The world appears in duality even though there
is one and only one single reality behind everything.
That which is formless, eternal and omnipresent
consciousness is called Param Atma (The Supreme
Being) and that which is present in each physical
body is called Jiva Atma (Individual Being).
This Jiva Atma is the spark of Param Atma, which
has taken birth with the objective of experiencing
the creation and merging back in its original
source.
The whole creation having manifested from
Param Atma is so vast and so varied that it
required millions of creatures to experience
and enjoy it. A tree, fruit and a flower itself
requires hundreds of creatures to enjoy the
inside and outside of it, then imagine the requirement
of creatures to experience the variety of creation
in land, air and water. In the Indian Hindu
scriptures 84 lakh(8.4 million) creatures are
said to be existing in this world with humans
being one among them.
The last and the most evolved creature to experience
and enjoy the creation of Param Atma and return
back to its original source is human being.
After experiencing the creation human being
(as Jiva Atma) is supposed to merge back in
Param Atma with its original purity. However,
at this stage of evolution, human beings use
their power of discrimination and intellect
and perform wrong actions. They also create
many unpleasant impressions in their mind, thus
becoming impure and losing the chance of merging
back in Param Atma. To cleanse their impurities
they are given another birth, but remaining
ignorant of this fact they keep accumulating
more and more impurities, birth after birth
and remain bound to this world.
Simple secrets are given in scriptures for
human beings to cleanse their impurities and
enlightened masters are available for decoding
these secrets to help liberate human beings
from their bondage. But the desire to completely
cleanse and liberate comes rarely in this creature
and hence it remains bound to the world. Once
this desire springs in all seriousness and unquestioned
faith developed in the master (Guru) then the
door opens for the Jiva Atma (Individual being)
to merge back into Param Atma(Supreme being).
The evolutionary cycle of Param Atma to Jiva
Atma, Jiva Atma to experiencing the world and
Jiva Atma back to Param Atma may come to an
end. For Jiva Atma, at the end, it is like coming
back home and living in peace.
- Ramesh Jain
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