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His nature is three-fold.Rajas,Tamas and Sattwa. Rajas is dynamism. Tamas is inertia. Sattwam is poise . Suppose there is a cart drawn by a horse. If the horse and the cart are well- suited to each other, i.e . , if the cart is that heavy to be drawn by the horse and the horse is capable of drawing the cart , it is called Sattwam or poise.But if the horse is very capable and the cart is rotten, it is called Rajas or dynamism . In this context, the cart will fall down. On the other hand, if the cart is very heavy and the horse is lame, then cart cannot move.This is called Tamas or inertia.From Tamas, matter is born.From Rajas, energy is born. In Sattwam, consciousness is not born, please remember.It makes its manifestation . It was already there before all these came.Nobody need say that we are waking up from sleep. We know ourselves. Knowing our selves is what is called consciousness.It exists in degress. Thousands and thousands of degress are awakening from mineral kingdom to the highest of human kingdom.
[Master, at this movement, has taken a pause and exhorted the students in the following way. ‘ ‘ Is this clear so far ? Is there any confusion ? ‘ ‘ Meanwhile one among the students sought clarification regarding some term.Then Master clarified the distinction between teaching and conference thus, what I am understanding is teaching.This is not a conference . There is difference between teaching and lecture.In lecture , we can follow any order ; but in teaching we should follow an order which gives the student a clear cut idea which can never be forget, so we follow the order].
Prakriti is three fold. That is, prakriti has three functions. Now let us take up the term ‘Jiva’ . Do you know why we call zoo ? What does it mean ? Living beings. So the word ‘Jiva’ is the root of all such words, ‘’ Ji’’ means to live .’’Jiva ‘’ means living being.We have another word ’’ Zodiac’’.Zodiac is a guide which contains the mould of all living beings .It contains the moulds [ the designs , the patterns] of all living beings. In India, some idol- makes have with them a mould of the shapes of Lord Vinayaka.They put the clay into this mould and brings out the idols. The moulds of all types of living beings exist around the belt of space above the equator.That is why it is called Zodiac. It is due to these moulds in the Zodiac that the matter on the earth takes the shapes of the physical bodies of living beings. But for this phenomenon, how can the shape of physical body stand ? These shapes are unable to stand by themselves .This topic belongs Astrology.
We have noted Jiva and Deha . We find prakriti and its three functions.Now something more about matter is being dealt with
FIVE STATES OF MATTER
We have noted Jiva and Deha . We find parakriti and its three functions . Now something more about matter is being dealt with. . Matter exist in five states. The first state is ‘’prithvi’’ i.e ., solid . The second is ‘’Apas’’ i.e . , liquid ( water) . The third is ‘Tejas ‘ or fire . ( There is something more to explain this ). The fourth is vayu i.e . , gas . The fifth is ‘’Akasha ‘’ . What is Akasha ? This is not space , but the content of space.You can call it by any name.It is the content of space. For the modern mind , you can know all these five states of matter from the works of Madame H.P.Blavatsky and Djwalkul . Thus matter is of five stated.These arecalled ‘’Pancha Bhuthas ‘’ .
Fire also is said to be one of these five states of matter . Can fire be matter ? Fire means heat,light,electricity and magnetism . These four are the manifestation of one common existence, that is called fire . This is the definition of fire according to the ancient scientists.Fire is not flame, but that from which flame is caused. So we can expect an analysis of fire and flame and light in the ancient books.With due respect to modern science,we have no definition or explanation of flame and light.Till today, we do not know.Even the foremost scientist of the world does not know, whether light is matter or energy of something else.Does any body know ? If it is known , please tell me.I am prepared to learn . I know that no body knows.The ancients explained light as consciousness .Let us see. What we call light is only optic light whereas there is mental light whose manifestation into physical form is the optic light what we are looking at.If you go through the very big work called ‘’ A treatise on cosmic fire ‘’ by Djwalkul dictated to Alice A. Bailey , you will find all these things.Movement on the physical plane and the movement on the mental plane ; light on the physical plane,optic plane and light on the mental plane ………….. all these quantities are explained in that book . And after explaining, he says, ‘’ Better wait until the third quarter of the Puranas, Ithihasas and Epics, these are very frequently used like drinkable water, as these terms were commonly used in the days when these works were written.
Fire is understood as transmute or vehical.That is why this is other wise called ‘’Vahni’’ in Sanskrit . That is,for the other four stated, it causes change of state from one state to other. So fire is the agent who transmutes or effects change of state to the other forces.For example , you take a block of ice,Apply heat, It becomes water.Change of state occurs. Solid becomes gas . From space, there is the birth of air . So modern scientist has to wait, until he understands it . The ladder of descent of states of matter is this. From space, there is the birth of atom . From atom, there is the birth of the gaseous state . From gas to liquid, from liquid to solid, this is called the ladder. So fire is the transmuter or vehicle. That is why it is called ‘’Vahni ‘’ in Sanskrit . He carries the substance from one state of matter to another state . This is grossly about the whole thing.
CREATION OF ELEVEN INDRIYAS
Thus from Tamas, we got the origin of matter and the five Bhutas. From Rajas, we got the five functions .Five Karmendriyas are originated from Rajas . The first is ‘Locomotion’ , i.e ., auto displacement. With out the application of energy from outside, this movement occurs from place to another . We know it as legs .The second is ‘gathering’ . We gather matter around us . We know it as hands . These works as the gathering agent . That doesn’t mean hands only gather .Before that, we gather matter around us and the principle is bestowed to hands .The third is expression, i.e ., speech . The fourth is reproduction .The fifth is excretion of stools .All these five are ‘’Karmendriyas ‘’ or gross organs .And we have five more organs produced purely by Rajas, without the touch of Tamas, Pure Rajas gave birth to five sense-organs .These are called ‘’ Jnanendriys’’ . The first is sight . We call this eye , the second is hearing.We call this ‘ears’ .The third is ‘smell’. This is called as ‘nose’. The fourth is taste.This is called tongue . The fifth is touch, the sense of touch .This is called skin .Thus eyes, ears, nose,tongue and skin are five Jnanendriyas or sense organs.
You find a contact between gross-organs and sense –organs.That is the tongue.For speech, it is the organ and for taste also, it is the organ .So among the gross-organs, the tongue is used for speech and among the sense organs, it is used for taste. So it has a double function,double role to play. It has dual role . There is what is called ‘Manas’ woking through all these five sense-organs . It is the
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