THE VISION

  Please click on the bold darker colours to read the article and on the arrow icon  to get back to the contents. Beloved Readers, The Mahavakya, Prajnanam Brahma, found in the Aitareya Upanishad, defines the Infinite Reality as Consciousness. Swami Vivekananda interprets this great statement in terms of evolution. Everything in nature rises from some subtle seed-forms, becomes grosser and grosser and again goes back to the original subtle form. He says, “Where it begins, there it ends. What is the end of this universe? Intelligence, is it not?” Our Master, Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas, also emphasised that “there is one Consciousness that witnesses all its movements.” Although thoughts emanate from Consciousness, our identification with the thoughts is so deep that it prevents us from recognising the base and basis of our very being. Inward journey reveals that thoughts float in Consciousness, similar to the moving images being projected on a white screen in a cinema hal...