The Levels of Consciousness are observed in different layers as conveyed by the Rk Veda- tridhaa thridhaah sapta saptaa | in 3s and 7s like the Bhur-bhuvah-svah and the janah tapah and sat separated by the Mahas, the Seven Vyahrutis. The Plexus of Consciousness within us are:
Beginning from the lowest these are: the Muladhara, Svadhishtana, Manipura, Anahata, Vishuddha, Ajnya and the Sahasrara. There are three knots called Granthis- the Brahma (around the Navel), Vishnu (around the Heart), and the Rudra (at the Ajnya level), which are difficult to transcend by any ordinary means. One has to take to Yoga in order to realize the enormous spiritual (adhyatmic) power within us. This Integrated System is shown in Chart and Fig.1 [See CHART & Fig. 1].
These Chakras or Plexus of Consciousness have to be activated in order to gain the inherent divine powers. This is possible by practice of Integral Yoga such as Pranayama, Kundalini or Hatha Yoga. Even when one attains higher levels, he/she is bound to come back to the lowest due to lack of will to retain the gained status and remain there. The basal plexus always pulls the sadhaka down to its own level. Very strict discipline is required to take to spiritual sadhana.
Thus, more often a spiritually attained person is also found at a lower level of Consciousness and has to climb again slowly, one by one, the steps of the ladder to realize the status of Brahman. The higher the steps, steeper and farther they are; they are of ‘sat’, ‘cit’ and ‘ananda', probably remain beyond human efforts since he/she is not fully equipped with the knowledge, training, and experience to reach that status. Even if one attains to the mid-level of Mahas the sadhaka has attained to equanimity, samyak prajnya and he/she overcomes the dualities.
The Veda Suktas
Rk Veda Samhita consists of 1028 Suktas invariably praising the elemental Gods. The chief of all is Indra, and other gods include Agni, Varuna, Rudra, and Maruta, the Ashvins, Vishve Devas. The concept of praising these gods is quite understandable as far as the human life on earth depending on water (rain) and food are concerned. But, it is just not requesting the gods for annam and water (rain), milk, honey, cows, and horses as draught animals, wealth and progeny. These Rishis praising the Gods are already Jnyanis, wise and renunciates craving for Liberation (See Angiras Suktas). Even a wise soul that has mistakenly come to earth immediately recognizes its mistake as told in Garbhopanishat. It craves for an early exit! It is Liberation, redemption of the embodied soul, mukti that is important here. Both the Adhyatma Upanishad and Garbhopanishad make it very clear that there is a constant clamouring of the Soul for Emancipation, Liberation or Mukti from its state of embodiment and metempsychosis, ie, release from the eternal bondage and cycle of rebirth. Hence, it is important to note that the central theme of the Veda is Enlightenment’, emancipation, Mukti.
The Veda deals elaborately with Srushti, the creation as in the Nasadeeya Sukta and the Purusha Suktas. The embodiment of the Soul in an elemental body is beautifully explained by Bhagavan Shree Krishna in the Chapter XIII on Kshetra-Kshetrajnya Vibhaga Yoga in Shreemad Bhagavad-Gita. Thirty-six principles are enumerated here. The same principles are also explained in the Rk Veda Suktas here.
Mandala I - 191 suktas and 2006 mantras; Mandala II – 43; suktas and 429 mantras; Mandala III - 62 suktas and 617; mantras; Mandala IV - 58 suktas and 589 mantras; Mandala V - 87 suktas and 727 mantras; Mandala VI - 75 suktas and 765; mantras; Mandala VII - 104 suktas and 841 mantras; Mandala VIII - 103 suktas and 1716 mantras and 92 + 11 valakhilya Mandala IX - 114 suktas and 1108 mantras; Mandala X - 191 suktas and 1754 mantras; The 4 Samhitas of the 4 Vedas contain 18, 257 Mantras.
