View of our solar system from inside our Galaxy
All the dreams we have ever dreamt, the wildest thoughts that have ever occurred; from the largest of cities ever built to the biggest machines that are made for use; including you and me; are all confined to our planet earth. Beyond which lies a universe... unknown, which has never been experienced. We have made constant attempts to understand what lies beyond, for over 10 thousand years.
In our world, we strive for a Rationale. Science demands a proof. This has given us all- the world of mechanics, electronics, the dotcoms and the also cities which now live day and night. Interestingly, the entire world we know of or can ever perceive is through our senses. It is our body’s only access to the understanding and experiencing the universe. We need to touch, taste, smell, hear or see to believe in anything or experience it. But all our 5 senses cannot perform an understanding; it is the mind that translates it. The mind is where the realisation takes place. It brings the existence of the rationale that built the world we have.
BUT, we all dare to dream; we also feel emotions that elate us with joy. A simple gesture of a kid can bring us happiness; an act of doing can show affection and a small gesture of a hand can translate an emotion of love and compassion. These are all perceptions of the mind. They do not exist in the real world but yet give you a sense of living that is joyous. For centuries we have tried to translate them through movies, poems and scripts. There have been many stories told.
We cannot appreciate the climax of a story unless they have built it up a thought through the entire movie. It creates an impression and hence the climax becomes an emotion. The Taj Mahal for example is a beautiful building but probably more so because of the story of a great king who built a monument in memory of his loving queen. One needs to build a memory to translate an emotion. The new born child has no emotions he just responds to his senses but as time goes by, he has memories and then the understanding of the emotions follow. An old man carries a lot of thought and associates it with anything he sees as he has gathered a lot of memory through time. The mind is then our SIXTH SENSE that once opened lets you into the world of emotions.
Some spend their whole life gathering emotions while others live to recall a few good moments. A few travel over the Himalayas to train the mind in order to understand both the rationale and the subjects beyond it. In many parts of the world still today people leave their homes and follow the path of the Buddha, to become one perhaps.
But the Buddha went only to return back to people. It is called the prestige in the world of magic. Where a magician disappears in an act, which of course is marvellous in itself but he has to return back to stage. That is what takes an audience by surprise. An act, they say, is not complete without a prestige[i]. That act of the Buddha was his doing. A doing after the understanding of the mind. It is to have the ability to perform with all 5 senses along with the 6th through the mind and apply in every performance of life. To cherish an act of doing... is living.
Our universe is in many many layers. We can only understand and feel what is appreciated by our 5 senses but the mind can show you the insights of what lies beyond, provided we choose to believe. Most of the universe that lies beyond the rationale is supported by theories and perception such as the big bang and the black holes.....they are just like our dreams when we sleep. They will always be that unless our primary senses transform through ages[ii].
A picture of the earth from Apollo 17
We live one life and in it how much we want to understand is left to our own choice but to live the fullest with only six senses in our toolbox we need to have a thorough understanding of the tools and then as they say....the sky is the limit.
Subharthi Guha
14th July 2008
[i] Dialogues from the movie “the prestige”
[ii] 1 age is nearly 2050 years when the sun moves from one constellation towards the other. Right now we are in the pices age
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