Shiva Sutra 1.2: Jñana/Ajñana Bandhah
Jñana means knowing or knowledge. Ajñana means the opposite, or ignorance.
Translation: Knowledge (of limited things and ideas, aka appearances) is a form of bondage (in the form of ignorance or ideas absent of the whole truth or truth of absolute unity).
Paraphrase:
Appearances are only appearances when it isn’t recognized that appearances are not separate in form or essential nature from the absolute state of reality Who can be considered their ultimate performer and always completely penetrates them.
There are no objects in reality. Since all objects are actually moving phenomena, they can be recognized as performances. Witnessing is also a performance. Logic dictates that all performances are owned by the context within which they occur and depend. From this point of view, it can be recognized that reality is the performer of the entire universe, and is our true Self, like a dreamer acting within their own dream.
You are reality dreaming of being a human and dancing within your own sky.
