In Paramatma realization is God the subject or the object?

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Question Is the Supreme Lord the subject or the object? Answer Yes, the word subject and object can mean different things at different times. Say, in a scientific experiment the person being studied is called the subject but then in that context the person doing the experiment is not called the object.
Basically, when we use the word subject over there that is referring to somebody who is being subjected to the experimental process. So, certain experimental medicine is being tried out then the person who is undergoing that treatment is being subjected to it. So, in that sense the word subject refers to one who is being subjected to.
That is not the context generally in philosophy when the words subject and object are used. Generally, in philosophy the words subject and object are related with subjective and objective. So, object refers to in this context the thing that is being observed and objective reality is the reality of the thing as it is.
Whereas, subject is the person who is observing and subjective reality refers to the perception of that reality by a particular subject. So, in that sense the subjective reality is considered sometimes less accurate because different observers may perceive things in different ways although the things may actually be in some other way. So, if we are to understand things in their actuality it is important for us to get the terms properly.
When we talk about the subject of consciousness and object of consciousness we could understand this more in terms of the object is related to the word objective. So, consciousness is the energy that is coming out from us and is moving towards a particular objective. So, the objective towards which the consciousness moves, that is the object of consciousness.
That means the thing that is being observed is the object whereas the person who is doing the observation is the subject. So, this usage of the word subject is related not to subjecting something to a process but to the subjectivity of the observer and in the context of philosophy if we consider that in the Brahman realization there is simply consciousness with no object or no subject. That means they consider that all subjects and all conceptions of subject and object have been transcended being treated as to be illusion and one transcends them and one enters into the non-differentiate oneness to become one with it.
In Parmatma realization one understands that there is the object to be perceived and there is a person perceiving that object. So, the person perceiving the object is called as subject whereas the object being perceived is called as the object. So, in this case in the Parmatma realization there is realization of Sat and Chit features of the absolute truth.
That means there is eternal existence as is there in the Brahmajyoti realization but along with that there is Chit. That means that one understands that there is consciousness which is not just as a non-differentiated stream of consciousness but also that consciousness is emanating from a particular being. So, the being who is observing is the subject of consciousness and the being, the thing that is being observed is the object of consciousness.
So, in this usage we can understand that the Supreme Lord, the Parmatma is the perceiver of the material world and is the overseer of the material world. Upadrishta Anvantaja So, he is the subject and the material world is the object. Now, the Supreme Lord is not doing any experiment on the material world.
We could use the word subject in relationship with the material world in the sense that the material world is subjected to the control, to the supervision of the Supreme Lord. But the material world is the insentient object in general and normally insentient objects are not referred to as subjects ever. That may be used in another context where subject is a field of study.
I am studying history, I am studying geography. So, somebody might be studying the material world. In that context they may use the word subject.
Oh, the material world is my subject of study. But that is a meaning that is entirely unrelated to a present discussion. In this discussion, the Parmatma realization involves satanchit features in that consciousness is not just a stream but consciousness is a locus.
It is coming from a particular source and that source is a supreme being and he is perceiving the world. In that sense, he is subject and the world is the thing being perceived. In that sense, it is the object.