“You can take the boy out of the jungle, But you cannot take jungle of the boy.” - so was said for Mougli by his mother, in the Jungle Book. There was this non physical onenesss between jungle and Mougli. So is there a non-perceivable oneness between the life furthering force and all the forms visible to the eye in this world of forms.
In the season of Fall, when the dried leaves wither away from a tree, one can perceive the death of the leaves, where they part away from the tree of which they were a part of, for about an year. On surface it appears to be a moment of melancholy parting, between to entities who were actually one - one in love for each other - the leaf and the tree.
Going a bit deeper into the visible phenomenon, one can quickly appreciate the presence of that invisible force of life, which tends to express itself outside to the world of form. That force of life, made the first sapling grow from the seed, and when the sapling grew, it made it possible to continue its journey to upliftment to take the grand form of a tree. And then the same life force was busy expressing itself in the forms of leaves, fruits, shade, solace to the passing travelers, taking the form of God to the nearby communities, being the place for those incognito meetings between the lovers. This life force is what the essence is. It takes various forms just in order to express itself. These forms are subject to entropy of nature, just to keep that invisible life to express itself re-juvinated and young, with every passing moment, to eternity. The physical forms of leaves, fruits, shade, sound, etc are only the passing Shadow of Divine object - the life force, in movement towards Objectives which are not perceptible from the materialistic point of view.
It probably appears advantageous not to be attached to the forms in the level of physical reality. They are transient manifestation of the hidden potential of the Life itself. Physical life forms are disintegrated shining entities condensed out from the Source. These physical entities of lower vibration and high density are subject to entropy to sustain the eternal flow of life in this world, through these forms. So, as per natural laws these life forms will always morph, transmute, grow, perish and again born, just to accommodate that ever moving Source.
Although man is limited by his 5 senses, and in some cases 6, which makes him totally incapable of even relating to this invisible life force, there are avenues available to him to get a feel of how this elevated state feel like - not in actuality, but atleast in an analogy. Being involved in an activity, which enables man to express his unique potential of being who he is, is one of them. Similarly the state of being in active love, grounded in service, concern, humility, objectivity, responsibility, and respect, gives a glimpse of this hallowed state of the Source in its pristine form. I have tried to explain this idea of activity and love in my article - http://criativ-mind.blogspot.in/2012/03/love-and-productive-reason.html
This place of the Source, the unchanging ideal, is termed as Nous by the ancient Greeks, and Manas by Vedic traditions. This is the Ideal, the all loving divine inspiration which is at the core of everything. This ideal lends its manifestation to both inspiring beauty as well as the abominating ugliness. Both these extremities help the life force to express who it is, as Man’s perception is determined by duality. This desire to express itself, and to be able to conscious of itself, appears to be the objective of this life force, at-least in the level of understanding of ordinary mortals.
In our dealings of every day life, in our engagement with the play of Maya, it seems logical not to be swayed by the gross forms of the material world - both in the forms of emotions, needs, attachments, fears, etc. The point is not about guarding oneself from these propensities. Infact these propensities are the ones that make us human. They are the premise on which the play is performed in the stage of Maya. But in the process of working with these “Shining Doubles”, Man has to be centered with the central axis of the Nous - the real reality. It is not a trick to avoid pain and be happy. Rather it is a way to express one’s respect to the invisible life force. It is about standing in acknowledgement to the laws of nature. It is a firm human resolve to be led by reason and awareness. It is not about relinquishing one’s independence and creative human faculties to a bigger and more powerful force. But, it is about standing in perspective to be able to enquire the nature of this invisible, omnipresent life force, in order to express oneself in absolute originality in a more optimal way.
It is of prime importance for mankind to be engaged optimally in active love and productive activity in order to live life in full awareness, standing in acknowledgement of the eternal intelligence of Life. This is the only gateway to experience the Source. Talking about this path, N.Sri Ram had beautifully said so -
"Only as we go out in Love which seeks to help and serve, do we transcend ourselves and develop that consciousness which embodies the awareness of your essential unity with others."
______________________________________________"Only as we go out in Love which seeks to help and serve, do we transcend ourselves and develop that consciousness which embodies the awareness of your essential unity with others."
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