Saturday 31 January 2009

How can we 'get' the ultimate reality?

There are many ways to the truth but in essence three distinct types reveal it, in my view. One could approach the truth through the route of the intellect which is what physicists involved in studying the beginning of time and universe do - Einstein for example. Another route is the way of intuition where one has a direct experience of the truth through 'visions', 'contacts', etc - visonaries, sadhus, seers, etc. Finally,finding the truth through the route of the instinct is when one 'gets it' by doing something, those that live the truth of ultimate reality,perhaps Jesus, Buddha, Ramana Maharshi. The human brain, which is ultimately the reciever for whatever it is that is being 'recieved', has THREE distinct modes of gaining insight therefore: Intellect which is the preserve of those favouring objective reality - reality gauged through EXPERIMENTS that can be described, defined, and replicated to others through the use of formuale and theories. This is objective knowledge that is contained in books, sometimes in the form of theories (relativity theory) that cannot be observed, only described through mathematical deductive logic. Intuition which is the preserve of those faviouring subjective reality - reality that can be EXPERIENCED through rituals, processes, seances, channeling, etc. This is knowledge that is subjective and only 'shared' aspects with others allow people to accept its existence. This is the realm of global inductive logic and not the preserve of science but spirituality. Instinct which is the preserve of those favouring life and living - reality that is lived and breathed on a daily basis without the need for it to be described, debated and explained and used to persuade or pontificate to others. It is, it just is; the realm of the EXISTENCE. The knowledge is lived as the reality - Ramana Maharishi and people of that ilk belong to this group. They dont claim to be the ulitmate 'knowers' nor push and cajole others to follow their path. Their state of blissful existence can only be inferred by others by observing how that person exists as well as feeling it inside when in their presence. It is the state of what Sri Aurobindo called 'Sat-chit-anand': and refers to the triadic reality of existence- consciousness - bliss. It refers to that ultimate state of being where you are conscious of it and exist in bliss as a result of it. In terms of us it refers to live and let live, the wider the diversity, the better. Tolerate and be tolerated, for all this emerges from the one-truth. A lump of clay, a clay pot and a clay sculpture may appear different, serve different purposes and require different processes to come into existence, but clay they are. Similarly, we all appear and behave differently, but belong to the ultimate truth-existence we all do. If one has the ability to be in all three modes equally sophistically and easily, then that person would be the best exemplar of whatever that one means by the term ' exalted'. Usually one exists predominantly in one form or another and therefore certain things are left to the individual to infer and understand and exist. Have you got what is required to fathom this?

2 comments:

Fury said...

IMO,reality is relative.

The Spiral Mindscope said...

Of course it is when viewed through a narrow subjective lens - individual, societal or national. There's a greater more objective reality that is never-changing usually. One can 'get' it in different ways, or so I think. Some get it emotionally, others intellectually, and yet others live their lives according their understanding of what reality is. R