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It was said by a master of the way, by their fruits ye shall know them, will their fruits be shiny on the surface, and hide a maggot beneath? Or will their fruit bring lightness
and joy to the beholder? that is the balance between real and vanity, what I have seen is that Bhagavan Sri Ramana, who asked nothing for himself, and lived as he truly
was a master of the way to SELF realisation, and the embodiment of humility.
Warmest regards Michael.
The Vedhaanth is a way of life for a select few! But religion is the ‘subject’ of the masses. Somehow, our religious leaders have used it in fostering their own interests and thus have ‘highjacked’ them both from the masses and made them their ‘keeps’. What a travesty of humanness and Nature as well! For what! Only to mitigate the hungry senses with hungry lust! An irreparable damage has been inflicted resulting in stunting the flow of evolutionary process! However some sacred souls are tirelessly engaged in diverting this negative flow, and simultaneously rejuvenating the ‘suppressed’ values of life and making accessible the forgotten ‘subject’—of spiritualism, by interpreting it in easy and scientific language, which is easily understandable to all; to be inculcated in their lives. Self is not a word, which should give jitters to its listeners, but should rather emit sublime feeling! If the inventions of physical science could make the life of humanity, a bit more comfortable; then the inward science of spiritualism should also be able to inculcate in us the element of human values, so that we could become better human being! Not that these elements were missing or have to be imported: these are already imbedded in us and need only to be ‘rejuvenated’! There should be a coordinator, who could keep a perfect harmony between the two! And that coordinator is the ‘Conscience’. Before making further inroad in the understanding of the Self, let us review the already digressed findings of the ‘Inquiry’!
A Jnaani knows his ‘limitations’ and thus is not too much concerned with them. He knows that the result of perfect ‘coordination’ between the senses: the senses of perception (Jnaan-Indheries): mind and its thoughts Vicars); produces an ideal combination of sensuality. But any other person is an ideal fertile field for sowing ‘Karmic-cycle’ and for the furtherance of evolutionary cycle. In spiritual parlance, the ‘subject’ is a worldly man, completely immersed in the duality of joys and sorrow, profit and loss etc. In case the coordinator is amiss and is ‘withdrawn, the same subject becomes the sadhak (seeker) of spirituality. Because the ‘coordinator’ in this case is none else, but the conscious i.e., gross mind (gross-intelligence)!
All that is created in the ephemeral world has a name even before its creation. That, which has a name, has a form also. Name connotes the memory of that subject, and the form represent ‘sound’. What is known, observable—has a form, but what is invisible to human or electronic eye, is conscious (live) memory in the projected forms. Each object, however subtle, has its reflection. Our ‘live’ physical bodies have their subtle aura around them. While gross bodies are made out of gross atoms, their subtle reflections are composed of subtle particles. All the manifest objects/entities are in fact, conscious memories in patent form. The memory in its latent form is the Self, and in its patent form, is the ‘self’. The Self represents all that is latent to our conscious; and that which is observable, live and conscious is the individual self. The former is another form of Cosmic-Consciousness. This is the difference between the Self and the self; consciousness and the conscious; latent and the patent (live).
The Self, as understood so far is, present in both the states of the Conscious. It is individualized, as intellect or mind in the gross bodies, and as the Self (aura) in the subtle bodies. It is the same self, which is present in the dream state. In the subtle bodies (reflections), as well in the dreams, consciousness is present as ‘live’ memory. But this is in contradiction to the above statement, that latent memory/mind is the Self or the Cosmic-Consciousness!
When our knowledge is theoretical, the above ‘contradiction’ is valid! Even when we are engaged in contemplative meditation, we observe, conscious is separate from memory. We further observe the mind’s engagements in constant flights. Who oversees these ‘flights’? Obviously it is the conscious! When the mind and the conscious are in complete coordination, the concentration is perfect. In that state, the mind is partly absent, or we can say, it is partly ‘subdued’: When the mind is subdued or absent, one is completely focused on the subject at hand, and we are oblivious of the mind even. At this moment our conscious is at its heightened level, but it is not the state of meditation. Just for information sake: There is no qualitative or relative state in meditation. Meditation means meditation.
We know latent memory—memory of Cosmic Seed—becomes patent with conscious. The mind is merely the latent repository of the memory, without conscious. As soon as the conscious is withdrawn from the mind, it becomes redundant. For the psychologists; beyond conscious (mind) is the state of sub-conscious (not related to unmanifest). To them this condition of the mind is of paramount importance, in the field of their research and practice; but to the parapsychologists, the latent memory is of far more importance, than the dormant memory—read memory of our past lives’ Vasanavan(tendencies), whose fruits we are born to bear. The concentration of mind and its coordination with the ‘conscious’ is the farthest limit of the latter, and the sub-conscious state of mind has more validity, for them, than the super-mind (dormant): the spiritualists, on the other hand, are interested only in the Over-mind, which oversees all states (phases) of the mind. For them the existence of mind relates to all Its (Over-mind) ramifications/super-impositions or the (lower) states.
Mind is Existence of the cosmos in all its phases. It exists in the micro as well as the macro transitions of the ephemeral world. But to the scientists of physical sciences, only its lower phases are of relevance, since the mind in human beings, as they know, is used in very insignificant proportion: hence its ‘conscious’ aspect relates only to the objective ‘intellect’—gathered through the interaction of the senses and the elements. So for them, nothing exists beyond the conscious or its sub-conscious states! Even for the parapsychologists, there is nothing beyond the dormant memory—the memory which relates to objective world and can be made ‘conscious’, is but the subtle aura of matter. The intellectuals consider the ‘intellect’, in its optimum state, as the mind’s reality! For them, there is nothing more to be known beyond the Big-Bang or the Creation of matter!
If the intellectuals are going to base the source of their intelligence, the ephemeral world and vice versa, then their hypotheses would go haywire: because their brains are channeled to single direction of thinking! That the Creation and its sustenance is entirely the handiwork of the Intelligence and that Intelligence is the sum-total knowledge of the cosmos or even of other ‘Existence’ of cosmos! It might take him a million more years to come the conclusion that the ‘intelligence’, which they gather/acquire or use from matter, in all its phases, is only going to lead them to Supreme-Intelligence of Creation—not to the Creator! Because anything which exists is ‘Being’ in Existence, that already exists. We can know the secrets of material-reality, not that of “Something”, that does not exist in the material sense! We cannot know of the reality of the sky! We can know about the elements or objects, which exist in its expanse; but how about itself! A void! A big void full of ‘matter’ and particles! And there our search stops! Will we ever know its expanse, boundaries and edges? No, not even hypothetically!
Living in the material world, we understand only the ‘conscious-knowledge’, which we derive from it! We are trained to think that there exists no other world or ‘intelligence’, other than what we ‘know’! For physical science, everything came into being with the element of time. But time alone is not the singular factor, as it varies from zone to zone; each Creation has its own dimensional laws/time: Accordingly there are as many layers (levels) of the ‘conscious! The ‘Intelligence’ (Knowledge/Conscious-ness) that creates and permeates the cosmos is Total and Final.
Let us look from another angle: Each seed had in its ‘latent-memory’ the invisible name and form of its potential creation. Therefore names and forms in Nature, of ‘word’ and sound, exist already in subtle forms, even before their actual, i.e., physical projection. With the result that the search of scientists would revolve round only the objective world and its objects and laws! Their object and the goal is ‘knowledge’—Conscious, that pervades the Cosmos.
The next level of ‘conscious’ is the subject matter of the parapsychologists. For them, there exists a higher state of mind, reachable through subtle means only. In fact mind is like the sky— an Infinite space! The roaming constellations of galaxies with their families of stars, comets, planets, quasars, black holes etc., which form our Universe. It represents the lowest state of mind, the gross mind; as it represent only the ‘intelligence’ of those bodies, which are gross (physical) in form. The Intelligence of this cosmic phenomena/Nature exists, as mind in our bodies. It is active in us because of the Conscious. As soon as the Conscious is withdrawn from the ‘bodies’, the gross mind vanishes or goes into its latent state. This goal of the scientists is to reach the boundaries of the mind, which is still distant. But the spiritualists have found a way to subdue the mind by engaging in deep meditation. For them, while the mind ‘sleeps’, there exists another ‘Conscious’, which is infinite in scope and represents all the states of Existence-Being-Bliss.
The SPECT experiments corroborate this fact, and nullify all misconceptions or wrong notions about spiritualism. Spiritualism is not dogmatism or the conglomeration of some mumbo-jumbo quack theories. It is the most scientifically tested Mother Science—rather the Nature itself—of all sciences. It is the science of infinite Integrated-Consciousness—Brahman. In individual-self, It is the Self. Its true identity is known or revealed, when the conscious (active) mind sleeps, i.e., becomes passive along with the subtle (astral) mind. Thus, the Self is simply the compact (constricted) reflection of Cosmic-Integrated-Consciousness (C-I-C) or vice versa. Its seemingly various layers or levels are, in fact, the local atmospheric fields of conscious, representing relative groups of dimensions. How an individual ‘conscious’ acclimatizes one set (field) of dimensions and transmutes to higher ones, still on to others, ultimately merging (becoming one) with C-I-C, is again a unique science, that we shall endeavor to ‘learn’ at His lotus Feet—the Divine-grace!
We have come to know, hypothetically, about the ‘approximate’ identity of Self and the Supreme-Self, but whether It is the ‘true’ approximate Truth, shall have to be probed? We know our knowledge of the ephemeral world is very limited; as a result, our intelligence is, relatively very limited. So whatever intelligence we have ‘acquired’ is not reliable, with the result, the discoveries/inventions of the scientists get nullified/replaced by the succeeding generations. There are doubts, even about its very authenticity, because the ‘data’ fed via the senses, are not dependable! So the view of the mergence of individual intelligence/conscious with Cosmic-Consciousness would also be relative! In order to have clear and complete ‘glimpse’ or to have the ‘feeling’ of oneness/identification with Cosmic-Consciousness—in our minds itself—needs purity of our conscious/intelligence. With pure conscious, we have pure intelligence, which leads to illuminating its own true nature—that of cosmic dimension/universal singularity. Mind, intelligence, conscious, awareness etc., cannot be differentiated from Cosmic-Mind/Consciousness. These are merely the abbreviations to classify the methodology adopted by the scholars of different hues, to understand the phenomenal states or phases of Creation.
An individual cannot be separated or be independent of its ‘Creator’, i.e., Nature. There is one Intelligence that permeates the cosmos: as it is the same Intelligence, which is the cause of Creation and its creations as well. So it cannot be summarized; the individual intelligence is different from Cosmic-Intelligence! The former is embedded in the brains of the individual bodies, whereas the latter permeates the cosmos, i.e., external space and its bodies/elements/matter/particles etc. The intelligence we have passed on to our children is the same we received from our parents and so on. However in each case, it is subject to external forces. This is because of their peculiar properties/qualities, and the subsequent exposure to external factors. Intelligence never goes through evolution: only its manifestations/projections receive their intelligence, in direct proportion to the types of vestures they inherit.
Physical bodies age differently; their capacities and capabilities too are differently proportioned, according to their minds’ exposure. In nutshell: Supreme-Intelligence permeates equally in Its manifestation, but for the inadequate capacities of the users, Its revelation is accordingly limited. As soon as it is realized that the ‘conscious’ is not separate from its parent ‘body’ i.e., Cosmic-Consciousness, and that both reside in our bodies—separated falsely by the minds’ insufficient knowledge—the (super-imposed) differentiation is absolved. Here the ‘knowledge’ attains its true form and is referred to as, Brahman-Jnaan (Athamboth/knowledge of Self)), and its knower or beholder is called as Brahman-Jnaani. The process (Vidhya) of realising this Reality/Truth is spiritualism.
Individual knowledge and cosmic knowledge, latent and patent (conscious); both constitute the mind. Those who know of this ‘reality’ are called the scientists of physical sciences. When we realize the individual-mind and the cosmic-mind are one; both become One and Divine. Knowledge of cosmos is mind: what makes this knowledge conscious is, Divinity. It is also stated that the synthesis of body-mind-intellect is Aathma(soul/spirit). This statement becomes a fact, when the seeker has crossed the fields of the mind and has realised the ‘factor’ that binds and illumines its very constituents. Mere knowledge of the trinity is not enough. Their knowledge is also not the Self! Even the conscious ‘factor’ is elementary. The eternal Awareness, that the individual is universal in nature, is the Self. That the individual-Self and the Cosmic-Self are one and That One is ParamAathma—Supreme-Self, is the Divine-Rrealisation.
The binding, as well as the illumination ‘factor’ is— Divinity—which is inherent everywhere! When a seeker has realised this ‘knowledge’, his mental state is beyond description. Even he, himself cannot describe the heights of joy he is experiencing, during all the time; he is attuned to or reveling in the Self! As the Self is, of the nature of bliss, any one who has experienced, even Its’ momentary ‘glimpse’ is immersed in Its eternal joys. He attains an enviable state of bliss!
The l.s. has been experiencing Its ‘effects’ off and on, for the last 21 years, since his mind took the U-turn and became aware of the Divine-Incarnation in human form! Till that time, he was not ready to accept the very ‘concept’ of Divine Incarnations of all the Divine Ones, belonging to all the religions! Often the glimpses of the Self, are more lasting, then it becomes unbearable for the mortal body and the mind to behold and absorb the ‘grace of bliss’, as the l.s., is not that spiritually advanced nor his cushions are that strong. He is left with only recourse, to pray to the Master, to either unshackle the Self from the body, or lift off the ‘link’!
It is a fact that the ‘experiencer’ more often seeks for the release of the Self from the body. It is just not palatable or even logical to come back to tasteless vagaries of the mind, from the ocean of Bliss! Once the subject has the ‘glimpse/experience’ of the bliss, he has no taste left for the worldly pleasures and joys. There is simply no substitute for the blissful state. Once smitten, one gets hooked for life. That is the reason, no Brahman-Jnaani/Self-Realised or a realised Yogi, remains in physical body, after the realisation of the Self (Aathma).
