Mahankara: The Ultimate Time Machine
For many, 'Shiva’ evokes a highly- coloured calendar art image. While the image is not without its own charm, reducing this sophisticated conception of the divine to a single rudimentary orm is tragic. Shiva should not be named Decease to name him is to curtail him. And et, his innumerable names point to the many indescribable mysteries of creation. Of his varied manifestations, Kala is particularly significant, not just for metaphysical reasons, but scientific ones. Both science and mysticism are fuelled by he same spirit of wonder. At one time, it seemed like they ran on parallel tracks. But today the growing convergences could mean a tremendous step ahead or humanity Scientists have recently recorded gravitational waves on the fabric of spacetime-a confirmation of the Einsteinian deal that our experience of the physical world is relative. This also confirms a time-honoured yogic insight that sees time as the fundamental basis of creation. Time is always ticking away, but cannot be pinned down. It is this powerful, ineffable dimension that holds the entire universe together. We called this dimension Kala. One aspect of time is the result of the cyclical movement of physical reality: a single rotation of Earth being a day, а revolution being a year, etc. From the atomic to the cosmic, everything physical is in cyclical motion. But time is, fundamentally, Kala, which also implies darkness or space. Only in time, space is possible; so, space is seen as a consequence of time. Because of space, form is possible. Because of form, all physical reality becomes possible. And so, the yogic tradition has the same word for time and space: Kala. Even gravity is one small by-product of time. It is a force that manages the time-space relationship, and allows Kala to find expression. When the dark no-thingness of Kala reverberates and takes form, physical existence begins. Indian culture realised that when we speak of a dimension beyond logical perception, it is best to speak dialectically. So, we personified a complex existential reality and called it "Shiva". This is not religion; this is mysticism, a the speaking subjective science. Shi-va literally means 'that which is not'or no-thing. The hyphen is important. It is in the lap of vast no-thingness that creation has happened. Over 99% of the atom and the cosmos is, in fact, emptiness-simply no-thing. This dark aspect of Shivawas personified as Kala Bhairava-а dimension potent with life, tree uncannily similar to thedark energy of modern-day physics. Kala Bhairava is a vibrant state of darkness, but when he becomes absolutely still, he turns into Mahakala, the ultimate time machine. The Mahakala temple in Ujjain celebrates its Simhastha Kumbha Methis year. An incredibly consecratedspace, this powerful manifestation indefinitely not for the faint-hearted. Raand forceful, it is available for all thosseeking ultimate.dissolution-the annihilation of time as we know it. The spiritual process anywhere inthe world is always about transcendirthe physical, becauseform is subjectcycles. Kala Bhairava is seen, therefoas the Destroyer of Ignorance: he whoshatters the compulsive cycles of birtand death, beingand non-being. When the boundaries of time andspace are transcended, and the limitations of form shattered, the seeker wakes up to the truth that the mysticsthe world have always known: that access to the beyond is to be found in there and now. When the last vestige ofignorance is annihilated, allthat rema is Mahakala, the ultimate nature of
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Mahankara: The Ultimate Time Machine
For many, 'Shiva’ evokes a highly- coloured calendar art image. While the image is not without its own charm, reducing this sophisticated conception of the divine to a single rudimentary orm is tragic. Shiva should not be named Decease to name him is to curtail him. And et, his innumerable names point to the many indescribable mysteries of creation. Of his varied manifestations, Kala is particularly significant, not just for metaphysical reasons, but scientific ones. Both science and mysticism are fuelled by he same spirit of wonder. At one time, it seemed like they ran on parallel tracks. But today the growing convergences could mean a tremendous step ahead or humanity Scientists have recently recorded gravitational waves on the fabric of spacetime-a confirmation of the Einsteinian deal that our experience of the physical world is relative. This also confirms a time-honoured yogic insight that sees time as the fundamental basis of creation. Time is always ticking away, but cannot be pinned down. It is this powerful, ineffable dimension that holds the entire universe together. We called this dimension Kala. One aspect of time is the result of the cyclical movement of physical reality: a single rotation of Earth being a day, а revolution being a year, etc. From the atomic to the cosmic, everything physical is in cyclical motion. But time is, fundamentally, Kala, which also implies darkness or space. Only in time, space is possible; so, space is seen as a consequence of time. Because of space, form is possible. Because of form, all physical reality becomes possible. And so, the yogic tradition has the same word for time and space: Kala. Even gravity is one small by-product of time. It is a force that manages the time-space relationship, and allows Kala to find expression. When the dark no-thingness of Kala reverberates and takes form, physical existence begins. Indian culture realised that when we speak of a dimension beyond logical perception, it is best to speak dialectically. So, we personified a complex existential reality and called it "Shiva". This is not religion; this is mysticism, a the speaking subjective science. Shi-va literally means 'that which is not'or no-thing. The hyphen is important. It is in the lap of vast no-thingness that creation has happened. Over 99% of the atom and the cosmos is, in fact, emptiness-simply no-thing. This dark aspect of Shivawas personified as Kala Bhairava-а dimension potent with life, tree uncannily similar to thedark energy of modern-day physics. Kala Bhairava is a vibrant state of darkness, but when he becomes absolutely still, he turns into Mahakala, the ultimate time machine. The Mahakala temple in Ujjain celebrates its Simhastha Kumbha Methis year. An incredibly consecratedspace, this powerful manifestation indefinitely not for the faint-hearted. Raand forceful, it is available for all thosseeking ultimate.dissolution-the annihilation of time as we know it. The spiritual process anywhere inthe world is always about transcendirthe physical, becauseform is subjectcycles. Kala Bhairava is seen, therefoas the Destroyer of Ignorance: he whoshatters the compulsive cycles of birtand death, beingand non-being. When the boundaries of time andspace are transcended, and the limitations of form shattered, the seeker wakes up to the truth that the mysticsthe world have always known: that access to the beyond is to be found in there and now. When the last vestige ofignorance is annihilated, allthat rema is Mahakala, the ultimate nature of
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The views expressed in the Article above are Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy : Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Speaking Tree, Times of India