(210) Tbus Siva who in his supreme freedom and joy wills to create this universe, brings into operation his Sakti, which acts as the principle of Negation of the subjective idea, and brings out the objective reality, the 'Srishti'. By the necessity of his own creative power, Siva who is all along perfect freedom: and light also limits himself as the individual soul or Jiva'-- Siva forgets his own Sakti in the Jiva-State which is the result of his own free-will to create.' The creative Sakti acts. as force of obscuration in order to create many out of the one. This aspect of the Sakti is technically known as तिरोघान or पिधान or Maya not in its vedantic sense as mere illusion: but the activity which produces forgetfulness of the real nature of self. I In other words विस्मृति takes place on part of Siva of his own Sakti: or the reflection of Sakti on Siva is bedi- mmed. But the force of obscuration cannot be of a perma- anent character, it is only a temporary phase, though a neccessary one, in the course of evolution. It vanishes when: the course of involution begins, or technically speaking when the अनुग्रह aspect of Sakti reacts upon it. Realization of Sakti as belonging to self takes place through the method: of recognition, or in other words, realization of the identity of self with God takes place through recognition of the Divine nature of self. Recognition is the only way to self-realization.', Recognition or प्रत्यभिज्ञान takes place by some potent means. such as that of the instruction of the Guroo or the study of the अध्यात्मदर्शन-the power of contemplation on self or once own Pratyaya: thus recognition ends in self-realization, Sakti is reflected in the pure light of Şiva, or in other words, Siva regains his Sakti. Self-realization takes place or union by ीecognition is attained. The experience thus gained is not lदst
