Monday, June 20, 2011

Spirals of life

In Eastern philosophy the ascending and contracting spiral is the symbol of the living Universe! Involution of energy into matter and evolution of matter into energy.Inhaling and exhaling breaths of the universe creating a dissolution. Our alienation and disorientation is also due to the loss of the traditional components of our own identity. The circle or spiral should encompass our family, community, nation, and the whole Universe for the proper cosmic process. when we limit this expanding circle to only our self and family, then we are becoming insular and actually exacerbate the process and create conflicts and problems.If we understand this and encompass the whole world and ecosystem then we can see the beauty and open ourselves to enlightenment and complete the circle of life.Life is a moving picture, you seem to be there,yet you are not there. it is like time has stopped, yet you are aware of time. this duality is like holding eternity in one hand and the present in in the other hand.. If we take this a step further means that there are multiple viewpoints, truth and reality are perceived differently by different people.The Vedas speak of interdependence of all things;"I am Brahmn' ( you are that) which is eternal, unchanging, immanent and transcendental reality. It is a concept of oneness, where distance between self and other in the universe are reduced. We must be a little less judgmental about our surroundings, though this concept rejects the idea of a creator or god. Only death can bring us closer to the ultimate illumination. -Vinay-

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