Of matter and energy.

Of matter and energy

Starting in the 1950-70s (which is termed as the end of Kali Yuga or the beginning of the new age) through the work of the Rishis, sages, sidhhars or light workers as they were variously called on this earth and the many devas and devatas, there was a material alteration in the nature of this earth. Matter was made more porous, it began to retain more energy with its attendant quality of flexibility.

As a result matter became weaker in permanence but began to provide an exit into energy for anyone who was looking for it.

In the past, there was predictability in everything. Family structure, village structure, kingdoms, tradition, there was continuity. This was the permanence of matter, solid but static.

A joint family house was built to last generations, marriages would last a lifetime, a horse would be reared from birth to death and remain with the human. Today we change clothes, cars, houses casually and we don’t expect anything to last very long. Matter is no longer like a steel cup but like a fired clay cup, it’s becoming disposable.

Memories, identities, beliefs too don’t matter to the younger generations as they used to in the past, it’s too rigid.

The nature of this new existence is that everything is questioned, everything is changing all the time, which is a moment of stress and a moment of new possibility. Though simply called new age energies or golden age energies their effect is felt in the global economy, in politics, in lifestyles. Though the world supplies mundane explanations and treats them as separate events, they arise from the hidden subtle forces that rule the world.

As a result of this weakness in matter the intellect became empowered, hence the technological breakthroughs. The same intellect also brought down many institutions without fully understanding them. Too much intelligence, too little wisdom.

This churn is by its nature violent and can only be utilised profitably if one is able to transcend matter and material identity.

Matter is solid, whereas energy doesn’t hold any form.

One is gross, the other subtle.

In humans the body has a shape, the mind doesn’t. It only exists through your mental perception. That is, the mind has to perceive the mind. Another body or your own body can’t perceive it.

That’s the difference between human and God too. Divine beings exist in subtle realms meaning their material component is near zero or zero. Their division between me and you is also zero.

If you even perceive God as a golden or white light that’s still got a material element, however slight.

The mind itself isn’t solid but it’s able to interact with the brain to create memories. That part of the mind that records memories is the grossest part of the mind, for it interacts with matter. Such a mind which interacts with matter is very slow, it has to compromise intelligence and speed for durability.

Matter is useful because it has rigidity. A coffee cup made of metal, porcelain, stone, fired clay is solid enough to hold a hot liquid, but even as fired clay the matter is not solid enough, and allows liquid to penetrate and permeate. A cloth cup would be very inefficient. The solid cup has a form, it can break, but the liquid poured inside has a limited temporary shape. So even in matter there are degrees of flexibility.

Memory which exists at the edge of matter thus is a boon, but also a problem because the more memory there is the less escape is possible to the subtle. Karma is memory, which is why one has to lose karma to be able to perceive the divine.

The subtler the mind gets, one enters the dream state, here too there are events and experiences as in life but they don’t have rigid laws of physics or time to hold them down. Here the actor identity and sense of will is subtle.

Subtler still are the states of transcendental awareness, going deeper and deeper until there’s no object of awareness - which is called nirvikalpa samadhi. Where there’s still some sense awareness, some mind activity, some memory, some sense of time it’s called sarvikalpa samadhi

When one is in the astral body it’s in a realm altogether different from samadhi states. One is using the prana-maya-kosha to travel but remains attached to the physical using a silver cord of energy.

When one is at the threshold of matter and energy the astral sights and sounds are heard. That’s why some can see visions and others can’t. Everyone transits between the gross and subtle in sleep but only a few keep both doors open all the time. You will see that those who experience visions all the time will be light sleepers, and can’t be physically or mentally very active, the open door to the other realm will not allow them to fully engage in this material realm.

There’s an infinity of knowledge on this or any topic, which is why it’s said that all that we learn is a fistful, but there’s a world of knowledge that we don’t know.