9.2:THREE STAGES OF UNIVERSE:

The layam,  the boham  and the adhikaram.

1.LAYAM: லயம்in this state Siva contracts the universe and merges into himself. In this state the Siva is called LAYASIVAM. The layasivam consists of the nadham and vindhu ( sivam and sakthi)

2.BOHAM போகம்: When the sivam stands in sadhkiya and expands the universe it is called BOHASIVAM. This state also is accompanied by the arulal for the souls.

3.ADHIKARAM அதிகாரம்: In this state the sivam manifest first as mahesan and does the MARAITHAL மறைத்தல்work. The maraithal work is blindening of the soul about its previous births and lives.

In the suddhavidhhai state the bodies of the god are the RUDHRAN,MAAL AND AYAN. They are in a form hence called URUVAM.  They lead the universe to function hence they are called the ADHIKARA SIVAM.

The suddhamaya bodies namely the sivam, sakthi, sadhasivan, mahesan, urudhran, maal and ayan are seven in number and are called as the sambu-pakkam(SAMBU-VARGHA)சம்புவர்க்கம்

Their duties are to perform the five functions for the soul which are in vignana kalar state.  The five duties are the creation, maintanence, destruction, hiding and grace.

The vignana kalar state souls are in a higher state of being and are classified further into

1. ANUSADHASIVAR அணுசதாசிவர்

2. ATAVIDDHESWARAR அட்டவித்தேஸ்வரர்

3. SABTHAKODI-MAHA MANTHRAR சப்தகோடி மகாமந்திரர்

These higher souls are called the ANUPAKKATHAR(ANU-VARGHA)அணுவர்க்கம்

These souls have no anava but the smell of adhikaramalam ( a type of anava)only. These higher souls along with the souls with one malam-that are vignana kalar are in the line for the action from the sambupakka bodies.

The creation of the universe is through a process which involves the Maya and the process goes through the bodies. From higher bodies to lower bodies in an hierarchical manner.

1.The initial bodies are the SAMBU-PAKAM(SAMBU-VARGAM=BODIES CLOSER TO SIVAM).

2.The next line this order is the ANUPAKAM(ANU-VARGAM=ATOMIC BODIES).

3.The sambu pakam bodies are created from SUDDHA MAYA(CLEAN MAYA).

Maya means  darkness, blindness, illusion, nothingness or black force. The dark force concept is not altogether unconceivable. The dark matter of the universe is a good example. The black hole theories are also similar to the Maya concept. Maya and black hole are analogous in a certain extent.

the sambu pakathar joins the souls which are in the vignana kalar state. The vignana kalar state consist only one malam that is anavam.  The suddha Maya of the sambu pakam  bodies help the vignana kalar bodies to expand into the DHANU, KARANA, BUVANA AND BOHA  thathva.

1.DHANU= PHYSICAL BODY OF  THE SOUL தணு

2.KARANA= THE MIND கரண

3.BUVANA= PHYSICAL SPACE=EARTH, SOLAR SYSTEM,GALAXIES,THE UNIVERSE.புவன

4.BOHA= OBJECTS OF ENJOYMENT=FOOD,SHELTER, REPRODUCTIONபோக

Thus the chain reactions are the sivam-suddha Maya-sambupakkam-anupakkam-vignanakalar-suddha Maya thathva-dhanu,karana, buvana and boha .

We should imagine that the sivam creates the dark force and then joins with the clean souls and makes the primordial universe. The soul stands next only to the sivam.  The universe comes next. That is in the order: sivam-soul-universe. If we draw circles one over other, the initial point is the sivam then comes the soul and then comes the universe.

   This model is similar to the CARTESIAN MODEL.    DESCARTES’S  concept of the mind body dichotomy comes closer to this concept( COGITO ERGO SUM “I am thinking therefore I am”). The soul or the ideas comes first and the universe is named by it. That concept gives primal importance to the ideas[i].

    This is in opposition to the empiricist’s view that the universe is created first and the mind perceives them and gets to know it through the senses. The adhvaitha principles are closer to empiricism and the saiva cosmogony is closer to rationalism. However eventually both schools reconcile to a KANTIAN MODEL later.

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[i] Cogito ergo sum (French: Je pense donc je suis; English: I think, therefore I am), often mistakenly stated as Dubito ergo cogito ergo sum (English: "I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am"),^[1] is a philosophical Latin statement used by René Descartes, which became a fundamental element of Western philosophy. The simple meaning of the phrase is that if someone wonders whether or not he exists, that is, in and of itself, proof that he does exist (because, at the very least, there is an "I" who does the thinking).^[2] It forms the bedrock for all knowledge, because, while all things can be questioned as to whether they are from the realm of reality or from some figment of imagination (a dream, influence of a demon, etc.), the very act of doubting one's own existence serves as proof of the reality of one's own existence.
A common mistake is that people take the statement as proof that they, as a human person, exist. However, it is a severely limited conclusion that does nothing to prove that one's own body exists, let alone anything else that is perceived in the physical universe. It only proves that one's mind exists (that part of an individual that observes oneself doing the doubting). It does not rule out other possibilities, such as waking up to find oneself to be a butterfly who had dreamed of having lived a human life.
Descartes's original statement was "Je pense donc je suis," from his Discourse on Method (1637). He wrote it in French, not in Latin and thereby reached a wider audience in his country than that of scholars. He uses the Latin "Cogito ergo sum" in the later Principles of Philosophy (1644), Part 1, article 7: "Ac proinde hæc cognitio, ego cogito, ergo sum, est omnium prima & certissima, quæ cuilibet ordine philosophanti occurrat." (English: "This proposition, I think, therefore I am, is the first and the most certain which presents itself to whomever conducts his thoughts in order."). At that time, the argument had become popularly known in the English speaking world as 'the "Cogito Ergo Sum" argument', which is usually shortened to "Cogito" when referring to the principle virtually everywhere else. http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Cogito_ergo_sum.html