When we read the Puranas or
the Upanishads, we find descriptions of great scientific advancements; stories
of people with paranormal abilities and direct interactions with Gods. When we
consider monuments left behind by the ancients, we see amazing engineering
feats and advanced architectural knowledge. Most modern day discoveries already
exist in our ancient texts.
Ancient Indians were
proficient in geometry, grammar, physics, medicine and spiritual quest. Panini
introduced grammar to the world for the first time in a complete manner.
Literary masterpieces like Kalidasa’s Shakuntala and Kena Upanishad inspired
legendary works such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust. Religious studies
scholar Huston Smith while asserting the supremacy of Vedic sciences over
modern astronomy says, “While the West was still thinking, perhaps of 6,000
years old Universe, India was already envisioning ages and eons and galaxies as
numerous as the sands of the Ganges.” The German philosopher Schopenhauer
referring to the Upanishads expressed, “It has been the solace of my life, it
will be the solace of my death.”
Voltaire in 1777 was
convinced that, “everything has come down to us from the banks of the
Ganges—astronomy, astrology, metaphysics.” It is said that Pythagoras went from
Samos to the land of the Ganges to learn Geometry. Why did, then in
countless invasions our temples were looted and plundered if we were such an
advanced culture with so much knowledge?
Look around to find an
answer. We are all part of Shiva, and entire creation is His form. It is only
when the urge for Shiva within us becomes very strong that He is able to feel
us. For example, our body has various organs, but some more pivotal than the
others.
Our hair and fingernails are
part of our bodies that do not feel pain or pleasure, but if we get even a
slight cut anywhere on our skin, we are constantly reminded of that body part
due to the pain. Similarly, try to become the nerve of Shiva.
Create so much heat and
attraction within yourself through the powerful practices of Ashtang Yog,
following the Yams and Niyams in totality, undergoing penance and tapa so that
you become the nerve of Shiva. If your connection with Him is so powerful that
every time you undergo pain, He experiences it too, he is forced to notice you
and grant your desire. The degradation of the Vedic culture began when its
custodians began selling it and using it for their selfish gains. The wealth of
the temples were used for private luxury; penance was forgotten; sadhaks became
businessmen marketing all aspects of this precious science without
understanding an iota of it; all the nerves changed into fingernails—became
unimportant parts of Shiva. Obviously neither Shiva nor the Vedic practices
were relevant anymore, and only attachments, the bonds of Maya and pleasures of
the five senses mattered. Spiritual evolution was no more man’s objective, and
pleasure became the finality of physical life.
With Avidya all around,
obviously this culture had to decline; it had to be invaded, wealth had to be
redistributed, all phenomenal forces and gyan had to become dormant as it was
not required—for only what is required is given to us.
Shiva exists and so do
all the energies that the Vedas talk about. All the gods exist; the siddhis are
for real; all that the Vedas talk about are real for the Vedas themselves are
real. All we have to do is, turn ourselves from a state of unreality into
reality, experience pain and nature within. Feel yourself as a part of
creation; then only will Shiva feel you as a part of Him and you shall
experience the reality, or Vidya.
Shiva lives in every atom of
creation; the consciousness of that atom in which he is present chooses to be
aware of Him—or in other words communicate with Shiva. It is unreality
which takes consciousness elsewhere through the veils of maya. I invite readers
to Dhyan Ashram if they desire to remove these veils and face the supreme
reality.
Yogi Ashwini is the
spiritual head of Dhyan Ashram.
dhyan@dhyanfoundation.com
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