Tatwa and Akasha

[Guest guest]

Namaste Frank,

 

> Om Sri Rama Jai Jai Rama Om

>

> Namaste,

> Looking at PanchaTatwa it is easy for us to recognize Agni,

Prithvi, Vayu,

> & Jala because we cook with the grace

> of Agni , Prathvi is the material world we touch, Vayu is the wind

in our

> hair, and Jala is the rain that we splash,

> we drink, we wash... the play and display of the triguna... yet

what of this

> Akasha ? where do we touch or feel this?

 

 

Agni tattva is not simply fire and jala tattva is not simply

water. They stand for the inherent natures of everything that

exists in the universe, including physical matter, people,

actions, thoughts - everything.

 

Agni tattwa stands for transformation. Bhoo tattva stands for

rigidity and solidity. Jala tattva stands for flexibility.

Vayu tattva stands formlessness. Akasa tattva stands for the

inexpressible.

 

Take digestion for example. It transforms food into energy.

So digestion is of agni tattva. Take the process of seeing.

When light falls in your eyes, it is transformed into nervous

signals in the eye. Again, vision is of agni tattva. But, after

you " see " and " read " this mail, how will you understand it?

Take the process that happens in your brain as you " understand "

something. Is it a well-defined transformation or something

that deals with solidity or flexibility or formlessness? It

may have all these in it, but it is mostly an inexpressible

process that taps into the God (the inexpressible that pervades

everywhere!) in us. So the process of understanding is mostly

of aakaasa tattva.

 

Thus these tattvas apply to everything that exists and not just

limited to matter. Things having aakaasa tattva have something

inexpressible about them and they tap into the God in things.

 

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha

[Guest guest]

Jaya Jagannath

Dear Frank,

I agree that the use of the Akshara OM for meditation on Mahavishnu is the

path to understanding and realising this Akash Tatwa. This has also been

explained in the srimad Bhagavatam.

With Best Wishes,

Sanjay Rath

-

Frank in Austin <fschmidt

<varahamihira >

Friday, September 29, 2000 10:33 AM

[sri Guru] Tatwa and Akasha

 

 

> Om Sri Rama Jai Jai Rama Om

>

> Namaste,

> Looking at PanchaTatwa it is easy for us to recognize Agni, Prithvi, Vayu,

> & Jala because we cook with the grace

> of Agni , Prathvi is the material world we touch, Vayu is the wind in our

> hair, and Jala is the rain that we splash,

> we drink, we wash... the play and display of the triguna... yet what of

this

> Akasha ? where do we touch or feel this?

>

> Thinking of akasha some associate it to vacuum. For me this it too

> abstract.

> I think of space . That Tatwa that holds and surrounds and envelopes the

> total universe of Sri Vishnu.

> It envelopes you. The Space holds all the Graha's , surrounds every atom,

> every cell in you , every being

> and every other tatwa. It's omni present. It is that continuum that

> permeates all. So the space in you is connected

> throughout the universe - Brahmanda.

> When looking around take a second to change your perspective as all the

> elements, people, things exist in this 'space'.

> It cannot be burned, torn, moved or unmoved, displaced or placed... it

> " holds " all and cradles the Graha's, solar systems,

> nova's, and provides the 'space' for light to travel through , or neurons

> in our brains... It truly is the MahaTatwa.

>

>

>

> Richo akshare parame vyoman Yasmin deva adhi vihve nisheduh

> Yastanna veda kimricha karishyati Ya ittadividusta ime samasate

> Rig Ved 1.164.39

>

> Loose translation:

> The richa - the full expression of Ved - is situated in Akshara, the

> unbounded Absolute where all creativity resides

> and is responsible for this manifest universe.

> He whose awareness/intellect is not open to this field, what can the

richas

> accomplish for him? Those who know

> this level of being are established in evenness and wholeness/full ness of

> life.

>

>

> Om Tat Sat

> Pranam,

>