Believe me the little selfs’s “I” doesn’t like to stay in his sick body. His “I” wants release! It is not out of desperation, dejection or isolation, nor can it be termed as a negative urge to escape from life. On the contrary, he feels completely, self-contended and at peace in his body. No more goals to achieve, no more desires; as he has had more than he deserved and ever dreamt of! Most of the time his cup of life is over brimming with bliss: he simply cannot withstand the onslaughts of divine ‘waves’. Continuous wafts of joy make his inner-self (Jeevi) self-reliant, self-contented and unshackled from the world. One simply disassociates from the world and enjoys the joyous company of the Self. It is simply very difficult to describe; not the Self, but Its Source! But who wants to know more?
Here enter the doubting fence sitters and the elite intellectuals! They want to know the authenticity of these ‘experiences’! Whether we are answerable to these doubting Thomas’s, is a genuine excuse for the ‘ascetics’ to keep away from them! The l.s. is of the opinion that it is our duty and responsibility to share ‘knowledge’ of the Self, with the genuine seekers, because unless we do so, how would they be knowing the ‘potential’ beyond the ‘annihilation/nihilism’ state of the intellect? Even we ourselves are not always sure of the ‘existence’ of the Self! Fundamentally it is the mind, which questions the ‘Being’ of the Self. How are we to know, whether these ‘experiences’ of the Self are genuine!
Very simple! Purely by experiencing the universality of the Self, the ‘experiencer’ is satisfied. How do we know that the ‘experience’ is really cosmic in nature and content? Again very simple! The cosmic-Self is ‘aware’ of the cosmos: that the ‘awareness’ of the ‘experiencer’ becomes cosmic, thus he becomes Gyatha—the knower of past, present and future of Cosmos/Creation! His state at that time is that of everlasting Bliss, which the nature of Brahman and the Self is.
The l.s. has been successful, to some extent, to cross (understand), the facets of the mind and get enlightened of the deepest potential of the ‘intellect’, so as to reach the doorsteps of wisdom and be blessed and graced with the glimpses of the Self!
The journey has been long, self effacing, self sacrificing—of total surrender of body, mind and the intellectual attachments. A tall order for a worldly man, but a realisable, feasible and attainable Karamu(activity/seva); which each one of us should strive for, so as to attain the envious heights of self-purification. A state where all material things: joys of the world: even the realms of the world itself, become meaningless, stale, and trash! The l.s. shall omit all details and niceties, which enable us to realize these heights, as these have already been exhaustively shared in his previous book “Quest In Reality”. In the present ‘work’, the endeavor is to delve into the extremity of intellect, so as to be able to share and jointly undertake the journey that leads to Self—thereby to substantiate the authenticity of Self, and Its realisation in our own selves! That an ordinary mind is as good as that of an ascetic, for the realization of ‘his’ Self, with all Its’ splendor! One should not be disheartened by the vagaries of the mind or its tools of imagination and fantasising, which are so devious in deluding the intellect; it becomes very difficult to differentiate between real and the unreal.
For the intellectuals and the scholars, there is, however, a rider. They are totally debarred entry to Self, because they depend entirely on their intellect to unravel the mysteries of the cosmic-mind! The tool they are using is insufficient, limited in scope and totally unreliable. A scholar is equipped with a very limited knowledge of his subject of specialization. His mastery over the complete subject is a mirage in the intellectual field! Even a super-computer can be fed only the ‘known’ data, which are but a fraction of the cosmic-knowledge. Hypothetically speaking: even if, entire knowledge of the ephemeral world could be gathered and acquired in one brain, the realisation/enlightenment of Divinity, on its strength is impossible! Not because, the intellect is irrelevant, but because of a major lacunae, in its ‘acquisition’ and application.
Realizing the Self is, by ‘knowing’ It. And mind is not the right tool for Its attainment/realisation. Simultaneously, without the mind, one cannot reach the realms beyond it. Then how can we use the mind as a right tool, so that it helps us in having the clear ‘view’ of That, that lies beyond it? That way lies only in its purity and being a clear reflector, so as to have clear ‘view’ through it of That, which is C-I-C. The following is the best ever example, illustrating the enigma, its causes and the panacea, in the Masters’ own words:
“Through activity man attains purity of consciousness. In fact man has to welcome activity with this end in view. And why strive for pure consciousness? Imagine a well with polluted and muddy waters, so the bottom of the well can be seen. Similarly in mans’ heart, deep down in his consciousness, we have the Aathma. But it can be cognized when the consciousness is clarified. Your imaginings, your inferences, your judgments and prejudices, your passions, emotions and egoistic desires, muddy the consciousness and make it opaque. How, then, can we become aware of the Aathma/soul, that is at the very base? Through seva(service) rendered, without any desire to placate ones’ ego and with only the well-being of others in view, it is possible to cleanse the consciousness and have the Aathma revealed.” Baba.(Thought for the day. 15.10.2002).
See how deep ‘it’ has been forced down and become venerable to negative forces! But it is only our misconception to ‘see’ it as distinct from our mind-intellect-wisdom or from our body even! As the entire universe is permeated by the Mind and Conscious, wisdom or intellect is not separate or identical from it (mind). The universe is the ‘conception’ of the Cosmic-Mind, and individual mind is no different or distinct from it. The mind is very subtle entity and conscious that permeates it, is crystal clear. Only later impressions/projections cast shadows of our vasanas (desires arising because of the aforementioned negative forces i.e. tendencies) and create muddy mirages, which we classify as gross-conscious. As soon as the grossness is sieved, only pure-consciousness remains. There is no universal panacea for removal of gross/muddy elements from our conscious, as each individual mind reflects distinct levels of intellect/conscious, which is according to the professions and types of lives they are exposed to. That is why our ancients prescribed different methods, viz., KaramyogRajyog,Bhakthiyog, Thyaagyog, and Jnaanyog, (Action,Passion,Devotion,Detachment,Wisdom) each catering to distinct inclinations of the sadhak(seeker), who are engaged in the pursuits of Reality. These paths are inter-dependent and complimentary. In fact these are the elevations, connoting the states of mind. The tools applied for the successive attainment of every path, are invariably the five fundamental values, viz., Truth, Righteousness, Love, Peace and Non-violence (Sathya, Dharam, Shanthi, Prem, Ahimsa). Unless these are adhered to, and made part of human lives, forget about God or His realisation! These are the intrinsic disciplines of human nature, as hunger and thirst are body’s nature (dharm).
By talking about sieving or removal of gross/muddy materials (thoughts/vasanas) from the mind, does not imply their physical banishment; but by ‘knowing’ their relevance vis-à-vis Truth. Truth is the fundamental requirement of the sadhak. It is the inherent quality of consciousness, but being not aware, it remains dormant. As the scientists are interested only in unraveling mysteries of physical world, the spiritualists are engaged in the quest of its Creator! That is why anything that is ephemeral is, irrelevant to the latter. The gross mind representing only the knowledge of gross/material world, which is ever changing, ever progressive; hence is not relevant! The only ‘thing’, according to the spiritualist, which is not subject to change and hence is permanent is—Truth: one amongst many attributes ascribed to God/Reality.
According to SPECT scanning, this fact came to light; while the subjects were engaged in deep meditation; their gross-mind was subdued/asleep, and a ‘feeling’ of universal-consciousness was ‘experienced’. Here another doubt arises, as to why the ephemeral world or Nature is considered as ‘untrue/unreal’ by the spiritualist, and truth is taken as the only reality?
The reality of each subject or its substance is known only by its innate nature. The Creation as well as its creations, is the manifestation of the Grand-Design; according to which each object is placed—by projection, at a predetermined place, clime and circumstances. The truth of their existence is relative, as each one is undergoing through constant change and transforming into another substance. Because it is the law of Nature: Evolution is its fundamental nature. So the reality of each material object is relative to its ‘temporary’ existence, in the material form. While the nature of consciousness is eternal, the reality/truth of Creation is relative, and the Consciousness that permeates it is eternal.
Like the water of the well has to be clear, to ‘see’ its bottom, mind has also to be clear, i.e., in its original state, to be able to ‘see’ Reality or Self, through its clear and pure reflectors. Minds’ reflectors are its three tier composition of the Conscious, viz., gross-conscious, intelligence and wisdom. Like the muddy surface of the well’s water, mind’s tainted conscious, as the result of external factors, does not act as good ‘conductor’ to have direct ‘experience/glimpse’ of the Self. The Self is not something different from mind. Mind in its pure form is, the Supra-Consciousness. Actually what we ‘see’ in the depth of the well? The bottom, through whose ‘pores’ water seeps out to make the well’s water. Water comes from the invisible source of ‘water’! What is the reality of water? The water itself! Any object/entity’s reality is in it (self), which is its own innate nature. The innate nature of Nature in not in its qualities of, Creation-Sustenance-Dissolution, but in its own ‘reality: That all is Brahman—“Aham Brahman Asmi” (Iam Brahman/Great Saying/Mahaavak). If we seek to ‘know’ our own reality, it is not buried in the principle of the universe, but is in us—our own ‘self’. As the source of intelligence is Intelligence, similarly, the source of reality is Reality itself.
The reality in the case of Self is, the element of its own quality of ‘awareness’. The end of knowledge is wisdom; deepest bottom of mind. The purity of minds’ reflections viz., gross-conscious, intelligence and wisdom, leads it (mind) to its own reality. Its state of purity leads it to its own realisation—its own awareness. The pure intelligence or logic does not fill the mind with the totality of knowledge of Brahmand/Cosmos; on the contrary this cleanses it of gross-knowledge and establishes itself in its own reality—pure-consciousness i.e., C-I-C. Mind’s components are its tools of manifestation. In pure state it is C-I-C. The element of creation/creativity manifests only after it ‘will’ to ‘activate’ the seed of gross conscious that has in it the ‘intelligence/memory’ of Creation. The transformation of pure-consciousness into gross-conscious is the beginning of evolution.
It is often assumed, there is a second ‘agency’ that activates the Original-Seed, putting in process the Creation drama. But when the Seed grows into Creation, it subsumes itself into its manifestations! In Nature, no seed leaves behind even its symbolic elements of identity, but invariably merges/subsumes itself into its creations. But the ‘force’ that evolves it into full bloom or when ‘it’ retracts (Big-Crunch/Prahlah/Dissolution) into its original condition, is the ‘factor’ that is the topic of the wise and the scholars. This factor or mystery shrouds their minds and the simple fact of ‘its’ reality becomes exaggerated disillusion.
Let us understand the basic principle of the Supreme-Intelligence: Whereas its manifestation, Creation, is engaged in the evolution of ascendancy, Its own reality has regressed in the anti-evolution (i.e. devolution.)
Matter, the creation of Intelligence, evolves from gross to human fineness: Its (Intelligence) direct ‘representation/agency’—basic values, the qualities of mind—has degenerated to its lowest ebb in the human beings! Its gradual downslide transition, from Sathvic, Rajo to Thamas (qualities and dispositions of Prakrithi (Nature) or Maaya=its transient nature) reflects correspondingly in the cycle of time, Yugas (Sathyug, Kretha’Dwappar, Kaliyug); i.e., from highest quality of life of Dharma (righteousness) to being bogged down to the baser qualities, is in direct contrast to the material progress. It is an un-natural development, whose consequences are being borne by the relentless onslaught of natural calamities and self-destructive forces unleashed on humanity, because of the down-slide in the application of human-intelligence.
Matter, the creation of Intelligence, evolves from gross to human fineness: Its (Intelligence) direct ‘representation/agency’—basic values, the qualities of mind—has degenerated to its lowest ebb in the human beings! Its gradual downslide transition, from Sathvic, Rajo to Thamas (Truth-Passion-Slothqualities and dispositions of Prakrith (Nature) or Maaya(illusion)=its transient nature) reflects correspondingly in the cycle of time, Yugas (Sathyug, Kretha’Dwappar, Kaliyug); i.e., from highest quality of life of Dharma (righteousness) to being bogged down to the baser qualities, is in direct contrast to the material progress. It is an unnatural development, whose consequences are being borne by the relentless onslaught of natural calamities and self-destructive forces unleashed on humanity, because of the down-slide in the application of human-intelligence.
Negative tendency is not the quality of mind, as the mind in its normal state is devoid of either negative or positive tendencies. The primeval cause of Creation and the resultant sequence of sustenance and dissolution, do not project from a sanguine, calm, normal or passive Mind. The human mind too, in its state of equilibrium is not susceptible to any kind of activity. Even its activities like thinking, creativity, self-enquiry—which are wrongly assumed as its qualities—arise because of super-imposition of the element of ignorance, which is referred to as Maaya/illusion by the religionists. Mind, in its normal condition is in its hyper-sensitive state, what we call as Saajag (Aware) or the super-conscious state. It is only when it manifests its projection—Nature, does it get involved in creative activities. As soon as it ‘activates’ or the Conscious activates it, the cycle of Creation-Sustenance-Dissolution begins automatically. Only thereafter its projection as gross-conscious is tooled with later qualities, not its original state. Any element, however pure, unless involved in activity, i.e., replication, creation, transmigration, transmutation etc., remains devoid of any ‘quality’. Qualities (Gunas) are the characteristics of an activity, creation and their consequential projections. Activity is caused by energy. The Creation is result of energy. No energy; no creation! The energy is not some latent force that keeps dormant and might re-activate at a given time! It has no cause, traceable in the ephemeral world! On the contrary if it is withdrawn, the Creation collapses in Big-Crunch. The mind too is passive without it. The creations, including the elements are inert or become obsolete without it. In Supra-Conscious too, energy is not self-created. It is the Divine-force that designates itself as so. Without it the individual (Jeevi) mind is inert and passive. It is the Self (Aathma) that puts its consciousness in it and makes it conscious (Saajag).
