Yogic Thought

Tag: prakruti

  • 64. Āpas – the Universal “Dissolved” State

    Everything we ever wanted, or will ever want, is in this element, in a dissolved unmanifest state, like salt in ocean water.  We just need to do the necessary to manifest it!  In a similar way, this element apas is capable of dissolving away anything that we don’t want, like past karmic residues.  Again, we just…

  • 63. Agni – the Ubiquitous Fire

    63. Agni – the Ubiquitous Fire

    So, how many fires are there?  The famous Rig veda starts and ends with a sukta for Agni! In a nutshell, since change is the nature of this universe, Agni is everywhere, in infinite forms, depending upon what needs to be converted from what to what.  For example, you want to dissolve away the past…

  • 58. prakruti – the universal objective

    58. prakruti – the universal objective

    My (as in Brahman) womb is the “mahat” brahman (or Prakruti), and I (as in purusha) seed that womb to create all beings (both animate and inanimate). [That way] prakruti is like the mother for all beings while purusha is like the father…                            …

  • 57. purusha – the universal subjective

    ॐ sa̠hasra̍śīrṣā̠ puru̍ṣaḥ । sa̠ha̠srā̠kṣaḥ sa̠hasra̍pāt । sa bhūmi̍ṃ vi̠śvatō̍ vṛ̠tvā । atya̍tiṣṭhaddaśāṅgu̠lam ।। The puruṣa (Universal Subjective or Consciousness) has infinite heads, infinite eyes and infinite feet (sa̠hasra̍ here signifies innumerable), He (the universal being) seeds the creation from all sides, and extends beyond the ten directions (as represented by the ten fingers).   …