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At the ordinary level of perception, it can be like this. When the Absolute says that He is in all things, He means that He is the Cosmic energy which science approves to be pervading in the entire universe. The energy pervades in all materials, both living and nonliving and also empty space. Now according to what He says or rather what we are told by the scriptures is that we are supposed to go back to the source at the end i.e., to get merged into the Absolute Cosmic energy. This does make sense isn’t it? It is normal for anything that has sprung from something to go back to its source? Like the tortoise which is able to retract its head and limbs back into the shell.
This physical body of ours which came into existence from a pair of gametes to be a zygote has its sources in the five elements (Air, Water, Fire, Earth, and Ether) grows to become a physical body and finally becoming one with the five elements at death. This is what Lord is relating to, the five elements have pervaded the body, and the body at the end goes back the five elements……
In Bhagavad-Gita Krishna tells Arjuna that everything resides in Him and He resides in everything. Now the doubtful question is if everything resides in Him, why then should we try to reach Him???? What is Sadhana for??????? If He is anyway in everything He pervades in Body, Mind, and Soul also then. But we are told by scriptures that we have to do Sadhana to attain Him. What is the meaning of it??????
This blog is a very small attempt to clear the doubt from two levels, firstly from the level of our very limited perception of events around us, which is invariably not considered perfect and secondly from the point of view of Bhagavad-Gita.
At the ordinary level of perception, it can be like this. When the Absolute says that He is in all things, He means that He is the Cosmic energy which science approves to be pervading in the entire universe. The energy pervades in all materials, both living and nonliving and also empty space. Now according to what He says or rather what we are told by the scriptures is that we are supposed to go back to the source at the end i.e., to get merged into the Absolute Cosmic energy. This does make sense isn’t it? It is normal for anything that has sprung from something to go back to its source? Like the tortoise which is able to retract its head and limbs back into the shell.
This physical body of ours which came into existence from a pair of gametes to be a zygote has its sources in the five elements (Air, Water, Fire, Earth, and Ether) grows to become a physical body and finally becoming one with the five elements at death. This is what Lord is relating to, the five elements have pervaded the body, and the body at the end goes back the five elements……
These entire events of formation and merging are in perfect exactitude as though it has been programmed. But this is happening to the Physical Body alone. When the vital life force (Prana) leaves this body even if not cremated or buried it will decay and without any one intervening and merges with the five elements. But what about the Mind, which is the subtle body?. It is here that we have a real problem in our hands. The Mind which is filled with the desire, wantons, and ambitions acts as a separate entity and does not merge with the source; it either forgets or fails to do so at death.
When the formation has taken place as with body and mind as a whole the merger also has to be as a whole (body and mind) and it cannot be as a part. The whole pervading the parts and the parts merging with the whole makes a perfect loop and it is the most valid ending of this process of forming and merging back to tally. But the problem with the mind is that it either forgets that it has to go back to the source or it does not know how to go back.
Why does mind not know to go back to the source? Mind is caught in the cobweb of material world and is unable retract to the source. If mind dwells in Him always there is no problem for it to go back to the source.
Hence there are repeated reminders through scriptures like Bhagavad-Gita that the mind is to be a part of the whole and not act as an individual entity so that it becomes easy to merge with the source at the end. Failing to do so will inevitable cause the mind (subtle body) to depend on another body in the next life. This cycle of birth and death continue without a break......What say?
When the formation has taken place as with body and mind as a whole the merger also has to be as a whole (body and mind) and it cannot be as a part. The whole pervading the parts and the parts merging with the whole makes a perfect loop and it is the most valid ending of this process of forming and merging back to tally. But the problem with the mind is that it either forgets that it has to go back to the source or it does not know how to go back.
Why does mind not know to go back to the source? Mind is caught in the cobweb of material world and is unable retract to the source. If mind dwells in Him always there is no problem for it to go back to the source.
Hence there are repeated reminders through scriptures like Bhagavad-Gita that the mind is to be a part of the whole and not act as an individual entity so that it becomes easy to merge with the source at the end. Failing to do so will inevitable cause the mind (subtle body) to depend on another body in the next life. This cycle of birth and death continue without a break......What say?
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