ISAVASYA UPANISHAD : - Mantram -1.

ISAVASYA UPANISHAD :

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VAJASANEYI    SAMHITA    UPANISHAD 



Mantram -1.



 Discussion-7. 'principle  of  existence' .....



"There is a form,  there  is  a  taste,  there  is  a  sound,  there  is  a  smell,  and  there  is  a  touch  for  the  tree" ---  thus  we  noticed.

Devoid  of  all  qualities  as  interpreted  by  the  sense-organs,  there  is  yet  in  that  tree  the  
"Principle  of  Existence" as  expressed  by  us  unconsciously  in  our  assertion  of  the  Is-ness.

This  factor,  the  "Divine  Principle  of  existence  but  for  which  none  of  these  impressions  are  impossible,  is  generally  not  noticed  because  of  the  perceiver's  preoccupation  with  his  perceptions.



Beneath  the  perceptions,  as  it  were,  dwells  this  mighty  Spirit  of  Perfection  as  a  subtle  Divine  Power,  all-pervading  and  eternal.

The Upanishad  starts  with  this  Mantram  wherein  the Rishi  advises  us  that  we  must  come  to  experience  this  Spirit  through  a  process  of  renunciation   ----   renunciation  of  our  pre-occupations  with  our  perceptions.

Perceptions  change,  but  the  Truth  behind  them  is  changeless;  perception  perish,  but  the  Truth  is  imperishable.

Perceptions  are  pluralistic,  whereas  the  Truth  is  non-dual.



To  identify  ourselves  with  this  all-pervading  Truth  is  to  realse  the  Self  within.

To  'see'  It  in  and  through  the  disturbing  trellis  of  the  phenominal  word,  is  to  realise  the  Truth  in  the  outer  world  of  plurality.

How  this  is  harmoniously  done  is  the  very  theme  of  the  Entire "Isavasyopanishad".

We  will  see  it  as  we  proceed  further.

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