'brahmn' and the 'Atman'

“Oh, my God, if there is God, save my soul, if there is one.”

   Someone jocularly said, “Philosophy is all about searching for a black cat in a dark room, that too, when the cat is not there.” It is also said to be ‘Philo Sophia’, meaning, simply love for words an exercise in futility. It has no practical utility. But, the subject matter here is not philosophy or religion, but it concerns about the very nature of the universe and our very existence! None can escape this search for ‘truth’ and everybody will have to come to this search one day or the other. This is to seek redemption, liberation, mukti, moksha.

  What is so special about this subject that concerns all and creates an inner urge to search? It is something that nobody knows, yet, what appears as real! This concerns the self, the Atman, the core of the substance. The mystery surrounds this self, its vagueness, ambiguity, abstract nature which prompts everyone to look within! This inward journey into one’s self and visualize the truth is the ultimate goal of a wise person! The person who seeks this truth will not rest in peace (R.I.P?) until and unless he/she finds it out. But, the ‘truth’ is eluding! Nothing, neither the mind nor the thoughts and words, reach there. The words rebound. The thoughts return. It is something that cannot be comprehended, understood by the simplistic Mind. It cannot be seen by the ordinary eyes and requires the inner eye, divya chakshus, to open. Persons who have visualized this have gone through this arduous journey, taking recourse to yoga, and have open their third eye (the inner eye that lies between the eyebrows- Ajnya/Bhru). This inner eye looks inward, whereas, our two eyes always look outward. Moreover, our eyes have limited capacity to visualize things and cannot see subtler objects that exist in nature. Most of the time, the jiva remains deluded, unable to visuzlize the ‘truth’, the true nature of the world and its own existence. The jiva cannot realize the true nature of the world unless it extricates itself from the external worldly existence. It is indeed difficult for the jiva to realize the ‘truth’ since it lives in it and gets intensely and intricately involved in it.