Our Ablities

Our ability to learn-

Nature’s best gift to us.

Nature sharing with us

Its evolving power

Our ability to create-

Nature’s best gift to us.

Nature imparting to us 

Its creative power.

Our ability to change-

Nature’s best gift to us.

Nature bestowing on us  

Its transforming power.

Our ability to understand-

Nature’s best gift to us.

Nature expanding in us  

Its cognitive power.

All our abilities though speck of dust

Are Nature’s extensive evolution in us.

Its remarkable making of our personality

From its dynamic, falling matter of stardust!  

Just then image of fierce Kali appeared in vision 

Laughing loud with her blood spattered mouth!

Foolish girl do you not have courage to describe 

The human ability for carnage and massacre?

Petrified I closed my eyes in fear

For I tremble to think of our ability,

To mimic Shiva’s Tandav to bring ourselves              

On brink of extinction with no recourse.

Note: In Hindu religion Goddess Kali symbolizes Nature’s fierce powers. She is portrayed both as benevolent and destructive. Shiva’s Tandav is an artistic rendering in dance form. It portrays end of a cycle in creation called Pralaya.

Savita Tyagi

Written on 11. 9. 2017

Transcendence

 Transcendence 

Going beyond ordinary limits

 Existence or experience beyond the normal physical or mental level.

 The word is often used for the possibility of spiritual transcendence.

In our reading of Upanishad, we often come across the word transcendence. Most of us take it to mean as the meaning written above. ‘Going beyond.’ In yesterday’s discussion I think Meera and Uma  asked ‘what is Transcendental Meditation, or what the word itself means. The discussion evoked my thoughts and almost compelled me to write this short note to improve our understanding.

 As a word it is a Trademark for Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s meditation technique. Without going into its mystical attraction we elaborated on its meaning to get a understanding.

Later on as I pondered more on it I realized that to understand its deeper meaning however mystical it may be, we have to recognize it’s sense of infiniteness that the word contains. At the same time practicing its unlimited sense of ‘going beyond’ starts at the base level of each individual. Each and every time we have broken a barrier or limitation within our selves, we have transcended it and have opened our selves to a new challenge. Upanishad and other scriptures often talk about realizing infinite depths of physical, mental and spiritual levels within ourselves. Our growth depends on accepting the infinite possibilities of these levels and at the same time overcoming our barriers to achieve those possibilities. It is a continuous effort performed in stages and there may come a time when we may need the expert guidance of a Guru, but the first step is always ours to take. After all the satisfaction or joy of life lies in to bringing out what is best within us.

Savita

1. 8. 2022