Shri Shri Anandamurtiji
The people of ancient times used to employ all their energy for the gratification of their vrittis, gross propensities. But eventually they noticed that even through the persistent application of their individual and collective forces, their propensities were not fully fulfilled. It appeared that some unseen and greater force was playing with them every moment, thwarting all their efforts.
Gradually they understood that, no matter how strongly they tried to impose their individual and collective might, their capacity was limited for their field of action was confined to the relative factors of time, space and person. What is that entity to whose inviolable decree they were ultimately compelled to submit? What are His characteristics? Who is He? No matter how developed the intellect or how pervasive its force, it is so difficult for us to fathom the immeasurable vastness of that Entity.
People unable to attain their objects of desire, remain frustrated. Yet, sometimes, desired objects come to them whether they had wished for them or not. They accept this as their fate. But fate does not depend on anyone’s whim, for if whim were everything, the seed of the microcosmic longings would have withered, but it has not. Thus people began to think that fate is nothing more than the reactions to their past actions. But as they cannot see or understand their original actions, they call it their destiny.
Despite human beings having attained a certain amount of freedom from the Supreme Controller – even then they are at His total mercy. This dependence on Parama Purusha is essential for movement and inspiration. While seeking the original source of this inspiration, the thoughtful people of the distant past cultivated Brahmatattva, intuitional science. The subtlety of thought of those contemplative, progressive people led them gradually from the world of matter to the world of ideas, and from the world of ideas to the world of consciousness. In the world of wisdom they were the first rishis, the first torchbearers of the illuminating flame of knowledge. They eventually succeeded in using their intellectual faculties to penetrate the sphere of Consciousness. As a result of the constant churning of their intellect, human beings learnt Brahma-vijnana.
There are a number of questions: “Do the solutions of the above problems lie in the time factor? Is time the final answer? Is it the absolute truth? It appears that the first cause of creation is hidden in the womb of time. So time must be the original cause, the absolute factor? Whatever took place, whatever is taking place and whatever will take place is within the periphery of time, is it not? It must be Kala Shakti, the temporal factor which has been giving birth to the universe as Vishvajanani, the Universal Mother; which has been preserving everything in its rhythmic and cyclical movement; and which, with its frantic dance, raucous laughter, and gnashing teeth has been destroying the world with its formidable power. The inscrutable play of light is nothing but a momentary flash upon its features. Belching darkness out of darkness time alone is the sole, well-established entity. O rishi tell us, is not time alone the Absolute Entity?”
The knower of Brahma replies, “No, time is not the Absolute Entity.” Time is only a relative factor, which is entirely dependent on the mutual relationship of place and person.
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Courtesy: Times of India: The Speaking Tree: April 08 ,2019
Shri Shri Anandamurtiji
The people of ancient times used to employ all their energy for the gratification of their vrittis, gross propensities. But eventually they noticed that even through the persistent application of their individual and collective forces, their propensities were not fully fulfilled. It appeared that some unseen and greater force was playing with them every moment, thwarting all their efforts.
Gradually they understood that, no matter how strongly they tried to impose their individual and collective might, their capacity was limited for their field of action was confined to the relative factors of time, space and person. What is that entity to whose inviolable decree they were ultimately compelled to submit? What are His characteristics? Who is He? No matter how developed the intellect or how pervasive its force, it is so difficult for us to fathom the immeasurable vastness of that Entity.
People unable to attain their objects of desire, remain frustrated. Yet, sometimes, desired objects come to them whether they had wished for them or not. They accept this as their fate. But fate does not depend on anyone’s whim, for if whim were everything, the seed of the microcosmic longings would have withered, but it has not. Thus people began to think that fate is nothing more than the reactions to their past actions. But as they cannot see or understand their original actions, they call it their destiny.
Despite human beings having attained a certain amount of freedom from the Supreme Controller – even then they are at His total mercy. This dependence on Parama Purusha is essential for movement and inspiration. While seeking the original source of this inspiration, the thoughtful people of the distant past cultivated Brahmatattva, intuitional science. The subtlety of thought of those contemplative, progressive people led them gradually from the world of matter to the world of ideas, and from the world of ideas to the world of consciousness. In the world of wisdom they were the first rishis, the first torchbearers of the illuminating flame of knowledge. They eventually succeeded in using their intellectual faculties to penetrate the sphere of Consciousness. As a result of the constant churning of their intellect, human beings learnt Brahma-vijnana.
There are a number of questions: “Do the solutions of the above problems lie in the time factor? Is time the final answer? Is it the absolute truth? It appears that the first cause of creation is hidden in the womb of time. So time must be the original cause, the absolute factor? Whatever took place, whatever is taking place and whatever will take place is within the periphery of time, is it not? It must be Kala Shakti, the temporal factor which has been giving birth to the universe as Vishvajanani, the Universal Mother; which has been preserving everything in its rhythmic and cyclical movement; and which, with its frantic dance, raucous laughter, and gnashing teeth has been destroying the world with its formidable power. The inscrutable play of light is nothing but a momentary flash upon its features. Belching darkness out of darkness time alone is the sole, well-established entity. O rishi tell us, is not time alone the Absolute Entity?”
The knower of Brahma replies, “No, time is not the Absolute Entity.” Time is only a relative factor, which is entirely dependent on the mutual relationship of place and person.
DISCLAIMER
The views expressed in the Article above are Author’s personal views and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing."
Courtesy: Times of India: The Speaking Tree: April 08 ,2019