Lost in Translation.

The Upanishads/Vedas are the world’s oldest composite literature on a wide variety of subjects like, religion, sciences, humanities and spirituality. It is an independent body of knowledge- the works needs to be separately mastered, explored before you can come to an explanation. It is a philosophical, aesthetic and artistic way of communications appealing and attracting both the quotidian and mystical world. One cannot understand the distilled wisdom of the Upanishads by reading it like the holy books. In order to realize the subtle truths you will have to focus your mind inwardly, introspecting on the current state of yourself and your being. The Spiritual principle embodied in there Vedas are extremely deep almost as if embedded in code and is not mere semantics- hence the inferences are unlimited for those who have sharpened the senses. You have to find the connection between your worldly personal experience and your reading of the words to understand the meaning. That is why even the novel Siddharta by Herman Hesse describing the spiritual journey of discovery did not connect with many – the film also fell short as it is difficult to capture spirituality even on celluloid. In its language you can encounter the entire universe, and become aware of all creation and understand existence, the vowels are the spirit and consonants the body and requires vivid imagination to birth the wisdom. The supreme or ultimate truth lies hidden deep within its pages and is invisible to the lay reader. Philosophically it can be understood only by someone who has a sagacious and sharp intellect. Unlike the holy books there are no commandments or ethical suggestions, it does not give you answers, neither can you be guided or directed to a state of comprehension by a sage or priest. It will only reveal its essence to your mirror the mental image of its existence. That is why it cannot be reflected on all minds. You have to reach a state of mental suspension where all senses are centralized to a single point. -Vinay-