To know the secrets of the universe you have to become the universe. But it is easier said and done. This thinking and attitude towards life where you see yourself in everything and simultaneously see everything in you is the “first step” towards kindling the essence of the universe inside your mind, body, heart and soul. But the “first step” is the most difficult also.
It is difficult because it is the primary process of evolution of the psyche and during this process the individual is still attached to the manifested external environment in a karmic bonding. During this phase the individual is prone to face extreme physical, emotional, mental, intellectual and spiritual turbulences. The process of breaking the karmic attachments is indeed a harrowing experience. It bites you like a string ray and kills you many times before you realize the absolute truth.
From last nine years I had undergone the rigours of passing through the “first step” of this arduous journey leading to the awakening of the universe within me. During the first six years of the “first step” things happened at an unconscious level but during the last three years things have started happening at the conscious level.
Once things started happening at the conscious level, most of the conventional structures of my life got destroyed in a violent and abrupt manner. But every destructive incident taught me a new lesson towards understanding the real meaning behind the “first step” towards becoming the universe. Every destructive step had indeed led to a void which was immediately filled by a new structure which was more in sync with the principles of the universe.
Now I am standing at the end of the “first step”. At this stage the wisdom and knowledge base has expanded and my thinking has purified to such a great extent that now I can perceive myself as the universe. From here onwards I am entering the “second step”. The “second step” is to practically live as the universe. At the threshold of the “second step” my thinking and attitude towards life has changed to a very large extent.
At this stage I see myself in everything and simultaneously see everything in me just like the “first step” but then there is a “crucial difference” between the “first step” and this stage. At this stage the “crucial difference” is in the fact that though I can strongly correlate with the happenings of the external manifested world but I can still maintain my independence from the happenings of the external manifested world. My internal environment is now “static” and it has been systematically structured within the framework of a larger purpose of life which transcends the many vagaries of the manifested world.
In simple words, I have become the producer, the director, the actor and the spectator of this drama called as life. I know that there exists a “third step” also and this is a stage whereby you become the “grand editor” too. To reach this stage, it would take much more time and refinement in thinking and actions.
Sanjay at Nirvana
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