Aavaranatmika sakti......covering energy

The aatma ‘real self’ is blocked from experiencing itself. The material energy ‘maya’ has two functions – one is called aavaranatmika sakti and the other is called ‘Praksepatmika’ sakti. The aavarantmika sakti covers the real self, its pure identity and also its nature of anandamaya. Intoxication is a result of covering of the always ever blissful self. Our true nature is to taste bliss every moment ‘Prati Padam Purnamrta svadanam’. When this nature is covered by ‘avaranatmika’ sakti, we start hankering because the experience of anandam is stopped. And then due to ignorance without clue to what is happening, the self covered by the apparent self tries to achieve constant bliss thru material means which leads to various forms……..intoxication of various types is the result – paan, Jarda, smoke, alcohol etc…..Some people gratify the subtle body to sustain constant bliss….but this becomes very strenuous and also causes pain in the long run, health issues etc….You see animals like cow always chewing, grazing – thry try to sustain constant bliss thru eating. The happiness derived from gratifying the apparent self is a minute fraction of the happiness of the true self. To solve this happiness mystery, uncovering the true self is the only solution.

               The intoxication industry is thriving on this malfunction. The pure self when covered by material energy loses contact with its blissful nature and searches for happiness in objects of matter. It develops a hankering unsatisfied with what is on offer in material world. Nothing matches with happiness of its original nature. The soul continuously compares the happiness experience with the experience of the true self and becomes dissatisfied. With no solution the hankering increases and the sould gets burning experience ‘samsara visa nele diva nisi hiya jwale’………..The confidential knowledge about the pure self is distributed like rain from the spiritual world. Agents of spiritual world roam around to distribute this in the form of sound. When one embraces this sound with deep transcendental faith and hopelessness, one starts feeling relief. He starts to get a taste of existential bliss ‘Sat’. Progressing ahead he starts relishing an upgraded bliss ‘Chit’ ananda…….the ananda of always hearing about the Viryavan activities of the Supreme self ‘Satam prasanga mama veerya samvido’………….the drinking of ‘Chit’ ananda acts like ambrosia and cultivates the spiritual body of the pure self with expansive spiritual sense organs………….the person is ready to act with the supreme self in alignment in love……..then action starts in relation to supreme self, one relishes ‘ananda’ ananda…..the bliss of divine service to Supreme…….this ananda is build on foundation of ‘Sat’ and ‘Chit’ ananda. It’s a triple bonus.

               One should not ignore the gross platform spiritualization. This helps one to come in contact with ‘Sat’ ananda faster. This involves decorating the body with tilaka with names of Visnu at 12 parts. Wearing Tulasi neck beads, Brahmin thread, dressing as a transcendentalist etc…. ……..(certain colors enhance connect with the soul existence). We use the pancabhutas for ‘Bhuta’ Suddhi. Water with Tulasi is used for acaman and sprinkling on the body. Incense is burnt to purify the nasikendriya and also nice perfume flowers are offered and smelt. Gross purification involves sparsa, gandha, rasa. Sabda and Roopa falls in the category of ‘Subtle’ Bhuta Suddhi. Subtle Bhuta suddhi has higher importance, gross bhuta suddhi ofcourse enhances and assists the subtle bhuta suddhi. One has to be in touch with transcendental sound always….or one has to take a diet of transcendental sound on regular basis. Sabda and Rasa are the fastest contaminators because both go inside and stay, vibrate for a long time. The food stays for  a very long time because the energy that is produced from food stays as vibration, many cells are formed due to digested food. Sound can imprint the consciousness, hence contamination thru sound is harder to remove. ‘VIsayira anna khaya, mana malina hoiya’ – One should not take food at the place or from a visayi. ‘Mayavada Bhasya sunila, Sarva naasa hoiya’ – At the same time hearning sounds from a person contaminated by mayavada philosophy is equally dangerous. When one wears tilaka, performs acaman, honors mahaprasadam……gross purification is complete and on top of this he takes a diet of ‘Sabda’ from lips of pure devotee, one raises to ‘Chit’ ananda..