PRAKRITI AND EGO THE “I” SELF as understood by people In the Vedas and Upanishads, the concepts of Prakriti and ego are related to the idea of the universe as an interplay between the material world and the eternal principles of consciousness:
Prakriti Nature The material world, or nature, which is made up of 24 elements like earth, fire, water, and air. Prakriti is eternal and beyond perception, and is made up of three qualities of matter. Ego @ I @ self as we think and say Also known as ahamkara, the ego is the divided individual being. Purusha The eternal, unchanging principles of consciousness, which manifests itself as the soul or atman. Maya The world is not as it seems, but is constantly being made. Knowledge of Maya is considered "not true knowledge". Atman The soul or self, which is the manifestation of Purusha. Knowledge of Atman is considered "true knowledge". The Katha Upanishad uses the analogy of a chariot to describe the relationship between the soul, body, mind, and senses. The soul is the rider, the body is the chariot, the intellect is the charioteer, the mind is the reins, and the senses are the horses. The goal is to control the senses of Prakriti to understand Purusha and reach Samadhi. Prakriti (Sanskrit: प्रकृति IAST: Prakṛti) is "the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance". It is a key concept in Hinduism, formulated by its Sāṅkhya school, where it does not refer to matter or nature, but "includes all the cognitive, moral, psychological, emotional, sensorial and physical aspects of reality", stressing "Prakrit’s cognitive, mental, psychological and sensorial activities" Prakriti has three different innate qualities (gunas), whose equilibrium is the basis of all observed empirical reality as the five panchamahabhootas namely Akasha, Vayu, Agni, Jala, Pruthvi. Prakriti, in this school, contrasts with Purusha, which is pure awareness and metaphysical consciousness. The term is also found in the texts of other Indian religions such as Jainism and Buddhism. In the Sāṅkhya and Yoga philosophical literatures, it is contrasted with Purusha (spirit, consciousness), and Prakriti refers to "the material world, nature, matter, physical and psychological character, constitution, temper, disposition". According to Knut Jacobsen, in the dualistic system of the Samkhya school, "Purusha is the principle of pure consciousness, while Prakriti is the principle of matter", where Purusha is the conscious witness in every living being, while Prakriti is the manifest world.In Hindu cosmology, Prakṛti is the feminine aspect of existence, the personified will and energy of the Supreme (Brahman); while in Shaktism, the Goddess is presented as both the Brahman and the Prakṛti. In Samkhya-Yoga texts, Prakriti is the potency that brings about evolution and change in the empirical universe. It is described in Bhagavad Gita as the "primal motive force". It is the essential constituent of the universe and is at the basis of all the activity of the creation.In Vishishtadvaita Vedanta, Prakṛti is one of the six substances (dravya). The guṇas (qualities) are the attributes of primordial Nature (Prakṛti), and not its constituents, unlike Sāṅkhya These qualities are inseparable from Prakṛti, but not identical with it and inextricably related to Ishvara. Prakṛti in Vishishtadvaita Vedanta is limited above by the eternal manifestation (nityavibhuti) whereas it's infinite in Sāṅkhya. According to Dvaita Vedanta, Prakṛti is the material cause (Satkaryavada) of the world.Prakriti is closely associated with the concept of Maya within Hindu texts.In Jainism the term "Prakriti" is used in its theory of Karma, and is considered "that form of matter which covers the perfections of the soul (jiva) and prevents its liberation".According to Samkhya and the Bhagavad Gita Prakrti or Nature is composed of the three guṇas which are tendencies or modes of operation, known as rajas (creation), sattva (preservation), and tamas (destruction). Sattva encompasses qualities of goodness, light, and harmony. Rajas is associated with concepts of energy, activity, and passion; so that, depending on how it is used, it can either have a supportive or hindering effect on the evolution of the soul. Tamas is commonly associated with inertia, darkness, insensitivity. Souls who are more Tamasic are considered imbued in darkness and take the longest to reach liberation.In Samkhya, prakriti, comprising the three gunas, exists in equilibrium before the cosmos manifests, neutralizing each other's properties. Samkhya argues that the complex and purposeful nature of the world suggests that it exists for the sake of something else, particularly the conscious souls. This view suggests that prakriti, though unconscious, serves to aid the liberation of the soul, similar to how milk nourishes a calf. Bhagavad Gita The Bhagavad Gita emphasize the role of prakriti as the material energy of the universe, created and controlled by God (Krishna), and its distinction from purusha in different verses. In Chapter 4 verse 6, Krishna describes prakriti as His own power, through which He manifests in the world. In Chapter 7 verse 4 and 5, Krishna mentions two types of prakriti: Earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect, and the sense of ego comprise the eight component parts of my energy known as prakriti. This is the inferior prakriti, but you should also know about my higher prakriti, which is distinct from it. This is the element of life, O mighty one, the jiva bhuta, by means of which this world is held in place. — Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 7, verse 4-5 In Chapter 13 