Creation of the Universe - Part 1

WHY WE HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT CREATION OF THIS UNIVERSE

Dear All,

When one gets up in the morning from deep sleep, the first thing he ever recognizes is he, the Jiva, a human being, apart from God.

Then, the second thing he recognizes is the creation in which he the  jiva is living. If there is no universe at all, then there is no relevance of his identity as jiva. He will then be Jiva for whom?? For what purpose?

Then, comes his link with Iswara when he thinks, who is the one who has created me and this universe.

Jiva

From the Purpose of Human Birth theme up to the last post, we have been trying to learn only one thing.

That is about the divine nature of human beings.

No stone has been left unturned to understand from all the posts that Man is born divine, created by God as divine and at the end of his spiritual journey, he merges with God and exists as divine.

This pure existence of jiva is at absolute level. However, from a relative point of view, in between his first and the last birth, he happens to be living in this world and his living in this creation makes him undergo the roller coaster in life, accumulating karmas birth after births.

Jagat

The world appears to be real at the first glance, but on further analysis we find that it is not as real as it appears. And this is true with reference to everything. All that glitters is not gold. Sometimes we meet some people and think they are very friendly and loving, but on closer association we find it to be otherwise. Our emotions and perceptions of this world change.

Vedanta says that it is a fact that you experience this world, but it is not as real as it appears to be. So don’t get carried away by it. Appearances are deceptive. One must have a proper understanding of what is real and what is mere appearance.

Isvara

People have many concepts about God also. We may have many concepts about God, but God is not a concept.

It is the nature and habit of the mind to form images. We have an image of everything and being. In the world, we do not deal with people as they are, but only according to our images of what they are. We imagine and bring God to our level. An ant will always think of God as a big ant. Concepts bring God or Truth to our level. 

When you drop them, the mind is raised to the level of God and the mind itself disappears. When the mind reaches the state of no-mind, there is no experience of duality of any kind.

Why we should know how universe was created?

Origin of the universe is of utmost importance. We cannot predict the future unless we know the past. We can formulate laws that govern the universe only if we know it's origin. And moreover, the ultimate purpose of every human life is to know the SELF. How can we achieve it without knowing our origin?

Thus, it is assumed that after going through various posts in the past few months, an urge has been developed within the readers to know all about the creation of universe, as it is only with reference to the Jagath or creation that the relative existence of a Jiva as a human (not divine from absolute stand point).

We shall now focus on the creation of this universe in all future posts.

Love.