Here a very relevant query arises; whether the subtle aspect of energy/matter and its power of generation/duplication/replication, is conscious! Any entity, which possesses all the three states of consciousness, is entitled to attain to its ultimate heights—that is its origin. It is only the human being, who is embodied with its multiple phases and is thus capable of attaining its acme of C-I-C/Supreme Intelligence. And anyone who has ‘known’ its reality is the Enlightened/Illuminated/Self—A realised/divine conscious soul. He automatically becomes free of the three fundaments of Nature, viz. Creation-Sustenance-Dissolution. This is so; because in reaching this state, he has transcended his two other lower (gross) states of consciousness. As the ephemeral world owes its creation to energy, which is subject to the phenomena of natural laws; but those elements/forces which come under the ambit of Divinity or Its forces are free of the evolutionary cycles. Energy creates, whereas ‘divine-force’ is eternal—Sath-Chith-Anandh (Being-Awareness-Bliss), Sathyam-Shivam-Sundaram. Laws of Nature are phenomenal; laws of Divine are eternal.
It is only the energy, in its replicate form that activates the force of Creation. In contrast, Divine-force does not manifest, nor is Its nature to create: It is and Is—Since eternity It is in infinite, Sath-Chith-Anandh—stateless state of state. Whereas any element, however subtle, is governed by natural laws! Divinity is not subject to any law, even of Its own making. All creations are subject to the laws of ephemeral world, even the subtlest of the particle is bound to the inscrutable cycle of C-S-D. Whatever creates is also the created one! All creations in their unmanifest states are in the form of intelligence. It is the intelligence that projects as seed in the mind and sprouts as action/energy/thought.
In case ‘Divinity’ does not manifest and is not subjected to any law, then should it not be logical to assume that It is identical (separate) to Nature! The fact is that as the creations subsume in Intelligence, the mind too subsumes in Divinity, shall not satisfy the intellectual query of the seekers! That the Nature is the reflection (subtle body) of Divinity shall also be viewed in the same manner!
The individual mind and the conscious, seemingly, come embodied in the bodies: If the two are inherited substance, how they are related or get sustenance from the cosmic-mind and the Cosmic-Consciousness?
Intelligence, from its superlative state has assumed an embodied state. From its stateless, free existence, it assumes itself physical body. Supreme Intelligence (consciousness) has no form, no conditioning or subjectivity. But in body conscious, it has form and qualities and is subject to birth and death, whose reflection in the human mind projects as the pairs of negative-positive tendencies: Whereas its true replication should have been, its pure reflection. But we see its transformation as human intellect-conscious-mind. But it is their subtle reflections which taint their already devolved states: Conscious has its thinking, the mind its (day) dreaming and intellect its imagination! Imagination, dreaming and thinking are the most delusive reflections and images; are always true and more pronounced replicates. The conscious fields are not complete in themselves, as the ‘knowledge’ they represent/support in each phase is not complete. Human mind, in its (conscious) states is minimally utilized or activated.
As we unfold the levels of our conscious, it is revealed: though it gets purer and purer, its reflection is not its true representation at the evolved levels. We know intelligence does not create, only its reflectors (devolved conscious) become prey to the mind. That Intelligence does not duplicate, in exactitude, in its replicates! As we go deeper, we discover, Intelligence does not even duplicate! It is the sustenance force, not the creative One. Being all pervasive, all permeating, it exists in all its glory; only the embodiments are not comparably ‘structured’. Or It reveals Itself only to the extent of potentiality of the subjects/shells, it is embodied in. Therefore it is the evolution of matter/material world, not the devolution of the Intelligence.
The realisation that our reality is (Supreme) Intelligence: There is not an iota of doubt that the intelligence (intellect) in us is the same Intelligence! Theoretically this is a simple statement, but its conviction (awareness) takes many lives Sadhna (self-enquiry). As soon as this realisation dawns, the results are wonderful—beyond description. One simply becomes free, whole and complete! He simply accepts the ‘being’ of the creations of the ephemeral world as normal (natural). We are, so we are! Nature is, so Nature is! One becomes aware of their (creations) ‘existence’; meaning, we do not relate our-self with them. We do not see them from our point of view (intellect). By accepting them is, by knowing them. We learn about a ‘thing’ only when we have complete knowledge of it. Having ‘knowledge’ of the ‘thing’ is, having complete awareness of that ‘thing’. Meaning, the substance is more important than the projection. Our substance is not the gross conscious, nor the mind, nor the intellect: these are merely the data-bank of the phenomenal worlds’ knowledge that our senses have been able to gather. Knowing or becoming aware of this fact, automatically puts the observing ‘agency’ at the higher level. That is, we become aware of our limited minds’ sphere of knowledge. This fact is known, when our intellect stops posing as mind and retains its original state, that of intelligence. Similarly the human intelligence—activated conscious-(discriminated) knowledge, having realised its limit, or becoming aware of this very fact, puts it at its higher pedestal of Cosmic-Consciousness. The state, if it can be called that (!) at that moment, is of ‘complete’ universal-awareness! Of freedom and bliss: There is constant ‘feeling’ (experience) of total awareness; no thought, no mind! One is blessed with the persistent ‘feelings’ of unending ecstasy. No subject wants to come down (back) from this ‘experience’. It is the experience of Divinity, there is no doubt about it! All are welcome to the ‘club’ of Divine. One does not have to go places for enrolment. It is within ‘us’. Rather we are It-Self. Anyone who has, even once felt the bliss of this Divine glimpse or experience, he is hooked forever. No other joy would make him happy. One feels so useless, lifeless, limp and empty bag without It. The complete feeling of freedom makes the subject one with Divine. This is not an ‘experience’ of an addict! The l.s. ‘knows’ about that too, having experienced the effects of various drugs. If any one doubts the authenticity of these experiences, then they are not pursuing the journey of spiritualism, hence is not a genuine sadhak/seeker. Then no comment!
The l.s. is not narrating a novel or a treatise on philosophy. He also knows about hallucination, fantasising, imagination, day dreaming and about self-induced hypnosis. He knows from firsthand experience with this wily fellow—the mind. He has passed through the rigors of Sadhna, Tapas (rigorous penance) and intense self-enquiry. He learnt at the lotus feet of the masters, scriptures and above all, through personal experiences. He could never become a teacher, but only a sadhak, a seeker and a learner. He cannot preach but can only follow and imbibe the teachings in his personal life. During the last twelve years of his service career, he lived upto the teachings of His Master—by precept and practice. While his colleagues were minting money every year, he lived off his pay. He was surrounded by a corrupt system, but lived a life of an ascetic. He did not make a show of his principles, but presented a personal example of those teachings, without uttering a word about them. Glory be to Him, it all belongs to Him. Why pose or boast, all that there is, all belong to Him. He is the Original-Owner, not us mortals who are transitory tenants.
The biggest problem of the sadhakis, that he is more like a plunderer. Both face the problem of plenty. Only difference is in the ‘capacity’ of their containers. Whereas the coffers of the plunderer are filled to the brim, still he remains unsatisfied and hungry for more possessions. But on the other hand, the container (body) of a sadhak proves insufficiently equipped to ‘contain’ the ever increasing splendor of the Lord! His midget self gets easily ‘filled’, as thus feels helpless to receive/bear His grace any more. He/she prays for release, whereas the former craves for more years to plunder more and more.
Even now, the body of the l.s. stands over flowed with constant cascades of bliss! (Incidentally while typing this line, the l.s. was actually in the ‘state’! Glory be unto Him!). Over brimming with joy, I am unable to continue writing—. Allah is great; let all brethren be blessed alike. Amen.
By ‘accepting’ the ‘Being’ implies, we accept the existence of the object and its substance, as factual. Their existence is not illusory and they are not something else that we cannot see or know. We accept the Supreme-Intelligence that permeates all ‘bodies’ in the cosmos; though, its supporting manifestations might project It differently. The physical bodies we support are as real as Nature and its fundamentals. The body cannot be the mind, intellect and wisdom, or for that matter, Supreme-Intelligence, though it does function within the parameters of the three! The body remains a body, at whatever state it’s subtle and physical level or condition might be! The novice spiritualist jump to illogical conclusions by negating the existence of ‘body’ and its subtle substance as unreal and their ‘fundamentals’ as real. The basic principle of Nature, known so far, is energy. The five elements are its constituents. This is the reality of the naturist and this is incontestable version, as there is no better one at the moment. The body too is the constituents of its subtle elements.
A car is a car. We sit at its steering and drive it away. Though we know it runs on petrol as its fuel, still we do not know its fundamentals or its inventor. Most of us cannot change its wheels, much less its engine oil. L.s is totally blank about its working and if any fault occurs, he has no choice except to leave it and take a bus ride home. Still he has been at the wheels for over thirty years. Now if the scientists say, it is not the car that he has been driving but the energy, which is the cause of all physical bodies too, but what we apparently see is the car which runs on fuel. What are its components and its original cause of creation, is not going to improve our knowledge and make a mechanic out of us. We are least interested about its designing, engineering and the production part. At the most it is known to some persons that Henry Ford was its founder inventor.
Let the knowledge of science (Nature) and its inventions thereof, be the subject matter of the scientists, though all are welcome to its knowledge. To a human (body), basic needs and rudimentary understanding of the material environs is enough. That is, every body is functioning within the general laws of the category of life they belong to; is all that is required to be a decent citizen of society. Sermonizing or preaching this lot about high profile fundamentals of Nature and about its evolution, is definitely of least relevance.
Let the knowledge of science (Nature) and its inventions thereof, be the subject matter of the scientists, though all are welcome to its knowledge. To a human (body), basic needs and rudimentary understanding of the material environs is enough. That is, every body is functioning within the general laws of the category of life they belong to; is all that is required to be a decent citizen of society. Sermonizing or preaching this lot about high profile fundamental of Nature and about its evolution, is definitely of least relevance.
The sadhak/seeker must understand, what Reality is, in order to be It! Once one becomes It, there is no ‘being’ (left): Because Reality is; causeless, stateless and even ‘knowledge-less’! It does not have to seek Itself. Neither It manifests nor transmutes. It transcends all that is created, i.e. Nature. An object does not seek itself, but only its reality. But reality is the end all! The knowledge of an object is the object itself, as it is the replicate of its creator!
Here lies the synch: Replication/duplication/creation is always due to the inducement of the external forces! There can never be activity without the interaction of the elements. An ocean is calm unless disturbed by the external forces. The mind too is calm till senses incite it so. Otherwise how each being would craves for peace, unless it (peace) is one’s normal state! Big-bang would never had happened, if there had been no activity induced in the Original-Seed (Particle). Thus to understand the reality of an object, the forces which help in its creation-sustenance-annihilation have also to be understood, i.e. to be subdued. To understand the Supreme-Intelligence, the intervening factors, viz. intellect, mind, gross conscious and the senses have to be ‘known’ and ‘subdued’ (within their prescribed limits). Because these forces relate to Creation (creative world), whereas Supreme-Intelligence is eternal, hence non-creative! Being more subtle than casual even, It supports no Guna (attribute/quality). Being bereft of qualities, It is non-creative, but not passive. In the material world, the reality of each object is determined by its innate nature, which incidentally or by design is embedded in itself. So the reality of Jagath/Universe is also embedded in itself; which shall be known in due course of time. And the classic discovery would be: It is self-cycled—It is its own ‘creator’!
Let the knowledge of science (Nature) and its inventions thereof, be the subject matter of the scientists, though all are welcome to its knowledge. To a human (body), basic needs and rudimentary understanding of the material environs is enough. That is, every body is functioning within the general laws of the category of life they belong to; is all that is required to be a decent citizen of society. Sermonizing or preaching this lot about high profile fundamental of Nature and about its evolution, is definitely of least relevance.
The sadhak/seeker must understand, what Reality is, in order to be It! Once one becomes It, there is no ‘being’ (left): Because Reality is; causeless, stateless and even ‘knowledge-less’! It does not have to seek Itself. Neither It manifests nor transmutes. It transcends all that is created, i.e. Nature. An object does not seek itself, but only its reality. But reality is the end all! The knowledge of an object is the object itself, as it is the replicate of its creator!
Here lies the synch: Replication/duplication/creation is always due to the inducement of the external forces! There can never be activity without the interaction of the elements. An ocean is calm unless disturbed by the external forces. The mind too is calm till senses incite it so. Otherwise how each being would craves for peace, unless it (peace) is one’s normal state! Big-bang would never had happened, if there had been no activity induced in the Original-Seed (Particle). Thus to understand the reality of an object, the forces which help in its creation-sustenance-annihilation have also to be understood, i.e. to be subdued. To understand the Supreme-Intelligence, the intervening factors, viz. intellect, mind, gross conscious and the senses have to be ‘known’ and ‘subdued’ (within their prescribed limits). Because these forces relate to Creation (creative world), whereas Supreme-Intelligence is eternal, hence non-creative! Being more subtle than casual even, It supports no Guna (attribute/quality). Being bereft of qualities, It is non-creative, but not passive. In the material world, the reality of each object is determined by its innate nature, which incidentally or by design is embedded in itself. So the reality of Jagath/Universe is also embedded in itself; which shall be known in due course of time. And the classic discovery would be: It is self-cycled—It is its own ‘creator’!
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Realisation Of ‘self’
For the intellectuals it is very simple to know/realise ones’ self. However, it is not that simple to realise it as, in practice, it takes much more time and efforts. Since the intellectuals are totally immersed in (human) intelligence; their intelligence is their self and its realisation, in entirety, depends on the level of enlightenment their ‘self’ is bloomed to! Since they derive their knowledge from the external world, its discriminated dissemination is their source of intelligence! But as we have observed, mere knowledge of the ephemeral world is nothing more than its ‘data’: thus, mere storage of data is not intelligence! We have also ‘seen’, the body is controlled by the senses, and these in turn are controlled by the mind. In the same manner, the master of the mind is the intelligence. However the one factor which is common in all is the conscious. Without conscious none of these is sustainable independently. It is conscious which make them function. Even though its levels might deflect, according to the level it deports, but its intrinsic value remains the same. In fact its quality in all situations does not alter: Neither it decline, nor it increase, only its assumed (projected) embodiment behoove in the manner they are manifested. So even in intelligence it is ‘there’. None of its embodiment could subsume its entity, though all of them lose their own identifications in the next higher level of consciousness.
