Moment to Speak

The human being, a form in space and time, is in an existential battle of succession. This battle of succession has been ongoing since time immemorial. Nobody knows how long this will continue. But it is there and will go on. The human being is encapsulated in a body-mind-intellect system. He is forgetful of his sentient nature, or inner self, and moves outward towards the insentient world to realise his psychophysical nature. It is because humans never feel secure in their existing state of nature. They feel insecure about the changing spectrum of the world that may manifest at any moment and in any time space before them. Latency and a sense of insecurity are the pervasive dimensions of death. The fear of death remains a subliminal level for every being and creature. It does not matter whether he is the weakest of the weak or the mightiest of the might. No amount of physical fortification can do away with the call or force of death. It is so; we are in a samsara of birth and death...

In Sanātana Dharma (eternal order or righteousness), the idea of birth and death is associated with the ātman's (inner self, inner spirit, or soul) transmigration or rebirth. Every being possesses an immortal inner self, also known as the ātman , which is beyond birth and death. Liberation, or moksha , is the fundamental right of every being. Birth and death are associated with the transmigration of the soul, or ātman , along with accumulated samskāras (sacred or sanctifying) through karmas (activities). In this context, life processes are to be discerned. There are stages in life, such as birth and death. The self, the ātman , is the essence of the life process. Every being's ātman , not the things outside, is his own self. Life is anything that is living, sentient, conscious, and cognitive. It manifests in various stages in terms of growth, cognition, sustenance, reproduction, and multiplication through the application of energy. Life is samsāra , or that which follows...

What is ego? Ego is an outward sense of perceptive feeling emanating from the body-mind-intellect conundrum in a phenomenal world. The conception of “I” is located in that conundrum. Ego is always inflated and a manifestation of the “I” conception emanating from that conundrum. Instead of locating “I” in the Self as a subject, the ātman (inner self or inner spirit) within every being, is viewed as a psychophysical conception in a bipolarity of subject and object; eternality is the former and ephemerality is the latter. Accordingly, the world is transitional, as is everyone within its confines. The human being regards this body-mind-intellect complex as the ultimate reality, and everything connected to it is equally real. Equally valid are sensual reception and perception. The apparatus of knowledge in this world comprises the senses, comprehension, and logical reasoning. These are the tools used to assess, evaluate, coordinate, and organise the underpinning paradigm of ethical, ...