The power which works through this Body-Mind-Intellect combination is unknowable through sense organs. “Yatho vacha nivarthanthe apraapya manasa sah” says Upanishadic wisdom. The sensory perception is incapable of comprehending the vastness of existence which is all around us and we can feel its presence but cannot see, hear, touch , smell or Know it by any means.
It’s not a negative picturisation of human capability, but acceptance of the Reality. That which is the Cause of causes and that which is the Effect of effects, is beyond our common understanding.
The only way to know HIM is to surrender and to dissolve ourselves in the almighty’s manifestation of the very Existence. We can see and perceive HIM through his creation and the Creator can never apprehended/ seen by our ordinary senses.
The combined intellect of entire humanity cannot decipher HIM and we can just Love Him as much as his own Creation. Through Seva, Sadhana progresses and to Give whatever is given to us is the biggest virtue which we can develop.
We came empty handed and go back empty, but whatever Given to us is to be returned for the well being of His own creation.
Japa gives us strength to think/remember Him uninterruptedly throughout and renunciation of I ness is the only way forward. The feeling of “Kartritva and Bhokritva” goes away in this simple act of Japa and WE are missing-in-action for a while.
That missing of ”I” for a brief moment is the Real time of our lives and the rest is only a drama played by Universe.
These are some of the reflections which occurred during Mouna Sadhana at Anandashrama, Kanhangad, Kerala.
S Srinivas, Mangalore
12th January, 2025
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