Like body, senses and mind, Intelligence is not the faculty of human beings. A mad man is conscious and ‘live’, even if intelligence is withdrawn from him. Similarly if the mind and conscious are withdrawn from the body, it remains still alive. In certain cases, while in meditation, a highly advanced ascetic, even when life’s’ conscious is withdrawn from the body and it remains in suspended animation, still survives. Life, conscious and mind are the faculties of the individual-self; Intelligence is not the ‘element’ of the ephemeral world. Whereas all other faculties are passed on to the individual self, Intelligence is not the inherited substance. The individual intelligence, as stated earlier, is but data of the phenomenal world. Supreme-Intelligence though permeating the Brahmand(cosmos) in all Its splendor, but as soon It enters human body It blooms only to 85 percent of its effulgence. In case It comes in, unattached, unabridged and in full bloom, all beings would be Divine in Awareness. As a result the humanity is 85 percent divine and the remaining 15 percent of him is material substance (matter). So no being however advanced in spirituality can be fully enlightened as Divine.
That 85percent part of Divinity, in human beings is classified as Aathma(soul) or the individual-Self. (In lower categories of life, Its ‘existence’ is much less—depending on their quality of life). Even the Re-Incarnation of God in human form, acts according to the Dharma/innate nature of the category life they support. Every Prophet, Messenger/Son God, were born, brought up, lived, played their parts in life, and died as human beings. Though they played divine leelas (divine acts/supports or play), but never interfered in Natures’ set up.
The distinguishing point between the divinely enlightened soul and the worldly (immersed) beings is their very nomenclatures. The former is Aware of his divinity, whereas the latter is conscious of his worldly being/existence. The former is aware: His innate nature is divine, the latter is conscious of the fact of his being the evolved model of Nature. The common factor in both is the element of ‘awareness’ or ‘conscious’. These two states of consciousness, simply connote the state of intelligence level, to which our present ‘beings’ are exposed to. In humans it is intelligence which determines the level of ‘knowledge’—acquired from external sources—we are aware of. Latent ‘knowledge’ of both, unknown Nature and Divine, is of no import, unless our ‘beings’ become aware of each.
The consciousness that pervades in its three states viz. awareness, conscious and mind, reflects in evolved forms, according to the quality and capacity of the ‘beings’ it permeates. In fact it never dilutes, transforms or degenerates to the level of gross compositions of the shells/bodies. It is the illusion of the projected bodies, that the Intelligence which is in their ‘possession’ is the original manifestation of the Reality!
If Intelligence is, indeed, present in its original integrated form in all creations of the objective world and is also not subject to any change, then the intellectuals would not be finding it in varying degrees in different classes of species!
We see and observe that all living being, including the inert, are conscious, but it is not necessary their awareness of knowledge—that permeates in that conscious—is complete. Even latent knowledge too is stored in the (conscious) mind. Intelligence is that part of knowledge, which becomes ‘aware or activated’. Only activated knowledge is ‘awareness’. It is Supreme-Intelligence which, manifest as well as permeates its creation. Awareness too projects itself in It. Awareness is the quality which makes ‘aware/known’ the elements that are already in existence. So ‘existence’ is embodied in Being (Truth). In Being, Existence manifest.
What makes us aware of these subtle elements? Every gross element is observed by a higher power, which is more subtle/finer than the observed. The mind is observed with intelligence, but intelligence is observed only by intelligence! It is the composition of all the three qualities, which create, sustain and annihilate its manifestation.
We find ourselves helpless when we have no answer to basic questions! The reason for this inability also lies within our-selves, the mind, which does not venture beyond its poor moorings. Our knowledge about ourselves vis-à-vis Nature is infinitesimal. Imagine, human brain has not been utilized beyond 7percent of its capacity! The intellectual class is mentally bankrupt to tackle such topics as Truth, Existence, Bliss, or even the least of the bothersome—body-mind-intellect, trilogy. When their known knowledge, whatever its worth, is exhausted, they rush to foggy chasm of nihilism—nothingness! They are faced with big No! How wrong it is to posit: Nothing exists beyond their ignorance. At least they, firstly, should utilize the mind to its optimum level! On the other hand, some venturesome few, when reach their precipice (of knowledge), they unhesitatingly jump into the chasm and probe its dark depths, only to find the Effulgence of enchanting beauty!
The distinguishing point between the divinely enlightened soul and the worldly (immersed) beings is their very nomenclatures. The former is Aware of his divinity, whereas the latter is conscious of his worldly being/existence. The former is aware: His innate nature is divine, the latter is conscious of the fact of his being the evolved model of Nature. The common factor in both is the element of ‘awareness’ or ‘conscious’. These two states of consciousness, simply connote the state of intelligence level, to which our present ‘beings’ are exposed to. In humans it is intelligence which determines the level of ‘knowledge’—acquired from external sources—we are aware of. Latent ‘knowledge’ of both, unknown Nature and Divine, is of no import, unless our ‘beings’ become aware of each.
The consciousness that pervades in its three states viz. awareness, conscious and mind, reflects in evolved forms, according to the quality and capacity of the ‘beings’ it permeates. In fact it never dilutes, transforms or degenerates to the level of gross compositions of the shells/bodies. It is the illusion of the projected bodies, that the Intelligence which is in their ‘possession’ is the original manifestation of the Reality!
If Intelligence is, indeed, present in its original integrated form in all creations of the objective world and is also not subject to any change, then the intellectuals would not be finding it in varying degrees in different classes of species!
We see and observe that all living being, including the inert, are conscious, but it is not necessary their awareness of knowledge—that permeates in that conscious—is complete. Even latent knowledge too is stored in the (conscious) mind. Intelligence is that part of knowledge, which becomes ‘aware or activated’. Only activated knowledge is ‘awareness’. It is Supreme-Intelligence which, manifest as well as permeates its creation. Awareness too projects itself in It. Awareness is the quality which makes ‘aware/known’ the elements that are already in existence. So ‘existence’ is embodied in Being (Truth). In Being, Existence manifest.
What makes us aware of these subtle elements? Every gross element is observed by a higher power, which is more subtle/finer than the observed. The mind is observed with intelligence, but intelligence is observed only by intelligence! It is the composition of all the three qualities, which create, sustain and annihilate its manifestation.
We find ourselves helpless when we have no answer to basic questions! The reason for this inability also lies within our-selves, the mind, which does not venture beyond its poor moorings. Our knowledge about ourselves vis-à-vis Nature is infinitesimal. Imagine, human brain has not been utilized beyond 7percent of its capacity! The intellectual class is mentally bankrupt to tackle such topics as Truth, Existence, Bliss, or even the least of the bothersome—body-mind-intellect, trilogy. When their known knowledge, whatever its worth, is exhausted, they rush to foggy chasm of nihilism—nothingness! They are faced with big No! How wrong it is to posit: Nothing exists beyond their ignorance. At least they, firstly, should utilize the mind to its optimum level! On the other hand, some venturesome few, when reach their precipice (of knowledge), they unhesitatingly jump into the chasm and probe its dark depths, only to find the Effulgence of enchanting beauty!
Imagine an intellectual sitting atop the roof of earth planet and enjoying its full view! For him, it might be the end of his search. But the hunger of a cosmologist will not be quenched until he has solved the riddle of Creation and found the ToE (Unified-Theory-of-Everything).
If we cannot know the extent of our ignorance, at least we can be aware of our limited knowledge (intellect). As ignorance can only be rewarded with the light of knowledge (wisdom), therefore the panacea is to increase our knowledge. With more and more knowledge, we are bound to realise the extent of our ignorance. The tool to be utilized for the purpose is intelligence. It is intelligence, which begets intelligence. Ignorance brings darkness, intelligence removes it. And it is ever-pervading, omnipresent and embodied in our selves. Not knowing our potential is the highest state of ignorance! What is to be known about it since it is there already? Waves want to know the existence of ocean from where they originated and in which they ‘exist’! What a classic case of ignorance!
As the constitution of water is hydrogen plus oxygen, the body is not mere bones, flesh and blood, but five elements and its principle is Aathma— the Self! Similarly the basis of Aathmik-Reality is Intelligence-Wisdom-Bliss (Sath-Chith-Anandh), i.e. Truth/Being-Awareness-Bliss. If we have to realise the existence (knowledge) of Aathma—the Reality—then we (our intellect) have to come out of the spheres (influences) of body-mind and imagination and be in its pure form. The major confusion in this regard comes up, when we compare or misconstrue the roles of gross body and its subtle bodies viz., senses of perception, mind and imagination. Even human intellect—data-bank of external world, falls into this category.
Human body along with its tools is natural phenomena and their role in its scheme of things is natural too. If we are to know or understand the mysteries of the external world (Nature), the best tools for the job are the same tools, with which we are embodied, i.e. body-mind-intellect. Our intellect is empowered to unravel the secrets of Nature along with its basic formulae too. But to know and understand, what lies at the base of (source) of Creation (Nature) itself, human tools prove insufficient to probe those fields which are beyond its ken; as human mind is not equipped with the hard disc that attunes us with Divinity. And this fact is no more an occult science. Though this fact is not new, as our ancient masters much before Pathanjali, had established the inscrutable truth, that Self (Truth/Reality) Itself was embedded in our-selves: Thus no new ‘finds’ are necessary to prove the already proven truths! We have only to find out and tread the trodden path—of spirituality—to realise the Ultimate-Reality; as physicists are eager to find the ToE. In the former case, one has to realise the already ‘existing Truth, whereas in the latter, we are still in the process of acquiring the ultimate knowledge of Nature! The knowledge of Nature is always acquired, as it is already there. The theory of water or gravity did not discover water or gravity, as these are already there. Similarly Divinity too is there, within us, only to be realised! Only It has to be realised, not acquired.
The knowledge of Nature and the realisation of Divine are two distinct sciences. Though in ancient times, our disciples used to learn both the streams of knowledge at the feet of the master. Gradually the priests on both sides, created a wide chasm and divided the two like two parallel lines which never meet. Firstly acquisition of knowledge of Nature and realisation of Divinity are, seemingly, not only distinct but opposite in nature and application. Even the tools—though embodied in the same human body—employed for acquiring their ultimate ends, are diverse (opposite) in nature. In the case of the former, human intellect—which is the gist (composition) of body-senses-mind—is as expansive in nature as Nature is expanding in scope and extent. Now the science of Nature has diversified in so many disciplines that the day is not far off when each unit of Nature would have one separate subject to distinguish it. Its gross material objects and their composition by so many subtle materials (atoms/particles) envisages the involvement of unfathomable volumes of energy to reveal its mysteries. Only energy would unravel the realms of a Universe, which is made of energy. At present only a fraction of eternity is known, that too by expending a great amount of (crude) energy, in sustaining the infrastructure deployed for the purpose. By the way, how much have we known of it so far!
By the time man finds the ToE, what amounts of energy would have been spent (exhausted) out, is anybody’s guess! But the human endeavor would have pinnacled to wondrous heights, because it is at this stage—the state of Big-Crunch—mankind would put a great leap forward into the mysterious worlds of their Origin; because the very fundamental rule of Divine principle invokes unification of everything in one/single unit, as against the multiplicity of Nature!
Diversification from subtle to gross bodies and vice versa, is Nature, whereas the unification in single unit is Divine nature. When Nature has exhausted or completed its tasks of C-S-D, the realisation of the Existence of Eternal Being reveals Itself. And the wonder of wonders is, human beings are equipped with forces, which unravel the secrets of both the sides of Divine play viz. Nature and Itself. In Nature It has Its replicate as Brahman—Supreme-Self and in Its Creation, It exists as the Self—Aathma.
Knowledge Alias Jnaanam
Before proceeding to the enigmatic subject of Self, it is essential to be clear about the nomenclature of the term ‘knowledge’. In spiritual usage, it connotes: knowledge/awareness/realisation of the Aathma or Brahman/Vedhaanthik Vidhya/Knowledeg. In general use, it implies “capable of being known”, “discovered or understood”. In this vast universe, the scope of ‘knowledge’ is as diverse and of great magnitude that it encompasses its entirety. So its worldly expansiveness is as infinite as its Creation. Therefore its usage is not as simple and commonplace as is made out to be in general use of spoken language. If the worldly knowledge is so encompassing, what would be the scope and dimension of ‘Knowledge’—the Source, where-from it emerged! If the grandeur of the former is so enchanting and beyond perception; what would be the splendor of its originator!
Nature has bestowed the man with its two replicates viz. the mind and the self. If the entire Universe is permeated by conscious, mind too is conscious (due to its proximity to Aathma/Soul) in equal dimensions. The mind, though conscious, is not always aware of the world around. The individual minds, though conscious, are very limited in awareness of the objective world around them. Their scope of knowledge is very poor and limited. Unless their senses and the five elements are in complete harmony and coordination, the awareness faculty—the intelligence, is completely in-cognitive (non-active). The ‘awareness’ that emerges out of the perfect (normal) coordination (interaction) or fusion between the two, is synthesized as human intelligence. It is grave misconception to assert—as is frequently propagated by the religionists—worldly knowledge is of no import/consequence or has no relevance, hence has to be forsaken, while one is engaged in the pursuit of Brahman-Jnaanam (Divine-knowledge)! A very childish statement! Being of and in the world, how could one forsake the world or its knowledge! It directly implies, the body, senses and mind, are irrelevant, thus have to be suppressed, vanquished, controlled or bypassed. Pray. Thus l.s. believes that if the very object is vanquished, how would the objective be realised! With body we interact with others bodies. With sense organs, our senses of perception satisfy the pleasure buds, and with intellect we extend our knowledge and seek higher realms of joy. It is the same tool that creates its replicate and it is the same tool that takes/transforms itself to higher tool—the object. Only intelligence begets intelligence. Knowledge begets more knowledge. It is worldly intellect/knowledge that has extended itself to present day scientific advancements. The same knowledge would fuse/merge in its mother-body of Divine-knowledge, i.e. Supreme-Intelligence.
An observation: Our scriptures tell us that human are the composition of 85 percent Divinity, and 15 percent of gross elements. Then how illogical it will be if human composition of 15 percent allows itself to be controlled or dominated by its senses or their offshoots— the negative tendencies! A mere 15 percent has camouflaged the 85 percent of its Divine part! Is it a believable proposition? Absolutely not! How can one be in control of his intellect and not his senses? Unfortunately, latter seems to be factual, as instead of saying “one is in his intelligence”; we always use the terminology “that one is in his senses”.
