One With Universe

DEEPAK CHOPRA

We can understand reality through the senses, mind and the soul. We understand reality mainly through our senses. But what we understand through the mind is more significant. Scientists conduct thought experiments. The essential nature of material reality is its being ‘nonmaterial’. It consists of just states of energy and vibrations coming out of a void. Our senses are the least reliable because they lie to us. Hence we need to see reality through the eyes of the soul.

When we use our senses, we are following the materialistic way of seeing reality which states that if one can understand how molecules behave then one can understand life

On the other hand, Heraclitus stated that one can’t step into the same river twice because there is constant change occurring. Our bodies are continuously being recycled, 98% of all our atoms are replaced in less than a year. So, we outlive the molecules through which we express ourselves — 99.9% of the body is empty space.

The universe is a discontinuity. It appears as being continuous. Just like the eye in the cinema theatre sees the film as being continuous. What is the space between thoughts?

It is the transformation vortex or the ground of being. The whole universe is an ‘on/off ’ phenomenon. The soul occupies the ‘off ’ space. In the presence of one’s soul everything comes and goes. Thoughts come and go. Only the soul remains.