Divine Sovereignty
In its acception of divine sovereignty, svātantrya is described as an absolute power of action, or, absolute power of freedom. This power arises from the mirror-like ability of the supreme consciousness (caitanya) to contain images (vimarśa) - the whole universe being a mere image shining inside this unique god-consciousness.
Svātantrya has a number of traditional attributes such as: perfect fullness (of the energy of will), self-sufficiency, autodetermination, the power of doing and undoing - essence of the subject, supreme creativity, sovereignty, source of knowledge (jñāna) and action (kriyā) and being beyond contradictions: it exists beyond laws of any kind and is the source of all laws in the universe.
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