There Are No Boundaries For Cosmic Beings.
We Nishada that upon entering the material world and the body, Purusha', the conscious soul, asks: "If utterance is by speech, and life by breath, ision by the eye, hearing by the ear, and nought by the mind, then who am I?" So who amI? Who are we? Are we mere earthlings trapped on this small lanet struggling for survival and identy? Or do we amount to more than this? although we are physically restricted to he surface of this planet by the force of ravity, we also happen to live in this oar system and Milky Way galaxy; we re inhabitants of the cosmos. As such we should not feel incomfortable or embarrassed in acknowledging ourselves as citizens of he universe-cosmicbeings. Then, we o longerthink in terms of our earth bound identity, we instead open our minds, and begin to think from a cosmic perspective. By recognising ourselves as cosmic beings we expand our vision and sphere of understanding beyond the trivialities of everyday earthly life. We begin to see life from a much wider cosmic perspective. Bertrand Russell said, "Philosophical contemplation enlarges not only the objects of our thoughts, but also the objects of our actions and our affections; it makes us citizens of the universe, not only ozone walled city at war with all the rest. In this citizenship of the universe exists all true freedom, and liberation from the thrall dom of narrow dogmas and fears." when all is said and done, this is exactly what we are. We emerged physically from the primeval swamp millions of years ago; it is now time that we free ourselves again and emerge from the quagmire of doubt and confusion that blights our modern world We are the living consciousness of the cosmos. It's time that we acknowledge this, and realise that we are not at the end of our journey but are entering a new and exciting phase of human evolution. I truly believe a cosmic destiny awaits us; if we listen carefully we can hear it calling from the stars. If human consciousness on earthis one of the first seeds of 'active Self-consciousness within the universe, then we are duty bound to consciously encourage that seed to germinate and flourish to its full potential. This is our ultimate purpose, to extend the outreach of human consciences, and play an active role in the evotionary 'awakening' of the universe. So however we might perceive ourselves, and no matter how humblour role in life might be, over and aboour earthbound identity, we are in reality, amazing cosmic beings. I beliit is now our 'moral duty' to live up tothe very high standards demanded ofour cosmic status; to settle for anythiless would be to do ourselves and thecosmos a great disservice. So if you should feel, as we alldo from time to time, that life is nothingmore than a struggle for our daily bread; then lift your eyes skyward, loup to theendless stars, and recognisethe greater purpose of your life, The'Purusha' within each one of us is truly a citizen of the universe. 'This’ who we are!
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Courtesy: John Melhuish and Speaking Tree ,Times of India
There Are No Boundaries For Cosmic Beings.
We Nishada that upon entering the material world and the body, Purusha', the conscious soul, asks: "If utterance is by speech, and life by breath, ision by the eye, hearing by the ear, and nought by the mind, then who am I?" So who amI? Who are we? Are we mere earthlings trapped on this small lanet struggling for survival and identy? Or do we amount to more than this? although we are physically restricted to he surface of this planet by the force of ravity, we also happen to live in this oar system and Milky Way galaxy; we re inhabitants of the cosmos. As such we should not feel incomfortable or embarrassed in acknowledging ourselves as citizens of he universe-cosmicbeings. Then, we o longerthink in terms of our earth bound identity, we instead open our minds, and begin to think from a cosmic perspective. By recognising ourselves as cosmic beings we expand our vision and sphere of understanding beyond the trivialities of everyday earthly life. We begin to see life from a much wider cosmic perspective. Bertrand Russell said, "Philosophical contemplation enlarges not only the objects of our thoughts, but also the objects of our actions and our affections; it makes us citizens of the universe, not only ozone walled city at war with all the rest. In this citizenship of the universe exists all true freedom, and liberation from the thrall dom of narrow dogmas and fears." when all is said and done, this is exactly what we are. We emerged physically from the primeval swamp millions of years ago; it is now time that we free ourselves again and emerge from the quagmire of doubt and confusion that blights our modern world We are the living consciousness of the cosmos. It's time that we acknowledge this, and realise that we are not at the end of our journey but are entering a new and exciting phase of human evolution. I truly believe a cosmic destiny awaits us; if we listen carefully we can hear it calling from the stars. If human consciousness on earthis one of the first seeds of 'active Self-consciousness within the universe, then we are duty bound to consciously encourage that seed to germinate and flourish to its full potential. This is our ultimate purpose, to extend the outreach of human consciences, and play an active role in the evotionary 'awakening' of the universe. So however we might perceive ourselves, and no matter how humblour role in life might be, over and aboour earthbound identity, we are in reality, amazing cosmic beings. I beliit is now our 'moral duty' to live up tothe very high standards demanded ofour cosmic status; to settle for anythiless would be to do ourselves and thecosmos a great disservice. So if you should feel, as we alldo from time to time, that life is nothingmore than a struggle for our daily bread; then lift your eyes skyward, loup to theendless stars, and recognisethe greater purpose of your life, The'Purusha' within each one of us is truly a citizen of the universe. 'This’ who we are!
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are John Melhuish 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.
Courtesy: John Melhuish and Speaking Tree ,Times of India