The learning is acquiring of knowledge and earning is acquiring of experience. Without experience, knowledge is blind. It is thus, we earn the sight of knowledge earn as wisdom. According to the Gurbani, the seeker’s mind can swim only by word.
The word is Mantar (as spelled in Punjabi and Hindi) or the Mantra, a word derived from Mann means mind, generally the word heart is preferred as it represents one’s emotion in relation to the creative side of the brain or creativity in general; the word Tar with Mann is swimming of mind when it is creative or integrated.
Therefore, the word Mann+Tar or Mantar is such a word which when recalled or remembered the mind swim across the ocean of knowledge.
Now the ocean of the knowledge is the sphere below the pineal gland, the opening gate of mystical world. This mystical world is the sphere of bliss. The other spheres, which the Indian Philosophy of Religions and Metaphysics believe are as follow:
1. The sphere of food, the solid life giver: It is the physical body in general as if a vehicle of God. It is a great wonder that we eat and drink and it becomes a part of our body. We get the physical qualities, the strength, stamina and the vital energies, in which body functions naturally.
2. The sphere of air, the life giver: We inhale and exhale air, however, it just gives us life. It is the sphere of simply remaining conscious, in which we are having the phases of conscious, subconscious and unconscious, while having and enjoying the states of awake, sleep and deep sleep. We enjoy the normal way of survival that we are living.
3. The sphere of water, the creative faculties of our mind: The creativity and water have the mystic simile, while sharing it with the moon as well. We have it as the emotional energy. It deals with the creative thinking and the arts in any form and from any faculty of human knowledge.
4. The sphere of fire, the intellect: The sun slowly converts the oxygen into helium and ultimately decays. Similarly, our intellect conducts the activities, while leaving the acids and other chemicals decaying our body, as a result, we get old and die. It is reactive and dealing house as if the headquarters of the science and the math is. It may give the abundance of the charm of knowledge.
5. The sphere of space, the wisdom or mysticism within us: The wisdom keeps on increasing, however, the body may change from child to old aged and finally die. This is the sphere of joy and bliss, in which the age is not significant. It deals with leaving the science and math of intellect and enjoys the mystic touch present in the knowledge. Thus, it is the wisdom, the mysticism present in the knowledge. Therefore, the metaphysics concentrate on it, as it is the opening gate to the higher level of the consciousness-the universal, transcendental and thus the mystic one opening from the pineal gland.
The analytical side of the brain or the side of contrast and comparison generating vastness of knowledge while differentiating, unlike the creative that integrates with aesthetic touch, is merely a house full of intellect, craving for data, information and knowledge. Moreover, to feed this hunger and craving Gurbani says that remembering Him is the food for it and fuel as well so that the mind can swim on the ocean of knowledge.
How and why remains a mystery, but we may practice some points and these are revealed as if a discovery of the self-felt experiences and the feelings. Thanks!
© Dr. Harmander Singh (© Protected and archived by WorldWideOCR.com Seal™ File)
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