Man
is a conglomerate of energy vibrations. Modern science says that human
body is formed of 3,0000000,0000000 cells. It is these cells that function
as bone, marrow, blood, flesh, skin, neural networks, sense organs and
motor organs. Cells are a collection of atoms. Atom is a vibration of
energy. This vibration rests in vacuum and vacuum rests in consciousness.
It is this consciousness which Rishis know and realize through meditation
as sacchidananda and bodhasvarupa.
Man
ends up a samsari and unhappy person when he leads a body-oriented
life without knowing these different dimensions of existence. Identified
with the superficial manifests of consciousness such as nama (name)
and rupa (form), and forgetting the essential relationship with
the depths, he as a limited and insecure individual spends his lifetime,
eating, sleeping and procreating.
Human
consciousness which is trapped in the four expressions: kama
(desire), krodha (anger), bhaya (fear) and dura
(greed) needs to be awakened and heightened, lead through the different
dimensions of existence, and integrated with the comprehensiveness of
consciousness. What is called for is a self-fulfilling pilgrimage from
selfishness to selflessness. From desire through love to devotion; from
the navel through heart to hrit; from greed through austerity to compassion;
from muladhara through anahata to the sahasrara.
The Rishis with their subtle vision saw the totality of universe in
the human form as virat purusha. The universe has the form of a man
of perfect shape sitting in siddhasana. The extroverted human
who walks carefree in his two legs is unaware of this secret. The universe
is full of energy vibrations with different frequencies. The Rishis
realize the totality of these vibrations as aumkara-the pranava.
The energy vibrations of the Yogi in siddhasana orchestrates
with the cosmic energy vibrations. The sushumna nerve becomes
enlivened in this meeting of the microcosm with the macrocosm. The potential
energy which lies in slumber in the muladhara needs to be awakened
through this sushumna nerve, to the sahasrara.
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continued in Part 2