48. अमात्र (Amatra) — Measureless / Without measure 49. प्रपञ्चोपशमम् (Prapanchopashamam) — Cessation of phenomenal multiplicity 50. नेति नेति (Neti-Neti) — Not this, not this 📊 Result: Via Positiva: 24/50 = 48% Via Negativa: 26/50 = 52% So, even in this selection, Vedanta points towards Truth slightly more through negation—what Truth is not—than through positive description. 🙏 2. When you speak of Truth or of the Highest in your life, is your language one of negation, or of positivity? Why do you think it is so? 🌱 As far as I am concerned, when I speak of the Highest in life, I think in terms of चेतना (consciousness)—taking consciousness to its highest possible level. Therefore, my language is predominantly Via Positiva. For me, it appears to be about reaching greater awareness, understanding and clarity. 🧠✨ I think this way because even negation requires awareness. To say, “I am not this,” I must first know both the ‘I’ and the ‘this’. The clearer my awareness and understanding are, the more readily I can see and negate my false identifications. Therefore, I feel that when consciousness is at its highest possible level, “नेति नेति (Neti-Neti)—not this, not this” becomes clearer and easier. Thus, although my language for the Highest is primarily positive, I see heightened consciousness as what enables deeper and more effective negation. 🙏
























