Honestly, I have been thinking a lot about a comprehensive model for human existence: our preoccupations, propensities, potentialities, and predilections. This model is largely influenced by my understanding of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita and also the teachings of the master, Shri Ishwar Puri ji, whom I have been following now for about six years.
The human condition has some "givens" : this world as it exists, which we cannot change. In the Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Bhagawan talks of these factors in the Kshetra Kshetrajna Yoga, the 13th chapter. The Panchabhutas, the ten senses ( 5 senses of perception, 5 indriyas of action), energy, matter and biology, birth and death. All of them apply more or less the same way to all creation.
Man is unique because we have samskaras. We operate with an antahkarana, which is based on our propensities, our choices, and we operate through our "free will", which is driven by our prakriti or the three gunas. If we operate in this layer, we will continue to experience life as we do, full of dualities, and there will be birth and death.
The only way we can raise ourselves from this condition is by reaching out to Paramatma. It is Paramatma who gives each soul the qualities of love, intuition, bliss, aesthetic sense, and creativity. This is present in every human being in varying degrees, dormant or manifest based on one's samskaras. These intrinsic qualities of the soul can be tapped to reach the higher plane.
The basic layer I call GRAVITY, which applies to all creation.
The VIBRATION layer is where man operates with his Kama, Krodha, Lobha, Moha, Mada, Matsarya, driven by his gunas- his Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas. His antahkarana is Chitta, Manas, Buddhi, and Ahankara. VIBRATION is the middle layer. By definition, vibration is a positive-negative combination in flux.
The third, which I call LIFT, comes from the five divine qualities that emanate from the soul, which is the home of Paramatma. These five are
- Love
- Intuition
- Bliss
- Aesthetic Experience
- Creativity
The illustration ( Thank you, Gemini!) is an attempt to depict this model.
Does this model make sense?
