The only thing that does not change is CHANGE. Everything
you see around changes. Things they born, grow, wither and die. This process is
very basic in nature. Nothing in this universe can be expelled from this truth.
We are quite aware of the three shaktis that is the heart of
entire universe. Brahma shakti which creates, Vishnu shakti which maintains and
Shiva shakti which destroys or in other way transforms. As I had wrote in my
previous post that everything changes but there is something which does not
change. And this something very unique, much centered, which does not change
with time, which is eternal. From an atom to entire galaxy, the same principle
works.
Let
us go at picometer level and discover what happens. An atom consist of protons,
neutrons and quarks which make up the nucleus while the electrons move around
the nucleus in defined pathway called orbital. During a chemical reaction, the
electrons are either lost or gained but the contents of nucleus remains the
same. They remain eternal, does not change during chemical reaction. They just
witness the loss and gain of electron. This was at picometric cosmos level.
Now let us zoom out and go to Hubble's telescope level that is on
planetary level. In this case, the sun remains stationary at it’s position. The
planets revolve around it. The stars are born and disappear in space after its
defined life time. The planets orbit around sun as electrons orbit around the
nucleus. Sun witnesses the changes occurring in space as the nucleus witnesses
the changes occurring around it.
We, human beings are somewhere between these two extremes
and we also follow the same sciences which an atom and a solar system follows. Everything
around us keeps on changing. Some at greater pace and some like turtle’s race.
From your birth itself, your body keeps changing each second, with every
breath, the change is there but it goes unnoticed as subtle event. People
around us keep on changing. When we are small, we have grandparents with us.
When we grow up, they die, they disappear. Our school changes, uniform changes,
childhood friend changes, syllabus changes, college changes, tuition changes,
teacher changes, our crush changes, our love changes, our passion changes, our
parents grow old, our friend changes, our sex partner changes, our prayer
changes, our mood changes, we marry and our life partner and her relatives add
up in our life, we have children of our own, our job changes, salary changes,
scooter changes, hair color changes, vitality changes, wrinkles start
appearing, our state of health changes and finally we die. After a long series
of changes, we ultimately die and based on our karma, come to earth again and
repeat the entire process.
But there is one thing which observes the process of
changes. It remains unchanged just a nucleus in an atom and sun in solar
system. They witness the changes occurring. The very substance which goes
unchanged is what we call the Self. In case of solar system, sun is Self, in
case of an atom, nucleus is Self. This Self if recognized or realized becomes
reason of immense joy. This unchanged particle is also called GOD particle. It
is the observer of entire dance of maya. It knows everything but the dark light
of ignorance has made it impossible to access. The purpose of one’s life is to
dive out of the ignorance sea and jump into indestructible joy by realizing one’s
Self. This is the very essence of spirituality.
