What we see today is the many a manifest forms (prakata roopa) of the One supreme Un-manifest (aprakatita) . The gorss material phenomenal objective world that of solid, liquid, and the gaseous are the manifest forms of the subtler and subtler un-manifest aspects that ultimately lead us to almost 'nothingness'! All these are vibrations accompanied by sounds and akshara!
The Vedic doctrine here is Eko'ham, bahusyam | Meaning, "I am alone, I shall be many". There is no limitation to the powers of the supreme Lord. This Vedic doctrine emphatically states, that the jiva that takes an elemental body may appear in any form anywhere!. Further, the jiva taking repeated births may appear in its next life in any form, anywhere without any restriction, whatsoever. It may continue to work to fulfil its desires in the subsequent births, too. Hence, Varaha Mihira may be reborn as Galileo, who in turn, may be reborn as Tyco Brahe, Johannes Kepler, or Isaac Newton, or Stephen Hawking or, just an ant, elephant or cat or a dog. After all, a jiva is a jiva, and an atma and prana the same in one in all! Nothing prevents the jiva from taking repeated births with new names and forms. Bhaskara may be reborn as Columbus, Magellan, or Vasco da Gama, provided his desire is to physically go round the earth and see for himself the nature of this world which he could not do in the previous birth! What prevents anybody from taking birth anywhere is a matter of its (jiva’s) desire and attachments, vasanas, only, and nothing else. The Jiva may move freely since it has no bodily restrictions. Hence, all our understandings are based on sheer ignorance of the reality of existence. Ultimately, neither there is birth nor death, but transformations of matter and spirit!
The Vedic doctrine here is Eko'ham, bahusyam | Meaning, "I am alone, I shall be many". There is no limitation to the powers of the supreme Lord. This Vedic doctrine emphatically states, that the jiva that takes an elemental body may appear in any form anywhere!. Further, the jiva taking repeated births may appear in its next life in any form, anywhere without any restriction, whatsoever. It may continue to work to fulfil its desires in the subsequent births, too. Hence, Varaha Mihira may be reborn as Galileo, who in turn, may be reborn as Tyco Brahe, Johannes Kepler, or Isaac Newton, or Stephen Hawking or, just an ant, elephant or cat or a dog. After all, a jiva is a jiva, and an atma and prana the same in one in all! Nothing prevents the jiva from taking repeated births with new names and forms. Bhaskara may be reborn as Columbus, Magellan, or Vasco da Gama, provided his desire is to physically go round the earth and see for himself the nature of this world which he could not do in the previous birth! What prevents anybody from taking birth anywhere is a matter of its (jiva’s) desire and attachments, vasanas, only, and nothing else. The Jiva may move freely since it has no bodily restrictions. Hence, all our understandings are based on sheer ignorance of the reality of existence. Ultimately, neither there is birth nor death, but transformations of matter and spirit!
It is also stated in
the scriptures that, Lord only takes a form and goes round to see the creation
he has made and returns! It is like a person taking taxi to airport, leaving it
to take off in his scheduled flight. The Atman arrives here from its abode in
heavens via sun rays, clouds and rain, and food (annam), takes a form of jiva, goes
round, and, when time comes it (the jivatman) returns!
Thus, there is need
for rethinking on all these divisions and distinctions of lands, peoples, their
languages, cultures, and traditions. The reality is that nothing is real here.
Everything is just the nature of the Mind to divide and disintegrate, dissect
and differentiate. This is not the true nature of the jiva. The jiva is in the
grip of the fickle mind and its ego rules it. If the buddhi takes
over and rules the mind with the help of consciousness, prajnya, the jiva will be in a
position to enjoy its duration of earthly stay and make way for a return
journey at the earliest. But, how to get back is the problem.
The
embodied soul, once assuming an elemental body is destined to stay here. This
is the understanding of Sri Madhvacharya that prompted him to state that “there
is no salvation to the earth-bound jiva” and it can never utter the word ‘aham
brahmasmi’. But, there is nothing wrong in the mahat vakya, the
ultimate principle. Whether a student passes the examination with a 100% score
or not, the goal is already set. It is left to the jiva to attain to the state
of perfection.
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