Megha's Ghora
Discussions between Megha (Aspiration) and her Ghora (Life force)
Discussions between Megha (Aspiration) and her Ghora (Life force)
Conglomerate Awareness
Megha: What is Conglomerate awareness?
Ghora: It is an attribute of the qualified Emptiness. The totality of all that is existent is imbedded in the qualified emptiness so it is aware of any sub part and the resultant whole consisting of these sub parts at the same time. It may be called "Samasthigoto Mone o Buddhi".
Megha: Can you make it more simplified?
Ghora: Lets take the instance of you. When you answer the question "How are you feeling now?", you are answering with awareness of the whole body. When I ask you "Are you tired walking?" you are aware of a sub part of your body, your legs. Again you are passively aware of your body even if you are into some action. So is the universal awareness, it is collective and individual at every instant.
Megha: You mean Brahman or Conglomerate awareness does not require any medium for acquiring this information.
Ghora: Yes, that is why Vedanta, or ancient scriptures in India denote the subject and object relation do not exist in Brahman. It alone Is, so it is everything.
Megha: Isnt this the "Jnana marga" or the path of knowledge? So how do they describe Brahman or qualified emptiness?
Ghora: Yes it is Jnana marga but describing what is Brahman is not possible, we can only indicate some of its qualities. For example, it is everything and yet nothing.
Take for example you dream of a beautiful palace, when you wake up it is nothing. So is all this creation nothing but dream of Brahman.
You stand at a very scenic spot, say a hilltop view point during sunrise, and appreciate the Nature's beauty. While enjoying the sunrise you don't appreciate just the sun or the hills, but the totality of the picturesque landscape. So too for a jnani, everything is Brahman and it is inseparable from the existent totality.
Megha: Can I feel the same with everything? If I am Brahman I should possess some quality like that.
Ghora: Everyone can if they really strive to know. You too can, in a lesser capacity. Suppose you with your family are on a small boat in a river and the wind starts blowing, rocking the boat back and forth in the waves. The first thing you would want is that you and your family arrive safely to the river bank. You feel as one unit with your family, if this can be further extended you can feel oneness with mankind and all creation.
Megha: Is there any closest description of Brahman as Emptiness?
Ghora: Yes, it can be found in the Nasadiya Sukta, the 129th hymn of the 10th Mandala of the Rigveda. In the hymn the essence of Brahman is most closely represented, embodying its saguna (with attribute) and nirguna (without attribute) nature. It points out the qualified Emptiness too, when it emphasizes that It may or may not be there.
Megha: Sing the Suktam and make it intelligible to me.
Ghora: It is an attribute of the qualified Emptiness. The totality of all that is existent is imbedded in the qualified emptiness so it is aware of any sub part and the resultant whole consisting of these sub parts at the same time. It may be called "Samasthigoto Mone o Buddhi".
Megha: Can you make it more simplified?
Ghora: Lets take the instance of you. When you answer the question "How are you feeling now?", you are answering with awareness of the whole body. When I ask you "Are you tired walking?" you are aware of a sub part of your body, your legs. Again you are passively aware of your body even if you are into some action. So is the universal awareness, it is collective and individual at every instant.
Megha: You mean Brahman or Conglomerate awareness does not require any medium for acquiring this information.
Ghora: Yes, that is why Vedanta, or ancient scriptures in India denote the subject and object relation do not exist in Brahman. It alone Is, so it is everything.
Megha: Isnt this the "Jnana marga" or the path of knowledge? So how do they describe Brahman or qualified emptiness?
Ghora: Yes it is Jnana marga but describing what is Brahman is not possible, we can only indicate some of its qualities. For example, it is everything and yet nothing.
Take for example you dream of a beautiful palace, when you wake up it is nothing. So is all this creation nothing but dream of Brahman.
You stand at a very scenic spot, say a hilltop view point during sunrise, and appreciate the Nature's beauty. While enjoying the sunrise you don't appreciate just the sun or the hills, but the totality of the picturesque landscape. So too for a jnani, everything is Brahman and it is inseparable from the existent totality.
Megha: Can I feel the same with everything? If I am Brahman I should possess some quality like that.
Ghora: Everyone can if they really strive to know. You too can, in a lesser capacity. Suppose you with your family are on a small boat in a river and the wind starts blowing, rocking the boat back and forth in the waves. The first thing you would want is that you and your family arrive safely to the river bank. You feel as one unit with your family, if this can be further extended you can feel oneness with mankind and all creation.
Megha: Is there any closest description of Brahman as Emptiness?
Ghora: Yes, it can be found in the Nasadiya Sukta, the 129th hymn of the 10th Mandala of the Rigveda. In the hymn the essence of Brahman is most closely represented, embodying its saguna (with attribute) and nirguna (without attribute) nature. It points out the qualified Emptiness too, when it emphasizes that It may or may not be there.
Megha: Sing the Suktam and make it intelligible to me.