The Fundamental Principle Of All Existence
Kishor Kulkarni
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Everything is simply a manifestation of the singular Brahmn, the funda mental principle that underlies all physical creation. There is nothing other than Brahmn. Brahmn splits into basically two objects the perceiver and the perceived. It indicates the fundamental oneness of all objects, their perceived separateness and distinctions notwithstanding. Brahmn is the sum total of everything. It exists before creation and it will exist after creation is destroyed.What is eternal and what is transitory? The body and perceptible objects in this physical world are transitory an illusion like a dream. So they will appear and disappear like waves on the ocean. But there is something else that is truly eternal though not directly perceptible to our senses the soul.
Energy and matter at a fundamental level are indestructible they only change their form. Likewise, the fundamental concept of soul that underlies physical bodies is indestructible. This soul manifests as different bodies and keeps changing the visible form. But fundamentally , it remains unchanging.
For example, we experience many dreams one after another in one night, and night after night. But our waking-state existence remains unchanged and we don't think much about dreams when we wake up. Likewise, we should not vest any emotional attachment in the superficial form that is impermanent.Whatever happens to visible forms is immaterial because it is unreal. That is why Krishna tells Arjuna to go ahead and proceed with the war because it is only an unreal and transitory manifestation of the eternal and hence not worth worrying about. Creation is a transitory illusion.Brahmn, the underlying fundamental phenomenon that manifests as different objects in the physical world, has a perpetual existence. The perceived physical world with all the fascinating variety in it, including our body, is in fact not separate or different from the Creator (Brahmn). It is like seeing waves and surf on the ocean surface. The waves are merely a manifestation of water only and nothing else.
Likewise, even though in dividual objectspersons in physical creation seem to be born, live for some time and then disappear, it is merely like a kaleidoscope pattern chang ing when we rotate the tube.e discard duality as unreal, then If we discard duality as unreal, then we can say anything about beings like they are in the Divine, but the Divine is not in them, or that the Divine pervades them and yet it is not in them! All these are equally valid or invalid! In other words, the Divine and His creation cannot be regarded as separate and simultaneously existing.
At one place, the Bhagwad Gita says that creation has neither beginning nor end, but there is just this temporary illusion in between as if it exists. What it means is that creation itself does not exist. So something that does not exist cannot have any beginning or end! A similar situation is described in the scriptures by way of a story that starts as follows: A woman who was not biologically able to conceive, gave birth to two children! The story is based on something that is unreal, impossible in reality because a woman who cannot conceive cannot give birth to children! But then, a story can be built on something that can have anything in it because the whole thing is to be taken with a bucket full of salt!
Energy and matter at a fundamental level are indestructible they only change their form. Likewise, the fundamental concept of soul that underlies physical bodies is indestructible. This soul manifests as different bodies and keeps changing the visible form. But fundamentally , it remains unchanging.
For example, we experience many dreams one after another in one night, and night after night. But our waking-state existence remains unchanged and we don't think much about dreams when we wake up. Likewise, we should not vest any emotional attachment in the superficial form that is impermanent.Whatever happens to visible forms is immaterial because it is unreal. That is why Krishna tells Arjuna to go ahead and proceed with the war because it is only an unreal and transitory manifestation of the eternal and hence not worth worrying about. Creation is a transitory illusion.Brahmn, the underlying fundamental phenomenon that manifests as different objects in the physical world, has a perpetual existence. The perceived physical world with all the fascinating variety in it, including our body, is in fact not separate or different from the Creator (Brahmn). It is like seeing waves and surf on the ocean surface. The waves are merely a manifestation of water only and nothing else.
Likewise, even though in dividual objectspersons in physical creation seem to be born, live for some time and then disappear, it is merely like a kaleidoscope pattern chang ing when we rotate the tube.e discard duality as unreal, then If we discard duality as unreal, then we can say anything about beings like they are in the Divine, but the Divine is not in them, or that the Divine pervades them and yet it is not in them! All these are equally valid or invalid! In other words, the Divine and His creation cannot be regarded as separate and simultaneously existing.
At one place, the Bhagwad Gita says that creation has neither beginning nor end, but there is just this temporary illusion in between as if it exists. What it means is that creation itself does not exist. So something that does not exist cannot have any beginning or end! A similar situation is described in the scriptures by way of a story that starts as follows: A woman who was not biologically able to conceive, gave birth to two children! The story is based on something that is unreal, impossible in reality because a woman who cannot conceive cannot give birth to children! But then, a story can be built on something that can have anything in it because the whole thing is to be taken with a bucket full of salt!
