I picked up Emotional Equations book by Chip Conley after a long while. This prompted me to think an equation that can act as a guide in my own life. The variables are well known the infinite self and self.
This seems to be a well traversed path. Seekers through the ages would have pondered over this. One verse that stands out is:
One particular instance I recall where one of my classmate took a very simple way of solving a particularly complex trigonometric test question. He was able to prove left hand side equals right hand side. His solution was to divide both side by zero. So both side of equations become infinity..
But it did not go very well with our Math teacher. He was enraged by the inventiveness and audacity of the solution. The student was shouted at for sure and may even have been canned for his ignorance. Even after all these years I recall the words which went something like "At least you should have multiplied both side with zero but why divide it?".
This incident gives me a good way to model my spiritual equation. At one side is of the equation is infinite on the the other side self
1 = ∞
People in all walks of life experience this momentarily when the denominator becomes zero. They experience heightened sense of being, disappearing sense of time and exhilarating feeling of transcendence. Typically this occurs when they are doing things they really like to do. The ancient Greeks called ecstasy ie. "stand outside oneself". This is also being researched in modern times as state of consciousness called flow.
© Ratish
This seems to be a well traversed path. Seekers through the ages would have pondered over this. One verse that stands out is:
ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदम् पूर्णात् पूर्णमुदच्यते |
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ||
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ||
Translation:
That is perfect, this is perfect, this (perfect) comes from that (perfect)
Take perfect from perfect, the remainder is perfect
May peace and peace and peace be everywhere
*Perfect can be replaced by complete, whole, infinite and absolute etc.
Interpretation:
Supreme Being is perfect; you are made in his essence are also perfect. This realization by you does not diminish the completeness of the absolute being.
May there be peace around your (external world), extra sensory world (Psychological) and internal worlds.I was reminded of solving algebra/trigonometric equations earlier in life were we were to prove left hand side equals right hand side. This was achieved by performing various operations such as expansion, and substitution etc.
One particular instance I recall where one of my classmate took a very simple way of solving a particularly complex trigonometric test question. He was able to prove left hand side equals right hand side. His solution was to divide both side by zero. So both side of equations become infinity..
But it did not go very well with our Math teacher. He was enraged by the inventiveness and audacity of the solution. The student was shouted at for sure and may even have been canned for his ignorance. Even after all these years I recall the words which went something like "At least you should have multiplied both side with zero but why divide it?".
This incident gives me a good way to model my spiritual equation. At one side is of the equation is infinite on the the other side self
1 = ∞
1 = ∞
0
Self = Infinite
Nothingness
0
Self = Infinite
Nothingness
As long as you associate yourself as an individual being there is a barrier between you and the universe (ie. 1/1=1). When your association dissolves with the body and your actions are not as a doer then something magical happens. Shunya a concept that was discovered by Indians was much more than zero a mathematical number. In philosophical construct it is closer to nothingness, emptiness, void or even pure consciousness .
People in all walks of life experience this momentarily when the denominator becomes zero. They experience heightened sense of being, disappearing sense of time and exhilarating feeling of transcendence. Typically this occurs when they are doing things they really like to do. The ancient Greeks called ecstasy ie. "stand outside oneself". This is also being researched in modern times as state of consciousness called flow.
© Ratish
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