THE SPEAKING TREE
World Of Ideas And World Of
Consciousness
Saurabh kumar
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 withits 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, wellestablished
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.....
World Of Ideas And World Of
Consciousness
Saurabh kumar
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 withits 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, wellestablished
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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