verses 19-23, Krishna discusses the eternal nature of both prakriti and purusha, as well as their distinction. You should understand that both prakriti (matter) and purusha (spirit) have no beginning. You should also know that all transformations and the gunas have their origin in prakriti. — Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13, verse 19 Yoga Sutras In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, prakriti is described as encompassing the entire cosmos including its physical aspects. It is characterized by the three gunas - sattva, rajas, and tamas. However, the emphasis within the text primarily is on the psychological manifestations of these guṇas. Sattva, the purest guna, is associated with qualities like lucidity, tranquility, wisdom, discrimination, detachment, happiness, and peacefulness when expressed in the mind (citta). Rajas is characterized by traits like hankering, power, and various forms of movement and creative activity. Tamas is marked by qualities such as ignorance, delusion, lethargy, and disinclination toward constructive activity. These psychological attributes reveal the nature of the gunas in Yoga. Hence Nature is above par to self the I; I is ego and so shall behave only erratic. Nature knows how to reward and punish and replenish. K Rajaram IRS 111224 On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 at 06:22, Markendeya Yeddanapudi < [email protected]> wrote: > > I am facing problems with Chat GPT.I am not able to add the comments. > > -- > *Mar*Your Achievements and Problems as Nature’s Achievements and Problems > > > > In free and healthy nature, you live as a healthy and symbiotic limb and > ecological link in nature. You become nature. Nature’s freedom and health > becomes your freedom and your health. The happy and healthy the nature, the > happy and healthy you. You automatically feel and join nature’s happiness. > Likewise you automatically feel the problems of nature as your problems and > team up with nature to solve the problems. You can never be lonely. In fact > you cannot be even a criminal, unless you damage nature so much that nature > itself becomes the criminal fighting the Biosphere. Nobility or criminality > flow from nature into you. > > Unfortunately today, thanks to science and economics, you have repudiated > your very limbhood and anatomical connection to nature. You criminalized > nature itself with your economics. > > You think that to be scientific, you must be the outside observer and > manipulator of nature, actually repudiate your very macro anatomy. It is > like a bacterium in you which has made its life the economic and scientific > life and converted the octillions of the other bacteria its economic > livestock and all the cells the raw materials for its industries so that it > can live a very high standard life of its maximum twenty minutes of life. > No bacterium in you lives for more than twenty minutes. > > We want the planet earth whose age is in billions of years, to tailor its > existence to our life of less than one hundred years. But when you identify > yourself as nature and live as limb of nature, then you begin viewing your > own longevity in billions of years.Birth, death and reincarnations take to > completely new meanings with the macro paradigmatic fact. You progress with > nature. If nature is healthy and happy you automatically become healthy and > happy. Nature simply will not allow you to be sick and unhappy. But if you > diseasify nature, then you cannot be healthy. > > In free and healthy nature, you join the rapture flow, as the airflow, > rainfall, the symphony and harmonics of dances and musics of the Biosphere, > where your achievements and nature’s achievements get unified. Nature > educates and trains you throughout your life. > > What you see with your eyes is just 00.0037% of the totality, as the > visible spectrum. The remaining 99.9963% of the totality also is your macro > life and you can team up with that gigantic Microcosm only by breathing, > smelling, sensing, and also by hearing the musics of the flora and the > fauna, all of which trigger your internal hormonal communications > continuously reinvigorating every cell of you with the messages from nature. > > Today your thinking and hormonal communications are taken over by > machines. Your macro link to nature is cut. In free and healthy nature you > happily climb trees, race with animals and swim in every pond, lake, river > or sea. You are connected to nature in many ways, your palms and heels to > the soil bacteria, which invigorate you, the smell and musical messages > from the flora and the fauna, all of which educate and inspire you > continuously. > > Today thanks to the commercial drilling by business units, you do not even > walk but use some vehicle, there are no smell and sound conversations with > the flora and the fauna, you divorced nature with economics. > > If at least one university in the whole world becomes sane and starts the > ‘Free Nature Parks without human tampering’, it will be pioneering and > completely new and revived new education. The students may become experts > in Telepathy, telekenisis and teleportation. May be they could do the > consciousness travel or the out of the body travel. > > They first lesson they must imbibe into their internal hormonal > communication system is that they are part of the free forest. > > Unfortunately we do not have Mental Asylums for Universities to cure them > from the frenzy for technology. > > YM Sarma > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZorFAQq9-gvBaOQ0xAvQG%2BbFXfAMFO84%3DrV0X%2BOW93zt3w%40mail.gmail.com.
