LAW OF THE Universe

Finding your inner self is as important as finding the cure to a pandemic

- ATMARAM NADKARNI

With our experience during this pandemic, it becomes important to take stock of things from our lives. The universe has certain laws. Understanding them brings freedom, love, and peace. If we study it carefully, we cannot but be spellbound by the miracle of the universe.

The universe is one’s consciousness, manifesting its essence in everything. There is a beginning and an end to everything. In Sanskrit, the words are utpatti, sthithi and laya.

If one goes against universal will, it leads to pain and suffering. We continually have our attachments and false conceptions of ego, riding ourselves on a false notion that the world revolves around us.

There has to be some kind of surrendering. We are oblivious of our own thoughts. We have learnt certain things in school, from parents and teachers, friends and well-wishers. With all this, we have developed a line of thought by building our own image of universal consciousness.

You may have built it in your imagination or reality. As long as you do not let go of your material, intellectual, emotional and spiritual possessions, and give away all that contributed in the thought process, there is no true surrender.

This will require a total break, from the past. It may be disturbing and painful in the beginning, for we have accumulated the past with great efforts. We have infinite memories and have committed to safeguarding it in our lives. These false notions – which are a product of the past – define us, and keep us bounded.