Atman is awareness of the primordial energy or space. Awareness of other objects is Jiva

[dattaswami]

Atman is awareness of the primordial energy or space. Awareness of other objects is Jiva

 

121) Mulaakaashadhyeya atmaa tadanyadhyeyo jivah .

 

(Atman is awareness of the primordial energy or space. Awareness of other objects is Jiva).

 

Atman is called as general awareness. In such case, the object of awareness is nothing and it is blank vacuum or space. But the space is also subtle most inert energy since science says that space bends around the boundary of any item. Hence, in general awareness, the object is space or primordial energy or Mula Maya. There is nothing like nothing. Nothing means the space only. Thus we can say that Atman is aware of its basic essential form viz Mula Maya. When awareness fixes objects other than space, the same awareness is called as Jiva.