Classical Physics has found its most elaborate expression in the Newton's mechanical
model of the Universe. In this deterministic model, matter was made of solid stuff or
substance evolving within the 3-D space of Euclidean geometry. It was all very satisfying
for the intellect: matter was matter, God its creator was something else, somewhere else,
removed from the field of science's confident observations and from man's enquiry. Relativity
theory and Quantum theory have shattered these beautiful certainties of the 18th and 19th
centuries and, with Albert Einstein, have laid the foundation of Sahaja Physics, that is a
physics, which embraces the universe as a vibrating, organic unity.
And here is the first surprise! Matter is full of tricks. These sub atomic units appear
as particles they are, as entities confined to an extremely small volume, or as waves,
stretched out through larger portions space. This dual picture provides us with an
unexpected concept of the reality of matter. Its smallest components identified by the
atomic physics are so to say, "identity" as particles and "energy" as
waves.But according to Heisenberg's famous "Uncertainty Principle"these two
aspects can never be perceived simultanously.
In an enlightening speech on 18th June 1983 in Paris, Shri Mataji shed light on a very
important aspect of spiritual reality. Shri Mataji very beautifully explained the
relationship between the formed (Sakaar) and the formless (Nirakaar) aspect of God. For
instance, She says, our Chakras both formed and formless.Its formed dimension is the diety
presiding over the chakra; its formless dimension
the energy it emits.Hence both are one and the same thing. Like the subatomic particles,
the chakra is at the same time formed and formless,position and wave, identity and energy.
Furthermore,in spiritual life also The Uncertainty Principle seems to apply and the
devotee is caught in its limitations. Indeed he either usually focuses on the identity of
a personal God ( Jesus, Vishnu, Shiva ) and his consciousness loses tracks of all
pervading cosmic manifestation of Divinity outside of this very form;or he focuses on the
abstract, undifferentiated aspect of the Divine ( Buddhism, Taoism, Advaita, Vedantism,
forms of Islam ) but his heart cannot find the bliss at the Lotus Feet of the identified,
recognized Beloved one. The perception of the formed identity drives away the perception
of the formless Energy.And vice versa.
For the Sahaja Yogi the question becomes a very practical one. He feels the
relationship to the Formed when he has the darshan ( physical presence ) of Shri Mataji.
He feels the working of the Formless when he feels the vibrations and consequent changes
in awareness.Indeed it is one thing to rationally grasp this truth that the two aspects
are one but it is another thing to Experience this truth as a state of one's own
consciousness. If we do not realize the person of Shri Mataji within the formless energy
of Vibrations we will pine and feel separated from Her and not be able to feel her Divine
Love. And if we do not realize the formless energy we will constantly forget the true
magnitude of Her personality, the perception of Her true Divinity and behave as if She
were just a normal human being.
Uncertainty Principal is one aspect of Maya, embodied as a law of Nuclear Physics as
well as an inherent limit of the human psyche. Can it be overcome?
In Physics, no; in Sahaja Yoga, YES.
Source:- NSYS Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 3. |