ISAVASYA UPANISHAD : - Mantram -1.

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ISAVASYA UPANISHAD :

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VAJASANEYI    SAMHITA    UPANISHAD 



Mantram -1.
 Discussion-3. 'All  this  should  be  covered  (  clothed  )  by  the  Lord  ( Isa ) ..
It  is  well  known  to  us  that  the  body,  mind  and  intellect  envelopments  cannot  and  will  not  function  of  their  own,  they  being mere  inert'matter' --- unless  they  are  vitalised  by  the  Life - 
Force.

 The  Spirit  is,  therefore,  called  the  'Lord of  Matter,' in  whose  presence  the inert  aspect  in  us  gains,  as  it  were,  a  semblance  of  life.

 And  yet,  in  our  pre-occupation  with  the  objects-of-experience,  we  are  blind  to  the  existence  of  and  the  perfections  in  the  'Subject', the " Great  Lord".

"All  this  should  be  covered  ( clothed) by  the  LORD (ISA )"  --- The  world-of-matter  acts  as  the  veil,  covering  from  our  vision  the  Divinity  Presence  Everywhere  around  us,  within  and  out.

 The Light  of  Consciousness illumines  all  our  perceptions,  feelings  and  thoughts.

 It  illumines  our  sense-organs,  mind  and  intellect.

 It  pervades  all  and  nothing  pervades  It.

 And  yet,  the  paradox  is  that  the  world-of-plurality  covers  so  successfully  the  vision  of  TRUTH,  in  whose  Light  alone  the  plurality  can  be  experienced.

 Next : Discussion-4. 'two  approaches  to  truth' ...

 To  be  continued  ....

know the self, know the self in Nature, know the self in Jiva, Further Oneness.

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