Tendency

 

Tendency of age, gender, character can’t be controlled. In other words, there is an expression of imagination/ memory one creates for oneself. This expression is fluid and keeps us interdependent on all phenomena present in the world. We see the cosmos as an expression of self. If the self changes, the form of the universe (and its meaning therefore) will change for us.

In other words, the real structure of the ‘form’ (what we “see”) is not separate from the meaning we impose on it (i.e. what we prefer or tend to see). Our preference is how we remain engaged in expressing our own existence as human beings – hence preference is vibration/memory/time. This will mean, that there is impression/ memory all around us – but of course in different intensities/ nature/ forms.

So the only actor who is present everywhere is consciousness – all others are Its own forms! We not only see these forms different, but they are perceived and responded by us according to our state of mind (imagination). We may also dwell on cosmic scale or quantum scale – whatever we may do, we are vibrating with the cosmos.

The consciousness manifests itself as different phenomena at various scales of space and time. These phenomena remain interdependent and changing. Each phenomenon can be said to be a vibration/impression/memory of sorts. It thinks for itself. If we so develop ourselves, we can become an ant or a tree or a mountain. The human being has a special kind of vibration – one in which, the nature of vibration may be altered based on one’s will. The decision to do so, has been bestowed by the human being phenomenon itself. At a given point of space-time, we see and respond to the external world in ways that are peculiarly human and hence we construct imagination that includes the intellect and feelings. That’s the way we respond.

But what is the real nature of consciousness? The reference is of ‘Vishwarupa Darshan’ mentioned in Bhagwat Gita. The imagination is of a multiple headed figure, which can engulf many worlds, can create many worlds, where all people die and all people originate (same with other life forms) and where fire, water, air, space, earth all move in motions. It expresses interdependent scales of space-time phenomena.

The vision of such an expansive wisdom has been encoded in Bhagwat Gita. Mahabharat is a background to illustrate this vision. Arjuna’s situation and Krishna’s commentary are incidental. Regardless of situation, the reality can be grasped by whoever makes an attempt to do so. Else, we continue to live in a world, where majority of our energy gets spent in responding to self created devils of the mind!

Of course, there is no need to curse oneself on this. It is a part of our tendency. Feelings and intellect will exist and compel one to respond. That’s a given. What one may try to do is to ‘focus’ on what should really matter and concentrate only on that fundamental thing.