For a scientist, the machine or the product is not that important, as the theory/formula/principle, on the basis of which it was produced. All inventions/discoveries are based on some formula or theories, which have been tested and role-models created. As a result that the discovered/invented knowledge is ‘acquired’ knowledge and its extension is, too, the acquisition of additional knowledge. Therefore acquired knowledge is not the intellect/intelligence. Neither is it conscious or awareness! Intelligence is the source of all knowledge. Not only the source but the all-pervading-Force that sets in motion—the creational process!
So to understand the Self, we shall have to find out or reach out to our deepest levels of consciousness i.e. intelligence. Rather than being immersed in the pleasure or pains of body-mid-intellect trinity’s vicious clutches, what lies beyond this is of paramount importance!
In human body or other forms of life that Self (Aathma) is the basic principle of their creation and sustenance. As the acquisition of knowledge of physical aspect of the ephemeral world is helping the scientists to probe further its mysteries; the other class of scientists is engaged in probing its fundamental principles, which are the cause of Creation. The name of their science is spiritualism. Spiritualism is the knowledge (Jnaanam) that makes us aware of Aathma. So the knowledge that makes us aware, the Aathma, similarly makes us ‘aware’ of the Self, as both are one. For the realisation of Self, the procedure (Sadhna) which is adopted is spiritualism. The difference between the physical science and spiritualism is the element of purity of the means, employed for achieving the ends. In the latter case, means are more important, and are even above the life itself. Human values are the embodiment, like flesh and blood of the sadhak/seeker, whereas no such discipline is necessary in the present system of education for becoming a scientist.
It is no less than the travesty of the facts that those engaged in replicating or discovering the facets of Nature—which are already in existence—are called scientists! By discovering secrets (unknown) of physical laws of Nature, they are producing machines, which are merely the duplication of the ‘acts’ of the Nature. Whenever a new law is discovered, its veracity is tested in the laboratory. All this exercise is the acquisition of knowledge. But on the other hand, those sadhak (seeker of truth), who are earnestly engaged in discovering the Truth—Supreme-Intelligence, which is the cause behind all causes—are spurned. The veracity of their discoveries is tested not in physical laboratory, but in their own laboratory of the self, i.e. physical body. Their body is the laboratory. They ‘know’ the truth by self-experience. They experience the truth, instead of acquiring its knowledge in theory. Acquisition of worldly knowledge is in theory; realisation of Aathmik-knowledge is self-experience. Practical experience of Self is more authentic way of understanding the truth, than the theoretical equations, formulae or laws which are changed/upgraded/replaced after every ten years, because of rapid progress in the field of science and technology. Not one law of science has stood the test of times, whereas the spiritual ‘experiences’ are eternal; never changing—as fresh and pristine as Truth Itself. But human intellect being ever progressive is constantly changing, expanding, and improving. Again it (intelligence/conscious) is the ‘acquirer/receiver’ (of knowledge); its ‘dispenser’ (discriminator) and ‘experiencer’ of Divine bliss! On the face of it, it seems contradictory, as changing entity cannot be expected to hold on to ‘divinity’, which is Sath-Chith-Anandh(Truth-Being-Bliss); whereas the intellect is transitory and reflects only the ephemeral worlds’ changing aspects.
Conscious is the reflection of Consciousness (Supreme-Intelligence), when it is seen through the tools/elements of the phenomenon world. Because of It, there is life and the never ending cycle of evolution. It pervades and permeates the Universe and its creations— inert as well as living. However like gravity, whose pull (attraction/affect) is weak in intensity in space, than in the gross objects who have more mass and density. Had it not been so, gravity would not have allowed to ‘growing’ gross matter in space and had rather crunched the ephemeral world and its creations, in their very infancy! But its weak intensity is holding the objective world in balance. As the gross bodies assume mammoth proportions, their gravitational pull becomes more intense. Black holes in vast galaxies are devouring stars, planets etc. like a space vacuum cleaners. Actually it is a ‘mirage effect’—the play of the celestial elements. Gravity is as constant and universal as conscious, because gravity is the initial aspect of matter, created by energy (magnetic-force). It is therefore subtle aspect of energy (matter) in the conscious. The elements in gross form seem to display more magnetic-power, through their creations. As a result, gross bodies attract subtle elements into their orbits (fields) more effectively. Earth’s atmosphere usually remains disturbed by the elements; as are oceans affected by the external forces.
Subtle elements, when transmute into new forces and the consequent entities which emerge —as a result of the fusion—are grosser than their parental bodies, because of new formations of atoms/particles. From initial release of colossal energies and the subsequent stabilization (cooling) state, numerous bodies of matter are produced, corresponding to the level (intensity) of temperatures of the energy-forces. These varieties of bodies so formed, display the inborn/innate attributes (inherited elements), according to the limitation of the absorption capacity of the embodied shells. Energy (not magnetic) being expansive in nature gets diluted till an ideal limit is reached, so as to produce a jewel of Nature like the planet Earth. Imagine billions of galaxies and other gross bodies produced so far out of the fusion of the elements the released forces of energy! These billions into billions/trillions of bodies deport different names and forms, are subject to multiple forces of Nature: Because of the gross forms assumed by these ‘bodies’, the consciousness element of Divinity has gotten ‘diluted’ or has assumed gross state (of course, not in reality) —as in the case of temperature of energy, has gone down since Big-Bang.
Though ‘Divinity and Consciousness’ are constant and are not subjective, but gross elements are, generally, devoid of Its other reflector ‘Guna’ (attribute) —that of ‘awareness’.
Although Consciousness, like Divinity is all pervasive, the Awareness factor is, invariably, according to the quality of life of the subjects. And quality of life does not depend on the quality or the amount of consciousness, or how enlightened the subject is, but on the ‘presence’ of ‘awareness’, which is in direct proportion to the quality of life one leads! Whereas Divinity is equally permeating in all, whereas Its ‘awareness’ is not so!
In fact our subject matter is not elementary elucidation on philosophical digress, but a tryst with deep glimpses of Reality, so the above background note was necessary. It is merely a repetitive exercise, of no use to the serious students/sadhak of spiritual Sadhna/exercise/penance.
Conscious is the reflection of Consciousness (Supreme-Intelligence), when it is seen through the tools/elements of the phenomenon world. Because of It, there is life and the never ending cycle of evolution. It pervades and permeates the Universe and its creations— inert as well as living. However like gravity, whose pull (attraction/affect) is weak in intensity in space, than in the gross objects who have more mass and density. Had it not been so, gravity would not have allowed to ‘growing’ gross matter in space and had rather crunched the ephemeral world and its creations, in their very infancy! But its weak intensity is holding the objective world in balance. As the gross bodies assume mammoth proportions, their gravitational pull becomes more intense. Black holes in vast galaxies are devouring stars, planets etc. like a space vacuum cleaners. Actually it is a ‘mirage effect’—the play of the celestial elements. Gravity is as constant and universal as conscious, because gravity is the initial aspect of matter, created by energy (magnetic-force). It is therefore subtle aspect of energy (matter) in the conscious. The elements in gross form seem to display more magnetic-power, through their creations. As a result, gross bodies attract subtle elements into their orbits (fields) more effectively. Earth’s atmosphere usually remains disturbed by the elements; as are oceans affected by the external forces.
Subtle elements, when transmute into new forces and the consequent entities which emerge —as a result of the fusion—are grosser than their parental bodies, because of new formations of atoms/particles. From initial release of colossal energies and the subsequent stabilization (cooling) state, numerous bodies of matter are produced, corresponding to the level (intensity) of temperatures of the energy-forces. These varieties of bodies so formed, display the inborn/innate attributes (inherited elements), according to the limitation of the absorption capacity of the embodied shells. Energy (not magnetic) being expansive in nature gets diluted till an ideal limit is reached, so as to produce a jewel of Nature like the planet Earth. Imagine billions of galaxies and other gross bodies produced so far out of the fusion of the elements the released forces of energy! These billions into billions/trillions of bodies deport different names and forms, are subject to multiple forces of Nature: Because of the gross forms assumed by these ‘bodies’, the consciousness element of Divinity has gotten ‘diluted’ or has assumed gross state (of course, not in reality) —as in the case of temperature of energy, has gone down since Big-Bang.
Though ‘Divinity and Consciousness’ are constant and are not subjective, but gross elements are, generally, devoid of Its other reflector ‘Guna’ (attribute) —that of ‘awareness’.
Although Consciousness, like Divinity is all pervasive, the Awareness factor is, invariably, according to the quality of life of the subjects. And quality of life does not depend on the quality or the amount of consciousness, or how enlightened the subject is, but on the ‘presence’ of ‘awareness’, which is in direct proportion to the quality of life one leads! Whereas Divinity is equally permeating in all, whereas Its ‘awareness’ is not so!
In fact our subject matter is not elementary elucidation on philosophical digress, but a tryst with deep glimpses of Reality, so the above background note was necessary. It is merely a repetitive exercise, of no use to the serious students/sadhak of spiritual Sadhna/exercise/penance.
As the quality of life, so the nomenclatures of consciousness have been graded. The spiritualists relate consciousness with Divinity and conscious to ephemeral world! This ‘division’ is superficial, just for the sake of connoting the element of Conscious, in their respective disciplines. Our ignorance has degraded the knowledge of both the disciplines viz., worldly and spiritual, that, even, the definitions of empirical words have been demeaned. Awareness (Chaithanyan) —the enlightened state of Consciousness, is equated with ‘observation’. In short we are using relegated spiritual language for our common use. It is no more the language of the Jnaanis, but of the layman scholars. Consciousness has become conscious; Awareness has become observation; realisation is ‘acquisition of knowledge; knowledge, which was once related to ‘Aathma-Vicara (Vidhya), now stands for data-bank of ‘information’. Bliss becomes ‘pleasure; God becomes an enigma—the Unknown!
Like our constitutional rights, spiritual knowledge (enlightenment/elevation) is not conferred upon the citizen automatically. It has to be earned. Awareness denotes our elevation state of ‘divine’ enlightenment. Even the commonly used word ‘conscious’ is not available, conferred or inherited automatically; it enters the amoeba only on the 72nd day of its growth! Life-force was there, but conscious was absent till then! It is the conscious which instills the growth of ‘seed’ of latent memories, according to the design (Sankalp).
We observe also, the material objects are overflowing with energy forces—always given to volatile explosions, whether it be a star, planet or the living beings. Energy being the composite form of so many other energies/forces cannot be contained in weak containers (bodies). That is why, to subside it, its mother-energy—the magnetic-force—is called for. In spiritual parlance, it connotes Divine-power.
Coming back to our subject: However convincing the argumentation, the fact remains our Self remains incognito by the effects of negative-forces generated by the senses! It takes super-human efforts by involving all the positive forces (human values) at our command, that too with super-human Sankalp (will-power) to subjugate the negative tendencies and reestablish the harmony between the elements and the senses. In the process, we observe, the power of the sense of imagination too. It is the single most sense, which not only inflates the normal powers of the other five senses, but overtakes the mind and subsumes its all finer sensitivities in its own imaginary (delusive) existence and creates the mirage of parallel universe, which is, even more sense-gratifying and enchanting than the actual one—which is the constituent of the five elements. Without the power of imagination, our senses and their generated fields of influence are quite normal and function within the bonds of 15 percent—which is their maximum sphere of existence, i.e., the body and its functional limits (capacity). Thus a seeker (sadhak) has to keep a perfect (normal) balance between the external (elements) and internal (senses of perception) forces. At no point or junction he has to make use of para-sensual powers. For, the sadhak has to be alive to the fact that no object or event is factual, as by the time he observes their effects, these are in fact, the after- effects—the images—not the actual events! Even if he is witness to these events and is in full consonance with time, space and circumstances, the transient nature of the objects/events does not reflect the ‘reality’. The reality of an event is not the ‘happening’, but the actual ‘cause’ that was behind the event. Since any body would know that an event is ‘caused’ by the permutation of elements (forces) and the resultant projection is altogether different to the parental elements. Even the visible ‘cause’ is not the actual motivator, but an event of history (memory); whereas the actual ‘cause’ is hidden behind layers of superficial causes.
To be ‘aware’ of Aathma-Self, the knowledge (Aathmavicara) is a must. That ‘knowledge’ of Aathma we realize is, not by acquiring the knowledge, through our senses! Human intellect, which is basically the data-bank of mundane world, is of no relevance, while engaged in the realisation of that ‘knowledge’, which subsumes all the streams of empirical knowledge. Human body or its subtle reflectors are not made to withstand the grandeur of Divine-force. To have a peep inside the sun, it requires a robot of those metal/elements, which can withstand the temperatures of its core. Or we develop a cell that is more subtle than the helium’s particles. Both these inventions are going to take a long time. But cosmologists have already developed ‘theories’ and equations by which they have ‘known’ the secrets of the universe; even up to the point of ‘event horizon’! Without physically discovering the limits of time (Big-Bang event), they have virtually discovered the deepest mysteries of the universe.
Mind and its power of imagination gestate a tool—of intellect, which envision like seers, the unseen mysteries. However the ‘intellect’ they so develop least resemble rationality. On the contrary it is entirely based on conjectures, prescience, intuition, para-intellectual-forces; to which their rational brains are hardly related. However their theories have stood the test on ground realities and been able to catapult the man on moon.
Beyond the sphere of senses-mind-intellect (synthesis of the trilogy: so-called ego), there is the void of tranquility, the neutral zone—where the effects of these elements are nearly zero—the showers of Divinity are ‘visible’; i.e. experiential and are prone to subtle reflections of the mind. Beyond that, ends the utility or the limit (physical existence) of mundane knowledge. Thus the final analysis of the self-enquiry leads us to the conclusion: where the mundane world’s road (knowledge) ends, i.e. exhausts or gets insentient (calm), it does not lose itself or vanishes; it simply subsumes in its mother-knowledge (Source), which is infinite and beyond conception. Thereafter, even the utility of Aathma (Aathmavicara) becomes extinct, because in the Source-knowledge/Supreme-Intelligence, only the Pure-Intelligence/Consciousness exists. All other branches of knowledge, which are sourced themselves, and had assumed multifarious identities, are, consumed (subsumed) by the superior-infinite expanseless ‘Being’—there is only the truth of Existence-Being-Bliss.
