Vedas, Shruti, Words,
World
(The words in italics are the Sanskrit
words. These words can be read in the Sanskrit English dictionary by Sir Monier
Williams, available in Internet at
<http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/monier/>
The Sanskrit words in italics are in
Itrans)
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Vedas do not mean a set of holy books. The word Veda (veda) is from the word 'vid' which means to 'know'. We are
conscious, living, because we are always in the process of ''knowing''.
Whatever we know is a form of our 'knowledge'. This world is created from
''Knowledge'' or ''Consciousness''.
This world, every entity is the 'knowledge'' or 'feeling''
of the Creator. In our mind if we
imagine a flower, it is made of my mind or of ''me''. Similarly, in the
external world, everything is created in the Universal ''mind''. In
our mind, every idea is associated with a word or definition. Words in us are
the forms of our mind, shapes of the mind. Similarly, this revealed world is
the ''words'' of the Creator! This is why, many ancient religions have
said that the creation is from the ''words of God', or that "at first
there were only words".
Everything is first created in the "mental sphere" and
physical formation is an effect of "mental creation"
Vedas are also called ''shruti''.
“shruti” means listening. Every
expression of thought in you is a word, the formation of your thought is
a word. Whatever you speak or whatever formation your thought takes, you know
it, you listen to it. This is "shruti
" or listening. In every creation
always there are two things, "to become" / "to
create" and "to know what is created". Whenever Consciousness
splits Herself/Himself or creates, ''there is a formation" and there is a
"knowing of what is formed". This is why, we always
find two fundamental spaces or dimensions, "inside"-where we
are knowing" and "outside"- where we have got expressed.
You are knowing yourself as a "person so and so......".
Universal consciousness, the Creator is knowing in you as
"yourself" and this is "you". This is not only
"you" of today, in this knowing of Creator "you" of
eternity is existing.
This is how Consciousness has become every being. This is why Vedas
have called HER/HIM, "jaata-vedaa". jaata means ''born'', "veda", means ''to know" (‘vedaa’ means characterized by knowing)
In Consciousness, 'to know' is same as 'to become'. This is how
the "thoughts" of the Creator takes the form of universe.
As you read this Book of World, the open pages of the Vedas, as
you listen more correctly the words by which the world is made of, you can
listen the words of the God, the Eternal words, by which everything is
created and held.
To listen means to feel, and you feel in your
consciousness. Whatever you feel inside, you actually become that in your
inside, in your consciousness. This is why your future life, your future, your
every thing depends on how you feel. Your every work is associated with feeling.
When you say "work' or "Karma", its not just the external work,
it is the feeling with which you are working or active.
Every creature, inert or animated is made out of the feelings of
the Creator. If we look at us, we realize that we live in an ocean of
feelings! We are always happy or sad, gleeful or afraid. We are always seeing,
hearing, listening. When we see a flower, we describe our own feelings which we
term as a flower. We feel it inside ourselves. When we smell it, the fragrance
is inside us. This inside is our inner world, the micro and for every one
it is unique. As we will learn what is inside, we will also learn what is
outside. We can start from outside, as the present civilization has taught
us but such start does not lead us far, because our own reference is
our inside!
The three aspects of vedana,
feelings, behind the creation are Rik,
yajur(yajus) and
saama(saaman). This
world is Rik. Rik is related to the word Rich and
arch meaning ‘to praise. This universe is the ‘self-praising verse of
Consciousness’. Every expression of the Consciousness as Rik is a conscious
word and these conscious words form the source of the perceptible universe. This
universe or the world is the expression of mind, made of words of the creator
(mantra), and the words get joined
to you, the world gets joined to you, through your sensory organs(indriya). This is yajur.
The tree which is outside, created in the divine mind is “Rik” It comes flowing to you, through
your sensory channels organs, joins you, this is “yajur”. As this feeling gets assimilated in you, you really feel
it, you may say, ''what a great tree''. This is "saama''. In your inside, in the realm of feeling, whatever you
feel, you become that, you become "same" as that you feel, this is ''saama''. This is how in every
moment you are being built by
the waves of Vedas, by Rik, yajur and saama. This is how evolution is happening. From the divine One's, absolute
One's feelings, feelings are coming to you, and you are thus living in the
world. Like the incessant trains of waves breaking down on the shore day and
night relentlessly so are waves of the Universal Consciousness breaking
down in you all the while. Your every action, every moment is thus connected
to Universal Consciousness. As a river
appears to be a sheet of still water but actually it consists of several under
currents, so also you. You are extremely dynamic and ever changing in your
inside.
{This document was earlier published in Scribd. The
present one is slightly revised. This is written from the teachings received
from the seers Shri. Bijoykrishna Chattopadhaya (1875-1945), and his principle
disciple Shri Tridibnath Bandopadhaya(1923-1994). This knowledge belongs to
everyone and is everyone’s treasure.)------Debkumar Lahiri
(you may respond to
this article to debkumar.lahiri@gmail.com)
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