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yajvan
28 January 2007, 10:27 PM
Hari Om
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Namaste Nityah ( eternal),
I thought to post this idea...a discussion of how the subject of perception and the object of perception are one thing. Thought you may like to read how the sage's discuss this and communicate this message to the sisya ( student) or sadhu. If you are interested, please read on.

When we see the distinction of two, this is the plateau of ignorance, when we see both as the same this is enlightened vision. More specifically the seer ( you ) the mechanism of seeing ( the senses) and the seen ( the object of perception) is a contiguous whole. This is called Virat, this One reality or tad ekam.

Absorbtion
Some of the great seers describe Samvarga - or the all absorbing ONE, into which everything enters. The sage Raikva taught this Samvarga to a great king Janasruti. Raikva described this Samvarga: everything rises from It, everything is maintained in It and everything goes back to It.
He gives an example, 'when you blow out a flame, where does it go? When water dries up, were does it go?' - like that, this Samvarga the cosmic wind, Vayu, takes everything and absorbs it into Itself.

Prana
Like that, we to have a similar condition within us. We have this 'Vayu' in us , Prana. This wonderful life force we are privileged to use.

Some just breathe it, some do Pranayam, some say thank you to it [ Om Sri Pranaya Swaha] - some even say this is the active Consciousness in us and is found throughout this cosmos. So where do we absorb? And how is prana like Vayu?

The sages teach it like this: When we are in (deep) sleep, the mind goes where? It gets absorbed into this prana. Where does speech and hearing go when we (deep) sleep …and all the senses ? They get absorbed into this prana. So, this absorption is found outside in the universe, and inside in ourselves. The macro-level of creation ( brahmanda) and the micro level (pindanada) of creation.

Now, when we look at this Vayu, the rishi's say Vayu 'eats' , consumes or absorbs akasha or all of space, agni or fire principle, water or apa, and earth or prithi (~ we have fire, solid, liquid, gas, and space) or 5 items. Prana absorbs or 'eats' the sense organs, speech, eye, ear and mind or 5 things also. Together we have 10 items. This number ten is of interest as it is virat, or a meter used in various mandala's, mantras, or sonnets that has 10 syllables.

Virat
The comparison is to the meter, virat, + what Vayu absorbs and what Prana absorbs. Now, Virat (capital V) is also known as the Cosmic Person or the most comprehensive reality and to Him, all 'this', every-thing, in time and space, is food to him.

He absorbs everything, and everything comes from Him. The rishi's defined Virat = Vayu (5) + Prana( 5). All that is macro + all that is micro,outside of us and inside of us.

Now here is the beautiful wisdom of the sage with enlightened vision , for Virat, there is no difference between the macro or the micro , as He is comprehensive and there are no lines of demarcation. Virat consumes both Vayu (5) + Prana( 5); no distinction between subject and object or even the method of perceiving the two.
This is the consciousness, ubiquitous Bhuma or Fullness the seers continue to teach, to become. I am THAT thou are THAT all this is THAT, the sages proclaim. This consciousness we use, is IT, is Virat… this awareness is THAT, when you witness, its THAT component of Virat you enjoy as he 'consumes' what you view. When we witness there still subject-object, yet its the road to becoming Fully Absorbed, into Virat and that you are.

Jijvishet satam samah - "may you live 100 years"
From the Isavasya Upanishad .

Consider being a well-wisher to others, as they are part of Virat. The symbol for Fulless /enlightement is the number 100. The "0" is fullness of Prana + the other "0" for Vayu and the "1" is is the ONE Virat so, 100, is One fullness , Virat with no lines of demarcation of Prana + Vayu (full in themselves). When you wish some one 100, you wish them enlightenment.

pranams,