Reaching this far, was the journey from Aham-Vicara (self-enquiry) to Aathma-Vicara (Self-enquiry), and in the process, created the ‘knowledge’ bank of Brahman-Vidhya —knowledge of Supreme-Knowledge (expanseless/endless). With this knowledge the individual-self realises its real Self—the Aathma (Soul), which is not ‘Being’ or a state (existence) even, but a stateless state that makes us realise the Awareness’ of Reality and Its bliss that has no expression in human language. These prefixes or suffixes are mere expressions of self-experience of Divine ‘glimpses’. Every thinker has given names to these ‘experiences’ according to their intellectual litany.
Secular knowledge relates to body-senses-mind-ego-intellectual-self, and the spiritual knowledge to the Self, i.e. Aathma. From here we go to our next quest, which connotes the completion of secular world’s intellectual journey and transports our ‘self’ at the blessed door of that “Something”, which is the embodiment of all that, the human ingenuity could ever imagine or that which cannot be imagined—hence beyond perception, imagination! It is All and no All; It is and It is not! It is the composite of all that exist or does not exist; but at the same time devoid of existence-being-bliss. Better not put any prefixes and suffixes! Human ingenuity ends here, Divine glory emerges. That is all!
To be ‘aware’ of Aathma-Self, the knowledge (Aathmavicara) is a must. That ‘knowledge’ of Aathma we realize is, not by acquiring the knowledge, through our senses! Human intellect, which is basically the data-bank of mundane world, is of no relevance, while engaged in the realisation of that ‘knowledge’, which subsumes all the streams of empirical knowledge. Human body or its subtle reflectors are not made to withstand the grandeur of Divine-force. To have a peep inside the sun, it requires a robot of those metal/elements, which can withstand the temperatures of its core. Or we develop a cell that is more subtle than the helium’s particles. Both these inventions are going to take a long time. But cosmologists have already developed ‘theories’ and equations by which they have ‘known’ the secrets of the universe; even up to the point of ‘event horizon’! Without physically discovering the limits of time (Big-Bang event), they have virtually discovered the deepest mysteries of the universe.
Mind and its power of imagination gestate a tool—of intellect, which envision like seers, the unseen mysteries. However the ‘intellect’ they so develop least resemble rationality. On the contrary it is entirely based on conjectures, prescience, intuition, para-intellectual-forces; to which their rational brains are hardly related. However their theories have stood the test on ground realities and been able to catapult the man on moon.
Beyond the sphere of senses-mind-intellect (synthesis of the trilogy: so-called ego), there is the void of tranquility, the neutral zone—where the effects of these elements are nearly zero—the showers of Divinity are ‘visible’; i.e. experiential and are prone to subtle reflections of the mind. Beyond that, ends the utility or the limit (physical existence) of mundane knowledge. Thus the final analysis of the self-enquiry leads us to the conclusion: where the mundane world’s road (knowledge) ends, i.e. exhausts or gets insentient (calm), it does not lose itself or vanishes; it simply subsumes in its mother-knowledge (Source), which is infinite and beyond conception. Thereafter, even the utility of Aathma (Aathmavicara) becomes extinct, because in the Source-knowledge/Supreme-Intelligence, only the Pure-Intelligence/Consciousness exists. All other branches of knowledge, which are sourced themselves, and had assumed multifarious identities, are, consumed (subsumed) by the superior-infinite expanseless ‘Being’—there is only the truth of Existence-Being-Bliss.
Reaching this far, was the journey from Aham-Vicara (self-enquiry) to Aathma-Vicara (Self-enquiry), and in the process, created the ‘knowledge’ bank of Brahman-Vidhya —knowledge of Supreme-Knowledge (expanseless/endless). With this knowledge the individual-self realises its real Self—the Aathma (Soul), which is not ‘Being’ or a state (existence) even, but a stateless state that makes us realise the Awareness’ of Reality and Its bliss that has no expression in human language. These prefixes or suffixes are mere expressions of self-experience of Divine ‘glimpses’. Every thinker has given names to these ‘experiences’ according to their intellectual litany.
Secular knowledge relates to body-senses-mind-ego-intellectual-self, and the spiritual knowledge to the Self, i.e. Aathma. From here we go to our next quest, which connotes the completion of secular world’s intellectual journey and transports our ‘self’ at the blessed door of that “Something”, which is the embodiment of all that, the human ingenuity could ever imagine or that which cannot be imagined—hence beyond perception, imagination! It is All and no All; It is and It is not! It is the composite of all that exist or does not exist; but at the same time devoid of existence-being-bliss. Better not put any prefixes and suffixes! Human ingenuity ends here, Divine glory emerges. That is all!
The Self/Aathma. It is all very easy to recite, like parrots, the religious texts of Holy Scriptures. It is also not that difficult, at least in theory, to learn and discourse on Brahamsuther and Geetha, which are not only the ancient classic ‘thought’ of Indian culture and spirituality, but the practical aspects of Divine reality of human endeavor. As explained earlier, this l.s had ‘read’ almost all the available scriptures of major religions of the world; both critically and also with genuine quest of a sadhak, to ‘know’ something about God or Reality! I did not seek refuse in the camouflaged words like, ‘Reality/Truth/Supra-Consciousness/Supreme-Intelligence/Constant-Integrated-Consciousness/Tao/Word/Allah/Messengers/Prophets/Avathaar etc. I wanted to tackle the word God, in the Original form, not to mess with Its low-grade nomenclatures. After reading the works of the masters, I was baffled by different versions of the Single/One/Reality, in as diverse ways as are the number of the religions! Why has it happened? Are there really different Gods for different religions? But as each one, supposedly claims, then their ‘revelations’ of Its glimpses should match their ‘word’, that there is one God/Reality and He/It belongs to all. Most importantly their versions of Reality should have been one: In essence at least! There is one class of thinkers and seers, who all agree on the ‘teachings/findings’ of the Geetha—the celestial song of Lord Krshan. It is also known as the ‘theory’ of Vedhaanth—the non-dual aspect of GOD/Reality. It is the acceptance of one God, One Reality, and One Truth, which is Omnipresent-Omniscient-Omnipotent. These attributes are only prefixes, simply to connote Its unique Single-Identity, without a second.
As the l.s was a worldly person, with all the related, so-called weaknesses and negative/positive tendencies and hence was not a quality stuff to undertake the quest: which is reserved for the special class of Jnaanis, who have gone through the initial stages of Karamyog, Rajyog, Bhakthiyog and Thyaagyog, the system which qualifies a sadhak for Divine realization. It is a practical way that yields the fruits of enlightenment. Without going into the finer nuances of the celestial path, recommended by each religion, the seeker should first be aware about the depth of thought, aptitude and the compulsions which motivate him to follow that particular path! Since no amount of reading or intellectual suffixes are going to be of any practical help for attaining one’s journey’s end—of SELF-Realisation, unless one is ready to forego and disassociate from those indulgences which distance him from the chosen goal. It is an empirical science which demands practical methodology, involving strict self discipline, perseverance and firm Sankalp (will), which is more powerful and focused than even the imagination power of the mind.
Whatever the l.s has experienced or known of the glory of the Self or Its effulgence is, the result of transforming into practice the teachings of the masters. Nobody can help a seeker; not even the master, in his quest, as it is one-to-one involvement. He is One, so His realisation is also for one/single entity at a time. Heart to heart relationship is always individual and between two persons. It is the individual self that yearns for its real/original-Self, which is one-to-one relationship. As no other person can enjoy or suffer the fruits of our Karmas (deeds/actions), so too, others —however realised they are, can gain access to His realms, on others’ behalf! Spiritualism is highly individualistic path, for it involves, exclusively, one’s own body-senses-mind-intellect. It is our body, one has to master/control. It is one’s own intellect, which has to be channeled and diverted. Frankly speaking, if one really desires to know one’s reality, one should throw away all books and cleanse the intellect of all the ‘finer theories’ and one should chalk out one’s own trail and reach the destination by self efforts only. No body teaches us anything; it is our own intellect, which extends itself and expands its horizons. By self-learning and self endeavor, nothing is un-achievable.
Not that the knowledge related to physical world is of no significance. Its utility, however, is only in furtherance of our intellect—the data-bank of ephemeral world. In our inner quest too, any phase of energy or its transformation is relevant only if we find out its ‘motivator’, i.e. its latent force. However it should be recalled that energy never creates, it only converts/transforms/transmutes into another forms and entities. Its role—when it is still in subtle form—in our subtle composition starts from intellect downward. As from intellect upward—deeper realms of Aathma/Supreme-Intelligence—only Divine-power (subtle attributes of Divinity) manifest as Vijnaanamaya (Para-Jnaan-Absolute-Wisdom) and Jnaanam (Budhi). These two reflect as “Parkash” (effulgence/light), i.e. enlightenment. The rays of ‘Parkash’ are sublime, whereas rays of gross energy are hot in nature. That is the reason, energy projection (conversion) as ego (Ahamkaar-self/individual identification), intellect, mind, senses and body, inherit its characteristic of motion (mind and imagination) and heat ( anger and passion), expansion ( creation through transmutation of elements and bodies) and consciousness. That is why all beings are engaged in two opposite directions. While indulging in the orgies of the sensual world, the inward pull of consciousness is driving him to Divine awareness: As all beings are composite of the dual facets of Divine-Consciousness!
It is these aspects of energy, which each sadhak has to transcend, before he/she enters the higher realms of Conscious. This state of Conscious (-ness) becomes accessible, when the sadhak has maintained a perfect (normal) balance and coordination between the senses and the elements. That, one is completely free of the influences of these (two) categories of energy forms! When the senses, both subtle and gross, are functioning within their norms, the mind becomes calm, without any desire troubling it. Similarly when the intellect is left without any questions and doubts still lingering in it; it attains its original state of Pure-Conscious.
Acquisition of total worldly knowledge by any individual is impossible, until they are ‘Aware’. Becoming conscious of ones’ acquired knowledge, which leads to revelation of the level of our ignorance one is still burdened with; at that level human intellect transcends its limitation and is thus able to ‘realise’ its latent potential, with which he was, already embodied, but was unaware. To attain this ‘realisation’ one is not required to cross any, supposedly, celestial barriers, but ones’ own super-imposed barriers of ignorance, which one generally associates with religious rigmaroles and high profile ‘adjectives’.
Simply by knowing (becoming aware) of ones biological functioning of the body and its senses; the resultant mind and its finer aspect—the intellect, the whole gamut becomes clear! Human body is very efficient and self-sustaining unit of Nature. Except for food, air and water, it is self sufficient. Life itself, in whatever form it manifest in, is dependent only on its constituents i.e. elements. These elements are also eternally sustained by them! The life principle of life in gross bodies has to project in gross form, which in this case is, the master mind itself. As it is, the mind is the master sustainer of the body! As it appears, it is totally independent and its manifestation—the gross-selves—is the instrumental tools to act according to its destined diktat. That, it is consciousness, which sustains it, is the hidden factor! Therefore the one, who has mastered the mind, becomes qualified to pursue higher education of spirituality.
The one, who is still bothered by the body and its senses, is in body-conscious only. The one who is engaged in the pursuits of the ephemeral world, is worldly (intellectually) conscious. Third category is of those, who discriminate the knowledge—coming via the senses—and lets in only that ‘data’ which is relevant, correct and worthy of storage in the memory chambers. Only the last class of sadhak(seeker) falls in the category of ‘Rajoguni’(passion)—those who have complete mastery over their senses and the mind. Their mind becomes an entity without any desire or thought—a non entity. As the fundamental basis of the ephemeral world is the mind; so are its projections. All the creations which take place within its domain are not really creations, but projections of its imaginations, dreams and fantasies. That is why its world is illusory. All conscious entities are manifestations, as the result of “Sankalp Shakthi” (will-power), which is bestowed in it by the Divine-Shakthi/Power. That is the reason, Vedhaanthik call the ‘Jagath’ (phenomenal world) as ‘Mithya’ —a mirage of reality. Even the Sankalp Shakthi(will) inherent in it, does not remain bereft of its (mind) influence, because it activates all its projections irrespective of the fact that, whether these projections are going to pollute the quality of life on earth! Actually the fault lies with the creations, not their creator (Sankalp Shakthi). Gold is created by Nature; its ornaments are the projection of its creation (man). The gold is pure and un-changing, but ornaments are illusory and subject to multiple pollution and manipulations. Therefore, left to it, the mind is never pure and its constituent’s—imaginations, dreams, fantasies etc, are unreal and so are the worlds, created or envisioned by them—its constituents.
However the mind (of individual body) is pigmy. It is inflated out of proportion when the unreal elements of imagination are attached to it. It is another matter that when the same elements are activated by the Sankalp Shakthi(will-power), their projection manifest into gross bodies, which to human vision ‘seem’ to exist in reality—though this ‘reality’ is relative. Otherwise the domain of the individual mind remains confined to human physiological frame. Likewise in space too, its spheres of kingdom, is the ‘physical mass’, which forms only an infinitesimal part of the Brahmand. Thus the physical mind, relating both to physical body and the material world, is insignificant and its relevance is only within the boundaries of physical world and within its normal functioning. Our quest, therefore relates to the Divine-Effulgence—which is the substance—not the gross, which is object (gross-material), i.e. observable, thus the subject matter of the scientists. Henceforth there is chalked out a clear line of demarcation, which segregates the physical aspect of the mind (gross conscious) —which is nothing but the data-bank of knowledge (conscious-memory) —projected as the field of conscious (-ness) hovering over the memory chambers. The individual mind is the ‘conscious’ as well as the latent memory’s shield (field) of consciousness. In fact imagination is not its Guna (quality). It is the Ichchaa-Shakthi (creative-power) of the individual’s mind. Any Shakthi (force) in whatever form, is always synonymous with conscious. Consciousness is present in all the aspects of Creation: whether it is dream state, play of imagination or a corpse, It permeates Its creations (manifestations/projections). However Sankalp Shakthi should not be interpreted as Ichchaa-Shakthi, because the latter is related to individual mind’s creative power, whereas the former is the ‘spark’ of Divine. As Divinity is without any attributes, so it is devoid of any kinds of power (Shakthi). Only the projected Creation is embodied with these powers, as the outcome of their permutation.
