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Infinite Powers of Spirit
The spirit is a powerful expression of live energy, which can move faster than the speed of light, writes Dr KK Aggarwal.
Om Poornamadah
"Om Poornamadah Poornamidam
Poornaat Poornamudachyate
Poornasya Poornamaadaaya
Poornameva Avasihyate"
(The whole is whole; if you take the whole away from the whole, the whole will still remain.)
That is infinite. This is infinite. From the infinite, the infinite has come out. Having taken the infinite out of the infinite, the infinite alone remains. (In Vedanta "That" represents super-consciousness, God, or the Brahman and "This" the visible universe.)
Atmas, which make up our body, are 99.99% space. If we look at the rest, it is also nothing but space or void. This void, or 'akasha', is what is called Brahman, God, or consciousness, and it is a web of energized information.
This web of information of inner space, called inner consciousness, is the Atma, or the Soul. This is connected with the outer space in the universe having a similar web of energized information called the Spirit or Brahmand. This spirit has been given many names by different religions. Allah (Islam), Buddha (Buddhism), Brahman (Hinduism), Christ (Christianity) or Wahe Guru (Sikhism); they all signify the same entity. This spirit, the energized field of information, is a powerful expression of live energy, which can move faster than the speed of light. Soul is nothing but an individualized expression of the spirit.
This energy-containing information in the spirit cannot be seen, felt, touched, tasted or smelt. It is beyond the perception of the five senses. One cannot destroy it with a weapon, fire, water or air. This consciousness is embedded in the space of each and every cell of the body. It is like sugar added to milk. Once added, it gets embedded with each and every drop of the milk, and thus becomes impossible to distinguish.
Soul originates from the spirit. Each soul differs from the other by way of the subtle layer of consciousness called the 'sukshma sharira', which is controlled by the harmony of actions, memories and desires.
Spirit is like light, which is always positive and only removes darkness. The basic nature of the consciousness is "truth and bliss". The soul and the spirit are devoid of hatred, anger or jealousy. They are instead full of unconditional love. They are nothing but a treasury of information about everything. This infinite information is capable of doing anything, including miracles.
It is like the flame of a candle, which can light an infinite number of candles, while still retaining its illumination to the same degree.
Dr Deepak Chopra once said that the soul is like the voice of Lata Mangeskar streaming out of a radio. If you break or open the radio, you will not find Lata Mangeskar in it. Similarly, even if you cut the body into pieces, you cannot find the physical presence of the spirit.
Spirit is present all over, be it in the universe or in living beings. Any amount of spirit taken out from it will not make any difference to the spirit.
In religious terms, the infinite or the vastness is equated and described by the color blue, and that is one reason why most of the gods are represented as blue, or are shown in the background of a blue sky. This only represents the vastness and infinite character of the consciousness.
One of the Gurus described the spirit to his disciple with the following equation:
1x1=1, 1/1=1
In other words, everything is one. This can also be explained with the equation that infinity, when added, subtracted, multiplied or divided by infinity, will result in infinity only.
This infinite potential in our mind is present in thoughts and can be experienced by enabling oneself to go in between the thoughts by a process called mediation. One can experience the silent gap between the thoughts either with the use of primordial sound mantra as a vehicle, or by way of yoga. People who have learnt meditation and have achieved the ability to go into the silent gaps can accomplish everything in their life using the principles of intention and attention. After any intention is introduced in the silent gap, a new reality can be created.
"That which is born of the flash is a flash; that which is born of the spirit is spirit." (John)
(The writer is a senior Physician, Head Department of Cardiology and Deputy Dean Board of Medical Education-Moolchand Hospital, President-Heart Care Foundation of India, President Delhi Medical Association and Member-Delhi Medical Council.)
