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Saturday, August 17, 2013

Complex knot of conscious and unconscious substance

The Sages of India, thousands of years ago, beautifully described human consciousness as a complex knot (or combination) of conscious (Chetan) and unconscious (jad) substance – Chit-Jad-Granthi. We are all spiritual and conscious beings having worldly human experiences. On the same thought, there is a famous quote by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin – “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience."


The conscious component of our Being pulls us towards the Divine and inspires us to engage ourselves in helping others, paying reverence to Saints, listening to Self-realized ones, read holy scriptures, remember God, be peaceful and blissful while conducting in the worldly affairs. Whereas the unconscious, earthy component of our psyche drag us towards enjoying worldly momentary sensual pleasures, being selfish, over sleeping, over eating, being restless, being angry, hurting others and all other sorts of negative emotions.