Gaargi, the daughter of VACHAKNU, and the Great Sage YAAJNAVALKYA, once faced each other in a discussion on BRAHMAN. Gaargi, the mischievous Seer wanted to test Sage Yaajnavalkya’s ability to comprehend the hidden meanings of the Upanishad Truths. She asked many questions and he answered them all immediately.
G: If everything here is filled with waters (experiences) what are these waters pervaded within and without (filled)?
Y: Winds, O Gaargi!
[Attachments]
G: What are the winds filled with?
Y: Worlds of space, O Gaargi!
[Antariksha- Space time conceptions- Boundaries- Limitations]
G: What are these Worlds of space covered with?
Y: Worlds of Gandharvas O Gaargi!
[Illusions- Mind conceptions]
G: What are these Worlds of Gandharvas covered with?
Y: Worlds of Sun O Gaargi!
[Conscious observer – witness]
G: What are these Worlds of Sun covered with?
Y: Worlds of Moon O Gaargi!
[Mental faculty]
G: What are these Worlds of Moon covered with?
Y: Worlds of Stars O Gaargi!
[Fixed conceptions or ideas]
G: What are these Worlds of Stars covered with?
Y: By the Worlds of Gods, O Gaargi!
[Thoughts –Flashes in Consciousness- Perturbations in the brain]
G: What are these Worlds of Gods covered with?
Y: Worlds of Indras O Gaargi!
[Sense perceptions]
G: What are these Worlds of Indras covered with?
Y: By the Worlds of Prajaapatis O Gaargi!
[Individual worlds created by Vaasanaas]
G: What are these Worlds of Prajaapatis covered with?
Y: World of Brahmas O Gaargi!
[Jeevas –Individual Creators of their own worlds-
Totality of all Jeevas- HiranyaGarbha]
G: What are these World of Brahmas covered with?
[Yaajnavalkya lost patience at her impudence. The argument had gone too far.]
He said-
“Gaargi! Do not transgress your limits lest your head fall off!
You are questioning about the deity (Brahman) who should not be reasoned about.
Do not push your enquiry too far.”
Gaargi the daughter of Vacaknu remained silent.
If the codes for these simple words are not known, the whole passage will appear to be some tribal explanation of reality!
If the hierarchy is known as-
Manifestation as Jeevas
Individual worlds
Sense perceptions
Thoughts
Fixed ideas
Mind
Witness Consciousness
Illusions
Boundaries
Space Time conceptions
Contact
Experiences
- it makes better sense!
We can re-write the same passage as:
What is the world around us?
Experiences!
How does it occur?
Contact through the Praana!
What is the result?
There is some space around us and some sensation of past present and future.
What does it lead to?
The conception that we live in a solid world of a fixed time and space.
What are these worlds bound by space and time?
Just Illusory worlds!
Who perceives them actually?
Pure Consciousness which is a silent witness unaffected by all experiences.
Then who is affected?
The mental Faculty!
Why it gets affected?
Because of ascertained conceptions about the world.
What is the nature of the mind?
Flashes of unceasing thoughts or perturbations.
How is the world cognized?
Through Senses!
What is the result of all this?
Each perceives a world based on his own mental conceptions.
Who is the perceiver?
The individual Self!
Who is the individual Self?
A point in the Totality of Selves – Brahma.
What is this based on?
Since the intellect is incapable of comprehending the nature of the Para Brahman, it will shatter into million pieces if it ever tries to reason out the Para Brahman.
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