The Creation and its process (evolution) is very simple. As it evolves on its own model, i.e. it replicates again and again. Mind is its Seed of memory. The cycle of each evolution begins when Sankalp Shakthi of Awareness activates the memory-seed (Cosmic-Mind). Though Supreme-Intelligence permeates the Creation—in all its aspects, It does not interfere but remains mute witness. Similarly the Conscious in gross bodies, also, does not play any direct or indirect part in the three phased play of the Creation. All elements of Nature and its subsequent creations function within the laws of Nature. Being equipped with the element of ‘free-will’, he transgresses its assigned boundaries and develops his own Ichchaa-Shakthi(creative-power)—from free-will, and creates his own creations/projections. Without the power of free-will the human body and its limbs would function normally and would consume himself to his maximum limit of 15 percent—which is his field of energy. The body would function as an efficient machine and its energies would automatically transcend its conscious entity i.e. its body conscious and become ‘aware’ of Divine-Consciousness’. The functions of the body, its organs, senses, brain, intellect and mind are very clear and not subject to any misinterpretation. The human conscious and its elements of ‘awareness’—the intelligence—are ostensibly pure in essence: as his composition too, is according to a well designed plan and role model. Except for some elements of deformity—because of its gross nature, which is susceptive to external factors—its design and body are perfect and handsomely sculpted.
The major cause of confusion or doubt about the ‘existence/essence’ of ‘Divinity’ in human is the element of self-sustainability of Nature! No outside agency is perceptible in its evolvement! Its cycle of its own eternal principle of C-S-D, is working perfectly without the involvement of ‘Divine’ principle/base—Adhaar. The Nature and its creations are ever involved in the same process, and our conscious mind senses no outside agency, either in the making of our ‘being’ or in the Nature’s scheme of things! The discoveries of science have also revealed the already established fact—which fully support the contention of the ‘atheists’—that Nature is self-sustaining, eternal and infinite. Then where is the place or the need for God or Its Divinity, in our lives or in the working of Nature!
The wonderful quality of intelligence, the man is gifted with, compels him to trace its roots—the origin of intelligence! As his observing mind discerns; there is ‘cause’ for each and every event in Nature, therefore Nature ought to have its Creator (cause) too! Simply to explain it away with the self-designed formula of its indestructibility on the analogy of its three attributes (of C-S-D) is not convincing enough hypotheses. The same intelligence which is imbibed in him, when applied on it (intelligence) and extends (exhaust) its boundaries; ‘there’ it finds unexplainable ‘existence’ of ‘Consciousness’, which is not at all linked with his body-mind complex (field)!
The ‘experience’ of the existence of more subtle conscious in the far regions of our own ‘self’ is enough material for an enquiring mind to probe and prove its authenticity in the testing laboratory. For a theoretician, these ‘experiences’ can be the illusions or fantasies of a schizophrenic mind, but in this case, a spiritual sadhaks’ (scientist) discoveries are as good and authentic and testable as that of an ephemeral world’s scientists.
Our ancient Sages like Bharadhwaj, Vishwamithir, and Pathanjali had attained to such celestial heights: they had complete mastery over matter. As the matter (creation) is produced (manifest) from ‘Divinity”, Its embodiment are, thus, automatically equipped with Its powers (attributes). The ephemeral world is the jugglery of the ‘particles’ (Annus); whether of gross, subtle or casual nature. But the conscious in them, is not the attribute of Nature; that is why Nature is called as ‘gross’ (Jadd). It is an illusion to assume that Nature is embodied with conscious, as all its creations are invested with it at the time of their creation (projection/manifestation). Rightly so (!), but have we been able to put life into our creations, which we created by using natural resources? All inventions and gadgetry produced by the permutation of elements, by using different kinds of energy-fuels, our scientists and engineers have produced wonderful world of objects, but all are lifeless—without conscious. Only biological life seems to possess the element of both life and conscious. An engineer, by his knowledge (intelligence) creates designs of vast dams, nuclear reactors, rockets, satellites and other smarter/intelligent gadgetry to probe the depths of oceans and far off galaxies. Man has made his life more comfortable and useful with these technical advances. As he is using more of his intelligence, he is discovering in Nature and its elements, the conscious substance behind their creation. Now it is being realized that all creations, even gross, are conscious and are invested with ‘intelligence’.
Further, all creations in the objective world are caused by energy-power. And the building block of elements and their creations are the ‘particles’. What ‘cause’ (stimulates) the particles to permutate and transmute in particular designs and formations—is the intelligence (conscious) and the executor of the design is, the energy. Thus all creations in Nature are conspicuously produced by energy and their carrier force of the matter is the particles—and they are conscious. Whosoever has conscious has energy and their compositors also—the particles. It is conscious in Nature which blossoms its memory-Seed and its building blocks are the particles, which produce energy. The first generation of particles, were stationary in nature and were in causal-state. Though this fact is known to the spiritual scientists, the physical scientists have to still discover its veracity, which could only be revealed or established when their search leads them beyond the so-called theory of Big-Bang event. It is not the matter, elements or particles alone, which created the cosmos. Even ‘conscious’ (knowledge/intelligence) without the element of ‘Awareness’ (chethna) is not enough for the attainment of Divine-Consciousness: As conscious in mind blossoms life in the body (embryo); it is Chethna (Awareness) that enlightens the intelligence! Human intellect without Chethna is worldly knowledge—the mind and its world. When mind transcends its boundaries (limitations) it reveals, its full effulgence of Cosmic-Reality
When one becomes ‘Aware’ or his Chethna is awakened, after transcending the mind, all illusions about gross-subtle-casual, mind-intelligence-chith (awareness) or Divine-power are absolved. All confusions in regard to Nature’s separation from Divine are removed. One becomes Gyatha (Aware). He is witness to all phases of Nature, its creative cycle, human body and its embodiments as Divine. In theory the spiritual study seems weird and antithesis to scientific system of education. Each subject like human body requires specialization in each and every branch of its anatomical parts. But once our perspective becomes clear, our objectives/subjects also becomes easy to grasp and understandable. The anatomy of Creation and human body are synonymous. Even the system of studying them is similar. Our study begins from their gross formations, to subtle compositions (elements), which cause their formations and finally the ultimate cause—the Original-Seed (Particle/Aathma). In both cases, it is energy in its casual state (Sankalp) that blossoms their growth (evolvement). The energy is the Sankalp (motivator) force, which propel the wheel of evolution.
There are body, senses, mind, intellect, awareness: we know and observe them all! Human seed, like the seed of any plant, animal or a sect grows into a preconceived design, embodied in their seeds. They do not grow in a haphazard way but are the artifacts to fit in places, Nature has assigned to each. It is energy, in its different phases, which fuels their growth.
Each object in Nature, even the coolest ones, has their body temperature. Whether hot or cold, energy is latent in each of them. It is their basic cause (fuel) of growth. But it is not their cause of creation or of Creation. Creation has its cause (principle), whereas the role of energy is to activate the latent intelligence (memory) in the seed of each object; and forms and shapes come into being.
An engineer, with the use of energy, makes his tools and gadgets and constructs huge dams and plants, by the permutation, molding and juxtaposition of different materials (elements) of Nature. All of these material objects so created, are in fact, the handiwork/creation of the mind. Their designs were first conceived in the mind of the engineer, though the actual execution—from minds conception (design/memory) —required the use of gross (fuel) energy! But (for) this creative visualization requires very subtle energy. Even the world of dreams is sustained by this subtle energy! Without energy, dreams would not project in the mind (sleep). This infers that intelligence, whether in Nature or in individual mind, is activated only by mind. Intelligence on its own cannot transform, its latent knowledge of the world or individual self (Jeevi), into actual creations without the element of energy.
It is Cosmic-Consciousness which reflects as energy in Creation. The origin of Creation is from those particles, which were in their purest form. Creation is thus very pure and resplendent reflection of Divinity in gross form. Like the sea, on its own does not create disturbance in its calm state (water), in the forms of storms, tidal waves, tornados or even the waves. It is the external elements, which create these disturbances. Cosmic-mind too is calm, as is the human mind. Their innate nature is calm/tranquility. It is only the past karmas (memories/vasanas) which manifest as projections. Creation and its projections are devoid of the attribute of ‘Awareness’ (Chethna), as ‘Awareness’ is not subject to manifestation or projection. Like consciousness, it simply ‘exists’. It has, thus, no carrier agencies like, energy, reflection, reaction and, resound. It is devoid also of Sankalp Shakthi. That is why it has no role in the cycle of evolution or in the evolvement of the creations, which project in them. The Sankalp Shakthi(will-power) is the highest (subtlest) form of energy. We know that all kinds of powers (forces) in Nature are derived from energy. Even the Divine-power manifests Itself in gross form to display Its glory. Otherwise It remains a mute witness—attribute-less. As Creation is the result of energy in the Original-Seed/Particle, its creations are, thus, governed by its inherent qualities. When it is in subtle form, it transcends into various forms, depending on the external, as well as the embodied factors of the constituents forces and the creations which emerge thereof.
Human mind is pure by nature. It is devoid of negative or any kinds of tendencies. Our senses/senses of perception, as well as Pranas (life-forces/vital-airs in the body) are also pure and without any indemnity. Human body being superbly sculpted, as well as embodied with perfect tools viz., senses, mind, intellect, sense of discrimination and Jnaanam(Wisdom): When all parts of the body function normally, there is no trouble or problem from inside or outside factors (influences). But as soon as any of its part/constituent is not properly coordinating with other parts, there is imbalance. Actually there is only the body—its constituents are merely its functional tools! Even the mind has no separate existence. It is the brain of the body, which discharges all functions relating to intelligence, discrimination and Jnaanam (wisdom). The body is a biological unit, supported by the elements of Nature. It has no super-natural, extraterrestrial or some occult powers supporting it. Any subtle qualities, which are inherent in man, are embodied in the brain. That part which is encased in the head as brain; its subtle qualities/attributes like intelligence, are known as the mind! So mind is not some heavenly sent entity. Fortunately this superb model of Nature—the human body, has some features and qualities, which demonstrate that it is the true replicate of Nature, in miniature form.
Like the cosmologists are discovering amazing secrets of Nature with its dazzling display of cosmic-dance, in its far off deeper regions, the spiritual scientists of yore had traversed/transcended the mind’s (brain) regions, much earlier. As the scientists are discovering the universe knitted in one unified unit (field), in which all of its parts are linked to each other: The force of gravity has knitted billions into billions of bodies into single unit, known as Universe. Our ancient sages have also discovered that all seemingly variety of life was a unified whole of Aathma-Principle. There is unity in diversity. Each single unit is in fact part of the same Aathma, which is embodied in all and all are permeating in the same Aathmik-Principle—Supreme-Reality (Param-Aathma).
There ought to be no doubt about the fact that the Universe is functioning according to One-Unified-Principle. This fact was substantiated by our Sages: The individual (Jeevi) mind is, in fact, the replicate of the Cosmic-Mind: That the individual mind had in it the Cosmic-Mind is something the intellectual’s imagination/ingenuity refuse to recognize. The conscious memory in the brain is the mind. The conscious (-ness) of latent memory in the brain is, Awareness (Chethna) —Supreme Intelligence. Actually there is no such thing as ‘latent memory’ in the brain: memory is latent in Nature, but when conscious activates it, it becomes conscious both in the gross mind, as well as in the Cosmic-Mind. The Conscious is always consciousness in Existence-Being-Bliss! The individual mind is the individual-self, whereas the Universal Conscious (awareness) is Supreme-Self.
The individual mind (self) and the Cosmic-Mind are not separate or identical to each other; both are one. It is our ignorance and limited (narrow) state of conscious or awareness, which superimposes its false identification of non-real knowledge of the objective world and then of Creation, that limits its grasp of Supra-Consciousness in its true state!
The intellectuals have narrowed the scope of the mind, only within the sphere of conscious-knowledge of the phenomenal worlds. How naively we ignore the fact that all creations in the universe are conscious, therefore their conscious cannot be divided, according to the quality of or the category of life they are placed in! Conscious is universal. However the state of awareness of the creations is different and variant. This attribute of ‘awareness’ in the physical world is associated with ‘intelligence’. So intelligence varies from mind to mind and individual to individual. The individual mind is thus the conscious knowledge of the objective world: And the latent consciousness, which the spiritualists associate with Constant-Integrated-Consciousness (Para-Brahman Supreme ParamAathma), is subtle than the gross conscious—which is related to the ephemeral world, and is stored in subtle and casual particles
More precisely, all gross bodies in the ephemeral world, which are involved in the creative process, are possessed with patent and latent (conscious) memory. The activation (awareness) of memory is intelligence. The conscious of patent (physical world) is—Mind, whereas the ‘awareness’ of the latent (subtle and casual) is Divine Consciousness (Brahman-Chethna).
The individual mind, when becomes ‘aware’ of its ignorance or has exhausted its limits of knowledge and has become ‘aware’ of its totality of knowledge— which is very meager indeed—it automatically becomes aware of its true Self, which is Universal-Consciousness, the Cosmic-Self (Consciousness).
