Planet Earth has a key to our spiritual growth July 27, 2021, 9:29 PM IST
By Alka Nigam
Enchantingly beautiful as well as superbly managed by its creator, our Planet Earth is hanging in the cosmos as a part of only one known solar system consisting of nine planets. As a wheel within the cosmic wheel, our planet has woven one big, intricate web of life on one platform presenting a grand spectacle. Here Nature includes all living and non-living things – vegetation, micro-organisms, rocks, minerals, five elements, animals, birds and man.
It appears as if the master creator, like a juggler, is lovingly managing the various rings in a measured rhythm. It is fascinating to think of just one perfect pattern of five elements in a cyclical motion. The water of the gurgling rivers and roaring oceans, transformed into vapours by the heat of the sun, is carried to the sky by the wind and sent back to the Earth as rain. This ring sets many interconnecting rings into action
Silence makes longevity possible
By Alka Nigam
The majestic peaks and deep valleys of the Himalayas silently call us and leave us speechless with their magnetic charm; so does the bewitching beauty of the Saharan desert. The sound of crashing ocean waves may comfort us, but it is the ocean’s unfathomable silent depth that astounds us.
In Hindu philosophy, silence is linked with ‘asat’, unmanifested, non-being. Words are ‘sat’, real and manifested. Ramana Maharshi explains that when we close our mind to outer stimuli, the primal thought ‘i’ enters a state of egolessness. In the absence of ego, the real Self surfaces, and then both inner and outer worlds shine. Anchored in the inner Self, one can experience the manifested reality, too. This is how God is ‘sat’ as well as ‘asat’, and the truth of both is known to seers. Silence becomes powerful because it has the living, forceful presence of non-existent ‘anubhuti’ of all the noise that has transcended its e