We therefore are deluded into thinking that we are independent subjects acting in accordance with free-will. Rather we are victims of circumstances, compelled to follow the forces of Nature rather than the dictates of a higher or deeper consciousness. But Nature as we initially perceive acts on our surface personality that revolves around the ego and is an inverted representation of the creative force of consciousness in the depths of our being. This poise of Nature (also known as the lower Nature) does not represent truth but is rather ‘an illusion-power’ (Ibid, pg 227) or Maya of the Lord. It is not harmonious but chaotic and does not follow any consistent law of action.
To discover the roots of one’s consciousness and power, the individual has to go to the depths behind the surface personality. This inner sojourn can lead to three directions. It can plunge downwards into the Inconscience which again is the denial of the Superconscience and cannot be profitable. One can also travel inwards where the Lord is seated in the centre of the being in the soul-space. Or else, it can soar upwards to the Superconscient.
The Superconscient holds in itself the highest creative consciousness – the Supermind. The Supermind executes its action through a Higher Law which is constructive and creative and holds Consciousness and Force as interspersed powers. The Higher Law is ‘the higher and divine Maya’ serving the Higher ego-transcending poise of Nature.
The Higher Maya is the ‘Truth-Power’ which perfectly synthesizes Consciousness and Force. The lower Maya is the ‘Illusion-Power’ and is a distorted projection of the ‘Truth-Power’ and thus cannot heal the dissonance of Consciousness and Force.
A complete self-awareness that can identify with existence and its representation –the structure of the being is a preparatory stage to access the Higher Maya where the dissonance between Consciousness and Energy does not exist. ‘The Illusion-Power of the divine knowledge in the world which creates appearances is governed by the Truth-Power of the same knowledge which knows the truth behind appearances and keeps ready for us the Affirmation towards which they are working. The partial and apparent Man here will find there the perfect and real Man capable of an entirely self-aware being by his full unity with that Self-existent who is the omniscient lord of His own cosmic evolution and procession’.(Ibid)
Date of Update:
22-Oct-18
- By Dr. Soumitra Basu
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