Sree Narayana Guru placed a Mirror,
Inside a Temple as Prathishta; That Art Thou !
Divine ? In these pure features I behold,
Creative Nature to Soul unfold !
Creative Nature to Soul unfold?
What does it mean ?
In Spinoza, there are two types of Nature,
Creative Nature and Created Nature !
Natura Naturans and Natura Naturata,
Corresponding to Moola Prakriti & Jada Prakriti,
Para Prakriti & Prakriti,
Brahman and Maya of Vedanta.
The Absolute & the Relative,
Being and Becoming,
The Indeterminate and the Determinate,
The One and the Innumerable !
It is the Universal revealing to the Particular,
Purusha revealing to Prakriti,
The Absolute revealing I AM THAT I AM,
The All, AND that which exceeds the ALL !
When the Mirror views its Mirror Image,
The Universe shineth in thee !
It is thy mind which blocks Reality,
Erase the Mind, Yogas chitta vrittti Nirodhah !
Kannadi Thannil Pratibimbam Kanumbol,
Ninnil thilangumee Lokam ellam
Swachamam Darsanam illa Ninnil,
Ichamam nin Mala bandham nenjil !
Both Agony & Ecstasy are,
Bipolarities of Mind !
Mind is the Cause of Bondage & Liberation,
TRANSCEND MIND !
Consciousness is like a Mirror,
Says the internationally renowned Mahesh Yogi.
Filled it is with perceptions of world outer,
Hence it cannot realise its true nature !
The Three outer walls of the Temple,
Represents our three bodies,
Bodies physical, astral and causal,
Sareeras- Sthoola, Sooksha and Karana !
It is through these bodies,
The Self is actualised !
Sareeram Adyam Khalu Dharma Sadhanam,
So keep your bodies athletic !
Vidya, Wisdom, comes in the form of a young damsel,
And tells the Scholar ” GIVE ME TO THE DESERVING ONLY “
TO the liberal economic, with continence & with intellect,
Dhana dayee Brahmachari cha, Medhavee Srothita Priya !
About That Art Thou, Aurobindo wrote,
Seek Him not upon earth, for thou art He !
Only Verity, the Serene Whole,
Thou art indeed!
O to live and die in Aurobindo’s poems,
To honor Poesy and to be honored by Poesy,
Is a consummation,
Devoutly to be wished !