The conscious (patent) brain cells (activated memory) is the individual mind and when the self has known itself or has become aware of its stored knowledge, its conscious transcends its limitlessness and realises its limitations, which was never latent! So both states are part of the physical brain; the physical (gross) mind and the Cosmic-Mind. The Self is the totality of knowledge—patent and latent—that each brain supports. Once the delusion of misconception—that the gross mind’s ‘existence/being is because of its involvement with the external world and is thus of the physical world only—is removed by accepting the fact that not only the matter but its subtle and casual constituents, also belong to the same Origin: The Creator—whether It be the Supreme-Intelligence/ToE, or Its creation, cannot be differentiated as two separate entities. As Newton’s theory of Gravity or Einstein’s theory of Relativity are not separate from Creation, equally the elements and the constituents, and the more subtle forces which created them, are also not separate or identical from their Creator—Nature. Then how Nature can be identical and separate from its Principle—Divinity (Reality)? As intelligence cannot be separated from the intelligent, it cannot be separated from its Creator! As each body has in it its source of creation (spermatozoa), the mind, which is its embodiment, has in it its creator—the intelligence. We only need to ‘know’ its constituents of PraJnaanam—Supreme-Intelligence. All of these ‘elements’ are in our mind (brain), only we have to ‘know’ of them (the constituents). We are the body; we are the mind; the intelligence; the Aathma; and the Supreme-ParamAathma! Because these are embodied in us! Why don’t we try to ‘know’ (realise) this also, as we are pursuing the knowledge of the physical world? Why don’t we pursue the intelligence which is its embodiment, as we are ‘discovering’ the intelligence in the physical world? Should we not try to discover the source of this intelligence, which is embedded in our own brain, because it is the same brain, which is discovering intelligence in the external world? There is no such thing as external and internal worlds—both are One: One is the subtle aspect of its projections (the second). That’s all there is to ‘know or realise’!
These simple truths are beyond the discerning minds of the so-called rationalists. Because no intellectual, scholar or a rationalist can ever imagine that there is a higher state of conscious! We have confined, rather imprisoned our minds, with superficial boundaries of caste, creeds and regions; resulting in the down gradation of our intellectual level. We have relegated to the junkyards of our minds, those subjects which pursued truth. Philosophy, physical science and spiritualism are no more as important as the social sciences, which have taken their places. Very few students go for fine arts and pure science subjects. Hardly any college has post graduation program for philosophy. Being a learner, this l.s. has been associating with the top brains of his times, but to his surprise, he has not come across a single dignitary, who ever made any sincere endeavor for the extension of his ‘thought’! Their creativity was confined only within the syllabi of their text books or the classics of western novelists, dramatists and historians. Standards of modern writer’s creativity, is very poor and irrelevant; with the result that our universities are churning out students with useless baggage of degrees, which do not earn them their livelihood even. Degrees are bought and ‘creative’ writers have ghost writers, whose only expertise is data collection from rubbish surveys, in the name of scholarly papers. The fault does not lie in our genes but with the system of education. These rationalists have followed only one path that of materialism—read commercialism—while completely ignoring the inner significance of the finer sciences, which put life into the material (inorganic) world.
Physical world and its subtle constituents are not separate from each other. These ignoramuses have made a divide, as they did with earth’s topography by creating artificial boundaries in the name of nations. They have divided the indivisible ‘Conscious’ into external and internal worlds. Being all permeating and subtler than any elements of Nature, it simply cannot be tinkered with. These ingenious have further divided it into so many sub-conscious levels that its projection—the mind, is compartmentalized into even more segmentation. Ego, which is a non-entity, has been attributed into four facets viz. wealth, progeny, culture and economy. All of these are related to one’s way of life
A genuine sadhak(seeker) is not interested in amassing worldly awards and rewards; neither he is for acclaim or infamy. His placement or way of life is an obligation, which he discharges for society in the spirit of dedication. Except for noble thoughts and love in heart, there is no room for flimsy desires, which are related only to objects, which are transitory and without any underlying substance of truthfulness. An intellectual’s laboratory is not the objective world but (in) his consciousness. A seeker (of reality) is always reveling in pure state of his Conscious. He has unwavering mind with steadfast vision. In that state, not a single (flicker) ‘thought’ or ‘idea’ crops up. His intense concentration contemplates only on his focus of enquiry—Reality of the ephemeral world (Creation). In this state of mind (consciousness), the mind is calm i.e. without any activity. His thought, word and deed are impression-less and fully attuned to the harmonious co-existence between his senses and the elements. When the individual mind is disassociated from its objective world, it regains its truest state of pure-consciousness, i.e. Cosmic-Consciousness—which is its innate nature. His (Vedhaanthik) quest in not to pursue every objects in Creation and find its individual intelligence, but to reaffirm the underlying unity in diversity. Cosmic-Consciousness is not composition of sum total of intelligence of Creation, which ‘exist’ in the Brahmand (Cosmos)!
The beauty of (Divine) system is: If one ‘knows’ the reality (extent) of ones’ mind, it automatically transcends its original state of Cosmic-Consciousness (Mind). The only problem which persists at this stage is the nagging habit of the individual mind to resurface again, as the sadhak’s realisation of Reality is very partial. He has Its glimpses only, not Its realisation. So he is occasionally waylaid with the disease of ‘doubt’ (nescience) like the atheists. Only in his case, his doubts are impregnated with the ‘doges’ of Divine-effulgence—though in very small dosage. With persistent Sadhna these initial bouts absolve and the sadhak realises his true identity—the Aathma (Soul), which is one (united) with all others. That, there is only one Identity and it is universal and omnipresent! The reason for initial ‘doubts’ become clear, as one realises that these ‘glimpses’ of Reality were, in fact, due to the grace of Divine. Thereafter the sadhak has to earn the grace with his unceasing self efforts. As the efforts (level of Sadhna), so the results! They (sadhak) usually realise partial view (awareness) of ‘Divine-Consciousness’, as their being in the pure state of conscious is of short durations. As their periods/duration of being ‘aware’ is increasing, their state of being in Brahmaananadham (Braahmik Bliss) is proportionately increasing. This is the most vital stage of the sadhaks’ journey of Realisation. The majority cannot resist the temptation and fall prey, to exploit the ‘partial’ gains of ‘divine grace’, by assuming their attainment level as final and acclaim themselves as masters! Innocent and genuine subjects are snared by the tempting nets of the oratory of these half-baked masters and blindly follow them, surrendering their wealth and souls. No master is competent enough to transform the lives of his followers. God has not delegated His powers to any human being to enlighten/blossom the latent ‘Divinity’ in man, on His behalf; until He incarnates Himself in human body, as Avathaar(Incartion of God in human form) and teach the humanity by living an exemplary life and presenting Himself as a living example.
(An aside: Let us be clear about the concept of Avathaar. In Indian scriptures Raama and Krshan are regarded as Avathaar. This is not so. They are in their human form quite like other ordinary men. All of you are the embodiments of the Divine. The idea that God is different from you should be given up. You have to develop the feeling that God is no different from you) (Baba).
Inspire, be Blessed
We observe Nature is producing, from micro to macro level bodies, which sustain for some time and then disintegrate. On our planet there are wonderful creations designed by the Master-Creator. These creations are being produced by the permutation of the subtle forces, i.e. the five elements. The human mind too is creating wonderful worlds in its imagination and replicating them into material objects. Only his creations are the result of materials, sourced from Nature, whereas Nature is converting its intelligence into material projection out of its forces (elements). If Nature can convert its ‘intelligence’ into material projection, then the man—who is its creation—should also be, equally, equipped with the same intelligence and powers to execute it into material projection (design), from elements, which are within him! But in his case, he borrows (acquire) not only its intelligence but also the powers/forces from Nature, to give shape to his (subtle) plans into material projection. If Nature is capable to translate its intelligence into material projections, then why man is incapable of translating his intelligence into material manifestation!
The answer is not far to seek. Because the ‘inherited’ intelligence in man is, latent in form, with the result that we have to re-acquire knowledge (intelligence) from Nature and create—rather re-impose—the data-bank of memories (mind). All creations of Nature, excepting human beings, are vested with inherited-qualities—without the ‘will’ of their own, and thereby discharge themselves, exactly according to that.
A banana tree produces bananas only. They have no will (free-will) of their own. Only human beings are capable to ‘tinker’ with the Nature or its laws, as they are, additionally embodied with the ‘Divine-attributes’.
As earlier stated, Divine Consciousness in human being is in latent form that is why at birth; their brains are devoid of ‘inherited’ intelligence. Only after coming into interaction with external world, they build up their individual intelligence (knowledge). This individual intelligence, which is entirely acquired, is different from the Divine-Intelligence—which in any case is, embedded in latent form. It is therefore natural, the individual minds—which are the composition of acquired knowledge, are always engrossed and involved with the external world. These minds are not equipped to transcend their barriers and delve into the transcendental realms. Having once learnt to transcend these acquired minds, we become ‘Aware’ of Divine-Consciousness, on which these superficial minds had projected (as clouds block the view of cosmos from earth). Unless the Awareness/Enlightenment of Divine-Consciousness is attained/realised, one is bereft of Its powers—though the mind, like Nature enjoys all the powers inherent in them both. Like Nature, the human mind, being possessed of phenomenal and multi-dimensional facets is, capable to create, sustain and destroy the material objects. It has inherited from Nature the power of Sankalp Shakthi, which can be executed through intense power of concentration. In fact ‘will/Sankalp’ itself is the concentration of all subtle powers enshrined in Nature/mind. Whosoever develops or awakens these powers is, automatically empowered to discharge the three attributes (of C-S-D).
So what is super-natural about these powers of the mind! It acquires the knowledge from mother-Nature, so its intelligence is synonymous with its Source. On the basis of the acquired ‘intelligence’ from Nature, the mind is fully equipped with those powers, which comes with that (acquired) knowledge. But in case, the same mind transcends its limited field of ‘data-bank’, its real nature—cosmic intelligence--gets revealed, which is universal in nature and content.
For a BrahmanJnaani(Self-realised), the material world does not ‘exist’. Not that he denies its physical existence! He knows its primal cause and the Source! He knows behind the objective world is the Supreme-Intelligence that causes its creation. He knows that secret of gross-subtle-casual bodies is not even the conscious, awareness or the consciousness! However subtle state an element might be in, or whatever its state of consciousness, it still remains the ‘creation’ of the ‘Intelligence’. For him there is no difference between the ‘intelligence’ of the individual mind and the Supreme-Intelligence, as both are one. As when human mind awakens its ‘latent’ intelligence, the barriers of ignorance are broken and the universality of Self (Supreme-Aathma) reveals Itself. The existence of Jagath (ephemeral world) is, as long as the mind of acquired intelligence exists. No mind, no Jagath! Only Reality exists, which is Supreme-Intelligence.
Uptill now we have had enough of ‘theory’. From a sadhaks(seekers)’ point of view, there has been a lot of enquiry/search of the Self! For the novice, the real worth of theory/enquiry/research/quest of Self is, of no import if these are not backed with ‘experience’, and more importantly supported with practical demonstration. Even if, all the material that has been placed in the foregone pages, based totally on personal ‘experiences’—the result of twenty years life of rigorous discipline, by dedicating the self at the lotus Feet of the Master, and complete surrender/mergence of the worldly self (knowledge) in the ocean of Supreme- Consciousness—is not going to have ‘instant’ effect on the readers, unless they themselves test its veracity, in the laboratory of their bodies! Not that its veracity is to be tested by those, who are still in the process or have yet to recognize the ‘existence’ of ‘some’ superior Intelligence! The endeavor is to sincerely inspire the deviated souls, who due to some unavoidable circumstances, were simply swayed, like the l.s., with the tempting tides of the western influence.” Amen.
From here onward the author takes on to sum up, in brief, the case history of the little self before the sadhaks, to decide for themselves, as to whether his endeavors, in the path of Self-relisation, have been worthwhile and worthy of emulation!
• He is a perfect model of a stereotype of western culture, devoid of human values, living only for sensual pleasures. He is evil and cruel, both in thought and action. Accepts bribes, as he finds no distinction in black or white money! He has no respect for society, religion, culture, law and order, justice or even in the sanctity of relationship. No relations; no values; no qualms of conscience; no taboos and no regard for finer aspects of life. He believes in making money; in self-gratification and in the promotion of his own interests; even if he has to crush others to achieve his ends. In nutshell he is the personification of Satan. If such a Satanic personality can be transformed, and to the surprise of all, supports a life of a Vairaagya (detachment), then definitely he is a good case for study, which would force the elite to pay heed to, since this ‘subject’ once belonged to them
What about him, does he feel penitence or has some kind of depression?
But to the surprise of all, I observe him as the happiest man on earth, whereas the ‘dear ones’, though possessing all the means in the world, are spending their time in mental hell! His mental state is worth emulating. He is serene, sublime, contended, supporting an aura of divine vibrations. There is a strange distant ‘look’ in him, which remains focused in his ‘Self’, creating around him the field of love, peace and holy vibrations. He hardly takes notice of his ‘personal self’. I don’t find him a lost man, rather he feels relieved by shedding the burdens of material ‘possessions.’ Nobody realizes that he had joyously gifted all his material possessions to whosoever he thought; he owed some worldly debt still to discharge. Besides he is a strong willed person with an iron shield of self-confidence. The fact was he had ‘himself’ surrendered all his possessions, because he wanted to be free of them. These were irritants in his conscience which he wanted to dump, so as to devote his self in search of true Self. Though living in the world, having ample means at his disposal, he is living a detached life. And that is what he is doing and reveling in. Even in his childhood, it was his cherished dream to be a Sanyaasi, spending his life in meditation. Since childhood he had no attachment with the worldly possessions. At age sixteen and half, having taken all the responsibilities of a joint family, he had to carry the burden of his self-imposed duties. And he served his duties with sincerity and with a smile on his face. Being left alone, without any ‘material luxuries’— to which he was once used to- was in fact the greatest black spot on his conscience! Now he really is truly happy—burden-less and free of worldly shackles. Now, he is ‘himself’ —his real Self. A normal state of being for a normal person! He is not a Sanyaasi(renunciate), in the worldly sense, and still discharges his duties toward his parents, family and his mortal body also. But these are routine, which are not part of his inner-self. I know because “I” live in his body! My divine-link with his self has definitely found in him—his innate nature, a seeker, who revels in “me” and nothing else, gives him the joy of indescribable magnitude, when he is immersed in “My” sublime contemplation! What more a human being can aspire for than peace, contentment, sublime inner beauty and perfect coordination between the senses and the elements, resulting in bringing normalcy in the discharge of the trinity of mind-intellect-wisdom. The end product is—a normal human being with the garland of human values worn around his Self, ready to be subsumed in the Cosmic-Self, the Supreme-Intelligence—ParamAathma. He has found his hearth, but prays for the release of others, from the senseless vagaries of the mind—Samsaar (the phenomenal world) and be their real-Self, which is their innate-nature, as well as that of the Nature.
And the journey continues...