Adwait
There are five levels of the universe: 1) energy fields (cosmological) 2) atoms (physical) 3) plants (biological) 4) animals (psychological) 5) humans (intellectual). They are interconnected as one is a means for the activation of the next. Cosmological energy (pure) field is a means to activate physical phenomena, physical is a means for activation of biological phenomena, biological is a means to activate psychological, psychological is a means to activate intellect phenomena. Each level is formed on the space fabric of the previous. Vacuum has no physical particles but has cosmological particles and therefore light travels from it. This emptiness is the space fabric on which the whole of physical world exists. If cosmological space fabric disappears, the physical world can’t exist. Space fabric is a field of electromagnetic and gravitational pull. Time is an activation of physical entity remains active until space fabric is physically activated.
Human intellect is evolving continuously. We had conceived the world of Newton (motion and gravity) for 200 years. It was replaced by the world of Einstein (relativity) and is advanced in Quantum mechanics in which tiny particles behave totally different from normal objects and therefore it is impossible to know exactly where they are or what they do. Exotic. As human intellect evolves further it will uncover more secrets of nature. What would be the state of a complete or whole of the intellect?
Where physics end, faith begins. Our ancient sages called it the cosmic mind, the intellect of an Ishwara which governs the play of the universe. It is manifestation of the divine; the Shakti of Shiva. The visible world is Shiva (absolute) himself in manifested form as Shakti (energy).
When was the play begun and when will it end, human mind can’t estimate. To puzzle our minds in this play of infinity, the sages gave a rough estimate with reference to human years. A day of Brahma is one kalpa that is four yogas (4.32 million years); such 365 days make one year of Brahma. Life span of one Brahma is 100 year; life span of 100 such Brahma is a day of Vishnu. 100 years of Vishnu makes a day of Rudra. In one day of Rudra 100 Vishnu takes birth and merges. Life span of 100 Rudra makes a blink of an eye of Mahakali. What to imagine about the like span of Mahakali and its source the Param/absolute! Hindu Purans imagined different lokas : Indralok, Brahmlok, Vishnulok, Kailash, etc, to explain the greater and higher dimension state of Consciousness present in those lokas.
Ancient sages have explained the creation story in which the consciousness is taking different forms from intellect (महत्) to the earth. They tell that the visible world is illusionary (माया), a play on the screen of the ब्रह्म (ultimate reality). Kashmir Shaiv presents it with 36 elements, of which 5 pure, 7 pure-impure and 22 impure elements. The Absolute turns सच्चिदानंद (existence-सद्, consciousness-चिद्, bliss-आनंद), comes in action through इच्छा-ज्ञान-क्रिया (will-knowledge-action). He has पंचशक्ति (Consciousness, bliss, will, knowledge, action) and he is पंचकृत्यकारी (Creation-Maintenance-Destruction-Concealment-Grace).
The play begins when the Absolute pairs as Naad-Bindu (Shiv-Shakti) as Jnana and kriya (knowledge and action) it sprouts as Sadasiva, appearance as Self. It objectivises as Ishwara which comes in action as Shuddhvidhya. Then comes Maya which blocks the subject from its true identity and create sense of separateness with five Kanchukas: kal (veil of time), Vidhya (veil of limited knowledge), raga (veil of desire), niyati (veil of causality), kala (veil of being limited). Purusha (soul) then get activated by pairing with Maya and manifest with five kanchukas. He can’t play alone, therefore to facility his play, there are 24 impure elements created as physical body of the universe. They are four inner elements (prakriti, intellect, ego, mind). Intellect is the first evolute of Prakriti which evolves into Ahankara (ego). The self then experience the world through sensory system made of mind and ten senses (five sense organs and five action organs), five tanmatras (subtle elements : शब्द, स्पर्श, रूप, रस, गंध) and five mahabhutas (gross elements: space, air, fire, water, earth). From Shiva to the earth, it’s a play of Consciousness. If individual mind climbs the ladder upwards with the grave of the almighty, he can attain the state of higher consciousness.
All is one, adwaita, the Brahman, one without a second.
Punamchand
31 August 2024