🌺 Day 1 🌺

The Password to Divinity

Om Purnamadah Purnamadah

Purnat purnamudacyate

Purnasya purnamadaya 

Purnamevavasisyate

Om Shanti Shanti Santihi.

Upanishad means sitting close, sitting near the master-the student and the teacher sit close. It is not just physical proximity. It is mental or emotional proximity. Only when there is connectivity can knowledge flow. When there is no connectivity -the student is at one level and the teacher at another, then they are speaking in different languages and knowledge cannot blossom. You can get information but for knowledge to get into you, there needs to be mental closeness, spiritual closeness, a sense of belongingness and that is Upanishad - sitting close.

Today the issue in the world is that students in the the colleges or children in classroom are on a different rhythm than the teacher. So, they only pass on information,  there is no transfer of knowledge. For knowledge to get transferred we have to be on the same rhythm and that can happen when there is peace. That's why all  Upanishads start with a shanti mantra. A peaceful mind can probe into something beyond, it can grasp that something which cannot be grasped by the little mind. The intellect cannot access things which your spirit can get access to. And for that, closeness is essential. This exercise has been there in the world all over right from Socrates and in other places. The Guru of Socrates used to give this exercise to students to see whether the student is on the same rhythm, same wavelength as the teacher. Is there that inquisitiveness to know? Or is he caught up in  some little wishes and desires? Do you want this and that or are you focused in knowing something beyond? Are you an empty cup or are you already overflowing? If you are already overflowing nothing more can add to you. This is why makes you come closer. If a student thinks he already knows everything then he is no more a disciple. He is only there to verify why he already knew. So, being hollow and empty, a willingness to know and having that faith in the teacher that the teacher knows. "I would like to learn from the teacher" and the teacher should know the sincerity of the student. A student should believe in the wisdom of the teacher and teacher should believe in the sincerity of the student. Then they are on the same wavelength. The teacher doubts whether the student is sincere or not, whether he has come here to study or has been pushed into the class just because of parents.

This is the discord that we are seeing in the world. Why in site of so many universities and colleges are we not bringing up people with wisdom or minds with knowledge? The reason is disconnect. Student should have faith in the wisdom of the teacher and the teacher should have faith in the sincerity of the student and hence, the shanti mantra.

Introduction

The manifest world that we perceive, or our experience, is the tip of the iceberg. All that we experience through the senses is a small part of the universe. Most is unmanifest. That is full. To understand, we must have an experience of what That is. That is what Ishavasya Upanishad is about.

What is Upanishad?

In Sanskrit, Upanishad means sitting close – sitting close to the Master, not just physically, but also mentally. It signifies the finite getting close to the infinite, the known reaching out to the unknown. The Upanishads are dialogues between the Master and student from ages ago. There are nearly 100 Upanishads available today out of which Ishavasya Upanishad is very important. The Master is the embodiment of wisdom and the student represents a spiritual seeker eager to come closer to wisdom. There are so many levels of conflict in the universe. Despite these conflicts how does one get mentally close? First, we invoke peace. One can only come mentally close when there is peace. Where there is mistrust and doubt, there can be no transfer or exchange of knowledge. Thus, all of the Upanishads begin with a prayer for three types of peace: - “Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti” (Shanti is a sanskrit word meaning peace.)

Let us have peace at the physical level, at the level of thoughts and emotions, and finally the innermost peace of the soul. Let the Divine protect us both and bestow wisdom upon us. Let us not hate one another, but let us come together in peace.

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