Guest guest Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 Thus Spake The Lord Examine any object of Nature. Examine anything, alive or inert, in Creation. You will observe that they all undergo a process of disintegration, of transformation, of transmutation; they are never one moment what they were the previous moment! It is a flowing river; you cannot dip in the same water more than once! Ramkrishna once brought a householder devotee and Vivekananda, the ascetic devotee, together. He asked Vivekananda, "Son, what exactly is your goal of securing jnana (wisdom)?" In reply, Vivekananda elaborated on Kaplia's Sankya system of philosophy. He said that everything, big or small, every cell and star, undergoes change every instant. Food consumed becomes fertilizer to feed plants which provide food. The air which one exhales is inhaled by another and the minutest particles of one's system enter the system of another person. Sea water becomes the moisture in the air, and gathered together as rain-clouds which feed the fields and gardens, is transformed into edible sweetness. A seed fallen on the ground soon becomes different: a sprout! It fast becomes a sapling, a tree, with variegated equipment of trunk, branch, twig, leaf, bud, bloom and fruit! Each of these manifestations has a distinct color, got evidently nowhere; it has a distinct feel, form, taste and name, and so, it has a unique purpose and use. The seed itself disappears from the ground, but is found multiplied a thousand-fold in identical forms, encased in each of the thousand fruits! What a grand mystery this is! The same heap of clay is transformed by deft hands of the potter into a vast variety of plates and pans. The one nugget of gold is transformed by the artistry of the smith into a fascinating array of beautiful jewels. These facts are within the experience of everyone. The fruit, the pot and the jewel are "effects"; there can be no effect without a "cause". The seed, the heap of clay and the nugget are the material causes; the gardener, the potter and the goldsmith are the instrumental causes, the manipulative causes. So far as the creation of the manifoldness of the universe is concerned, we call Him, God. Reference: Sathya Sai Speaks; Vol. XII, P. 277-278. Sathya Sai Speaks; Vol. XIV, P. 233. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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