Nature of consciousness

 

There is an expression “looking with a thousand eyes” – you are all eyes. You can feel without the skin. That is why people without limbs can still feel sensations in their missing limb. You can smell without the nose and taste without the tongue. When someone says something, you are "all ears" - you are listening with every cell of your body. 

The five senses and the ability to think are all present in consciousness. So each cell of the body has the potential to perform all the functions of the senses. All cells are made of the same tissue each DNA molecule contains all functions of the body. Consciousness is inherent in all cells and every sensory stimulus brings knowledge, which is the nature of consciousness. 

Some people who have lost one of their senses find that the others become heightened. You do not have to lose one to sharpen the others. You can sharpen all of them in deep silence. A single cell becomes the whole body. Somewhere it becomes fingertips, somewhere it becomes the nose and tongue, but everything is a manifestation of a single cell. In the same way, the entire universe is made up of a single substance. 

Feeling that everything is made up of one thing heals the body and mind and balances the three doshas in the body - vata, pitta and kapha. This is savitarka samadhi, which means equanimity with logical awareness. 

Awareness during deep sleep is jada samadhi - equanimity with inertia. Hence sleep is the main factor in healing. Medicines will not help without sleep and rest. Samadhi with ecstasy has no logic. This is nirvitarka samadhi, equanimity with bliss. Nirvitarka samadhi is even beyond the experience of bliss, indefinable beyond words. 

Three forces of nature and how to balance them

 

There are three forces in nature - Brahma shakti, Vishnu shakti, and Shiva shakti. One of these may predominate in you. Brahma shakti is the force that creates something new, Vishnu shakti is the ability to maintain and Shiva shakti infuses new life, destroys old things and brings transformation. 

Some of you have Brahma shakti. You may create something well, but you may not be able to maintain it. For example, you may make friends very quickly, but the friendships do not last long. 

Others among you have Vishnu shakti. You cannot create but you are good at maintenance. For example, you have long-lasting friendships, but you cannot make any new friends. 

Some of you have more Shiva shakti. You bring in new life or transformation, or you can destroy the whole setup. With Guru shakti, all three shaktis have fully blossomed. So, identify which shakti predominates in you and aspire for Guru shakti. Guru makes a group but a group cannot make a Guru. 

Often people think they are in control of their life, their situation, their world. Control is an illusion. The whole world moves according to the laws of Nature in an auspicious rhythm of innocence, intelligence, and divinity. That is Shiva. Shiva is the eternal state of being, the One without a second, the harmonious innocence that knows no control. 

Control is Vashi –Shiva reversed. Vashi is of the mind. Vashi is weakness. Vashi is doing something by exerting unnatural pressure. Vashi requires two, and duality is the cause of fear. 

Shiva, that harmonious innocence, dissolves duality. Shiva means wholeness of the moment. When there is no regret of past, no want of future, the moment is whole and compete. Time stops, mind stops. Every cell in your body has the ability of all five senses. You can see without the eyes, vision is part of consciousness, which is why in dreams you can see without the eyes.