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Set forth according to: Trika — Non-Dual Kashmiri Shaivism. Gabriel Pradīpaka (Gurujī).
1) “Trika” means “Triple/Triadic”. One interpretation states that Non-dual Kashmiri Shaivism is known as Trika, or the Triple System, because it analyzes the nature of Śiva, Śakti, and Nara. Śiva is God, and Śakti is God’s Self-Consciousness. Nara is the human being. Trika teaches that Śiva, Śakti, and Nara are not distinct from one another. In short, Man and God are one and the same. Essentially, it is the Supreme Self, known in this philosophical system as Śiva, that is the Self of the entire universe.
2) So, there is no difference between Śiva (God) and Śakti (Divine Self-Consciousness), i.e., God is and He knows that He is. There is no difference at all.
3) Śiva is the name of the static aspect of God.
4) Śakti is the name of the dynamic aspect of God.
5) Śiva-śakti is Freedom itself.
6) Consequently, the human being is also free in essence.
7) However, a person experiences bondage due to “mala” (the limiting condition).
8) Nevertheless, mala is not something external to the person himself.
9) God becomes “man” (by His own Will) through mala (impurity, a limiting condition). In short, mala proceeds from God.
10) Śiva, or God, is active through His Śakti, or Self-Consciousness. In short, He has Will, which gives rise to Knowledge and Activity.
11) When a person realizes their inherent unity with Śiva and Śakti, “mala” (the limiting condition) completely ceases to exist.
12) Its realization/awareness puts an end to all “apparent” bondage.
13) A person, being by nature God, manifests the entire universe around himself (perhaps this teaching is “difficult to accept”).
14) Despite the fact that in this philosophical system non-duality between God and man predominates, all other points of view (mainly dualistic) are also explained and included.
15) The universe is a playful unfolding of God’s Power. Consequently, the universe is born right now from Joy/Pleasure.
16) A person experiences unhappiness when he forgets his spiritual nature.
17) When he recalls his spiritual nature and realizes his unity with God, misfortune turns into happiness.
18) Mala, or impurity, is nothing other than ignorance of one’s essential nature.
19) The human mind is Śakti itself, having undergone a process of successive contractions.
20) Consequently, the human mind experiences complete happiness only when it merges with God.
21) God is not emptiness, but the Self, filled with I-Consciousness.
22) He may appear as “emptiness,” because He contains no objects in His innermost nature.
23) A person must understand that his own mind is Divine, having undergone a process of successive contractions.
24) Therefore, it is recommended to understand what the human mind is, rather than merely controlling it.
25) To control the mind, a person must first understand it.