For Seekers by Seekers

The supreme consciousness rapidly multiplies itself infusing its mysterious power called maya - the creative ability with itself to create the multifarious variety and the world. Right from space, air, fire, water, earth it also creates the several beings, non living things. Contrasting to His creation, when we wake up from deep sleep we create our world from ignorance - and apply our filters of ego, biases on the world that is created by the Creator.

The entire manifested universe runs on certain principles - certain natural order. For example gravity works only downwards, or the order of food chain. The order of seasons etc. This natural order is determined by that consciousness and humans are expected NOT to violate this order.

Poetically Purusha Sukta says that just a quarter of the consciousness manifested as this world with its living and non living beings. The rest is unmanifested. Just as we are much more than this physical (manifested) body; just as we consider our thoughts, mind, intelligence as ‘is’ but not yet manifested in either words or action, the universal consciousness also has an unmanifested part to it which is much much more than the manifested universe.

Purusha Sukta says that food is intelligence manifested. We need to respect the order of nature - the food chain that nature has designed. When we get away from this natural order and exhibit behavior - like eating meat which is not what we are designed for, then we cause ecological imbalance and disrupt the food chain.

Continuing my short podcasts on Purusha Sukta: in this podcast we explain how consciousness is the one singular constant ever existing reality in which we are able to experience even time, space and changes in the world we live in.

Chapter 11 of the Gita and Purusha Sukta express the same concept - universal form of the consciousness in a poetic way to say that whatever & wherever we see - we see infinite bellies, eyes, ears, hands, legs. This is a poetic expression of the multitude that we experience in the universe - another way of saying that the consciousness which underlies everything we experience is the same in all beings. Brings out the aspect that we need to cultivate respect for all beings.

Just as the underlying material - gold is the same in all ornaments, the underlying consciousness is the same in all we see in this universe. We can change the name & shape of the ornament by making changes to the way it looks & feels but can’t remove the gold from it and continue to say that the ornament exits! Ornaments are nothing but gold + names/forms. Likewise, universe is nothing but consciousness + names and forms as presented in Purusha Sukta.

Contrary to public view, seat of our mind is in a thumb sized space inside the middle of our physical heart. The brain is like a distribution center but the seat is in the heart. Mind reached out through Nadis to all parts of the body to perceive information & act out.

We depend on external factors for our happiness. Like a cripple who is dependent on a crutch to walk. This entanglement is samsara and the process by which we become disentangled is moksha path. Moksha is not esoteric, it is simply psychologically being independent of people, events, circumstances for our happiness. It is recognizing that we are happiness.

Chanting a mantra slow is recommended, however when you are beginning to learn chanting, I recommend you to chant fast, and then after 10-12 min slow down. This helps to shut down external stimuli and focuses your mind on the mantra.