There is a perfect order, harmony and synchronization in the Mantras’ of the Suktas’ and the Mandalas. The number of syllables* (Varnas/Letters), words, and phrases of the Mantras are reflected in human physiology, too. The nervous system is the Atharvaveda (therva meaning to vibrate), an elaborate communication system that works on the principles of vibration deriving its knowledge from the Sound, Mantra Om. There is a technology, a Tantra, in all these. It creates Varna, akshara by vital breath- Prana. Each one of these Varnas produces number and colours of different qualities (Gunas) of Intelligence. The entire Veda and Vedangas, Veda Upangas and Veda Pratishakhyas produce Forty Qualities of Intelligence (QI). This power of creation of the Mantras and the Suktas has to be kept in Mind.
Out of the 18 257 Mantras we have: 2 483 for Agni; 3 363 for Indra; 1 261 for Som; 474 for Marut Dev; 609 for Ashwini Kumars; 2335 for Ayur Ved; 227 for Rudra; 194 for Usha; 1137 for Aditi/ Aditya/ Savita/ Surya; 2 354 for Vishwe Deva; balance for 125 devas like Mitra Varuna, Ashvins, Gayatree, etc. Although there are Thirty-three Devatas of which only three are said to be more important; in fact, there are in all 268 Devas out of which 151 are enumerated as the main Devas which are all Vibhutis of Bhagavan. Indra is the God of all gods, Devendra, who is none else but Shree Hari Narayana. He, the Lord, is the One and Only- Ekam. But, the knowledgeable, ‘vipras’ call Him by different names (bahudhaa vadanti). He is formless (niraakaara) and without attributes (nirguna or gunaateeta) but the learned, Vipras, in their emotional state of adoration attribute all names, Forms, and qualities to Him. He is adviteeyam, second to none.
ekam sad viprA bahudA vadanti | meaning, the supreme Lord is one only but the Learned call that One only, as the Many. [Rk Veda 1-64-42].
The Devas help the mortals to attain to immortality, the divine status. The term Deva is derived from ‘div’ meaning Light, Knowledge, illumined mind.
The Dynamics of the Veda
One should know by intelligence the structure and sequence of the dynamics of the Veda through which Prakruti / Nature creates the universe. The sounds of the Ruchas which construct Self-referral consciousness have been heard by those Sage-seers in their own Self-referral Consciousness; the same is available to anyone who seeks it in his own Self-referral Consciousness. Through proper use of the Sounds of the Ruchas the entire Vedic technology, the whole engineering, the silent function of Creation, all the secrets of Nature are available to us. Nature’s Infinite creativity and organizing power are available through proper use of the Sounds of the Ruchas. Atma, the Self-referral Consciousness gives rise to Veda (Shruti) or Sound which is the basis of the manifest World, Vishva (Vishvatma). When Vishva is seen as the Self-referral dynamics of the Atma, then Atma is Brahman, the Totality. This indeed is Veda Samhita. This Ritambara Prajnya all-knowing Consciousness is the source of all creation- numbers, alphabets, colors, and all geometric dimensions such as squares, triangles, circles. This Vedic Mathematics maintains the unity and diversity of creation. It is this force, creative energy, intelligence inherent in the waves and vibrations of citta-vrutti that created the tissues, organs and the body, starting from the primordial state of unicellular structures like that of phytoplanktons and protoplasm with their DNA located in the amino acid base, proteins, enzymes, vitamins, and the RNA chains communicating data to form and organize tissues, organs, and body and such other elemental states and their actions and reactions. Thus, we the humans are no different from the Veda! One who knows this Veda is a Vedavidu, the Brahman.
The Veda is structured in Mandala or circle of waves and Vibrations creating loops and gaps (of sounds and silence). “The cyclic nature of the structure holds the key,” says Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
It is very interesting to note that the very cyclic structure and the dynamics of the Veda, in the form of svara, is pregnant with all that filled the Akasha as dravya including desha (space), kaala (time) and padaartha (material objects). All Knowledge is vested in the svara of the Rucha.
Rucha akshare parame vyoman yasmin devaa adhi vishve nishedhuh |(Rk Veda 1. 164, 39).
____________________________________________________________________________ [Note: According to the Shatapatha Brahmana, the number of syllables in the Rk Veda is 432,000, equalling the number of muhurtas (1 day = 30 muhurtas) in Forty years. Kali Yuga is also of 432 000 Years. This is multiplied by 4, 3, and 2 indicating the period of the Kruta (Satya), Treta, and the Dvapara Yugas, respectively]
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