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The Universe (Mysteries)(part 1)

 The Mysteries Of The Universe

 

In the Vedic expression "yatha pinde tatha brahmande" means as the atom; so is the Universe, as is the microcosm; so is the macrocosm, as is the human body; so is the cosmic body, as is the human mind; so is the cosmic mind. our body is made of organs, organs are made of tissue, tissues are made of cells, and cells are made of subatomic structures - electron, proton, and neutrons and beyond that is the Quantum soup, where there is no matter, no liquid and that is the source of our emotions(our emotional intelligence), we can go to this level only through spiritual intelligence education.


 

The universe was born from the union of Prakriti and Purusha. Prakriti refers to the basic cosmic material that is the root of all being and Purusha is the spirit or conscious energy that governs life and reality. the world is created as a result of the union between Purusha and Prakriti.

The universe is conceptualized as composed of two realities: Puruṣa (witness-consciousness) and Prakriti (mind, cognition, and matter). Jiva (a living being) is considered as a state in which Puruṣa is bonded to Prakriti in some form, in various permutations and combinations of various elements, senses, feelings, activity, and mind. During the state of imbalance or ignorance, one or more constituents overwhelm the others, creating a form of bondage. The end of this bondage is called liberation, or moksha, and can be attained by insight and self-restraint.

human experience as being constituted by two independent ultimate principles, Puruṣha ('consciousness' or spirit); and Prakṛiti, (cognition, mind and emotions, nature or matter).

Puruṣha is witness-consciousness. It is absolute, independent, free, imperceptible, unknowable through other agencies, above any experience by mind or senses, and beyond any words or explanations. It remains pure, "nonattributive consciousness". No appellations can qualify Purusha, nor can it be substantialized or objectified.

Unmanifest prakriti is the primordial matter. It is inactive, and unconscious, and consists of an equilibrium of the three Guṇa’s ('qualities, innate tendencies') namely sattva, rajas, and tamas. When Prakṛiti comes into contact with Purusha this equilibrium is disturbed, and Prakriti becomes manifest, evolving twenty-three tattvas, namely intellect (buddhi), ego (ahamkara) mind (manas); the five sensory capacities; the five action capacities; and the five "subtle elements" "modes of sensory content", from which the five "gross elements" "forms of perceptual objects" (earth, water, fire, air, and space) emerge giving rise to the manifestation of sensory experience and cognition.

Jiva ('a living being') is that state in which Purusha is bonded to Prakriti. The human experience is an interplay of Purusha-Prakriti, Purusha being conscious of the various combinations of cognitive activities. The end of the bondage of Purusha to Prakriti is called liberation or kaivalya (Isolation).

In early Vedas, Purusha was a cosmic being whose sacrifice by the gods created all life. In the Upanishads, the Purusha concept refers to the abstract essence of the Self, Spirit, and the Universal Principle that is eternal, indestructible, without form, and is all-pervasive. 

Purusha is the plural immobile male (spiritual) cosmic principle, pure consciousness, unattached and unrelated to anything, which is “nonactive, unchanging, eternal, and pure”. Purusha uniting with Prakṛiti (matter) gives rise to life.
Purusha is enveloped in five sheaths of time (Kāla), desire (Raga), restriction (Niyati), knowledge (Vidya) and a portion of time (Kalā); it is the universal Self (Paramatman) under limitations as many individual Selfs (Jīvātman).

Purusha gets attracted to the elements characters of Prakruti. According to the elements characters, Purusha’s state of mind is adapted and leads to making a decision.


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