ISAVASYA UPANISHAD : - Mantram - 5.






ISAVASYA UPANISHAD :

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VAJASANEYI    SAMHITA    UPANISHAD


Mantram : 5.


Discussion-2. "It  moves"...'ghost' ....,'post' .....'ghost-vision' .... "That  moves  not" .........


"It  moves " --- Yes;  the 'ghost' shows  signs  with  its  wizardly  hands  and  with  its  horrid  face  grins  at  the  deluded;  but  the  'post,'  which  is  the  realty  behind  the  'ghost-vision'  of  the  dusk, " That  moves  not."

The  pure  Awareness  or  Consciousness,  the  Life-principle  in  all  beings,  in  'Its  all-pervading' essential  nature,  neither  moves  nor  acts.

Established  in  Its  own  glory,  It  revels  in  its  own  existence.

But  ' matter,'  vibrant  with  the  touch  of life,  flutters  and  trembles,  sighs  and  sobs,  moves  and  acts,  accomplishes  and  enjoys.




Example: 1.

With  reference  to  the  waves,  the  ocean  is  termed  as  surging,  seething,  heaving,  roaring,  etc,...

But  in  its  own  true  nature,  the  ocean  is  not  the  waves  alone,  and  it  is  tranquil  and  peaceful,  motionless  and  majestic  in  its  depth,  calmness  and  serenity.

So  too,  with  life  as  such,  the  Atma,  in  its  all-pervading  nature,  is  motionless,  and  It  neither  acts  nor  works.

With  reference  to  the  'matter'-  envelopments  around  It,  lifr  can  be  defined  as  thinking,  feeling,  or  acting.

The  boat  moves,  but  never  the  lake.





Example: -2.

Sitting  in  a  train  that  is  halting  at  a  station,  the  traveller  looks  out  through  the  window  to  a  moving  train  on  parallel  lines,  and  feels  that  his  own  train  is  moving.

With  reference  to  a  moving  factor,  the  motionless  would  look  as  though  moving,  though  itself  is  motionless  and  still.




Example :- 3.

When  viewed  from  the  deck  of  a  moving  boat,  the  trees  on  the  banks  are  seen  moving.

Perceptions  are  always  relative.





Similarly,   viewing  the  motionless  Spirit  of  Life  from  and  through  the  world  of  agitations  in  'matter'  the  "Spirit  Itself  looks  as  though  It  moves,  and  yet,  in  Is  real  nature,  It  moves  not."


Next : Discussion - 3.  " It  is  distant  and  It  is  near"   ......
 

To be continued  ....




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