Welcome back, dear family, to Agama’s Message by Agama Shakti. 🌟
Today, I am excited to explore the topic of Desires 💭✨ and share my insights on this profound concept. This edition marks Discourse Four of the Beyond Consciousness series. 📜✨ If you haven’t yet read the previous articles, I encourage you to dive into them! 📚 The link is provided below.👇
Desire (noun)
plural noun: desires
the feeling of wanting something very much; a strong wish
No matter how simple the Oxford dictionary makes it sound, this powerful word “Desire” 🔥 is the root cause of all problems. It is the reason we are here, the reason we keep taking birth, and why we keep returning. 🌱✨ Let me share with you the Brahma Gyan 🕉️—the knowledge beyond all knowledge—and reveal the origin of the cosmos 🌌 by explaining the profound wisdom of the Nāsadīya Sūkta. 🙏
The Nāsadīya Sūkta Explained 📜
You can read the Nāsadīya Sūkta 📜 here
The sutra that explains the Nāsadīya Sūkta is एकोहं बहुस्याम—“I am One, let Me become many.” 🕉️✨ The cosmos is created by the non-dual Brahman as willed by Him. The Lord declares, "I am One, let Me become many!" 🌌 Thus, the One Absolute Brahman has projected Himself as the many, manifesting the entire universe. 🌿🌟
You and I are none other than the Lord Himself, simply manifested in different forms. 🕉️ If you ask me, "If I am the Lord, why am I suffering? Why can I not manipulate nature? Shouldn't I, being the Lord and the Lord being everything, have the power to control everything, both living and non-living?" My answer is this: Have you truly realized that you are the Lord? ✨ Knowing that you are the Lord and realizing that you are the Lord are two very different things. 🙏
The moment you let go of desire, you will come to the profound realization of your divine existence. 🌸
Classical Advaita Vedānta teaches that all reality and everything in the experienced world has its root in Brahman—the unchanging, intelligent Consciousness. 🌀 To Advaitins, there is no duality between the Creator and the created universe. 🌍 You come to this realization when you stop desiring and awaken to your true nature. 🌿
The Nāsadīya Sūkta has 7 stanzas, and I’ll explain them briefly:
In the beginning, there was nothing—no air, no birth, no death… nothing at all. 🌑 Then came the knowledge in the form of light. 🌟 This is why many who meditate experience God as a form of light. ✨
Stanza 3:
तम आसीत्तमसा गूहळमग्रे प्रकेतं सलिलं सर्वाऽइदम् | तुच्छ्येनाभ्वपिहितं यदासीत्तपसस्तन्महिनाजायतैकम् ॥ ३ ॥At first, there was only darkness wrapped in darkness. All that existed was the unillumined cosmic water 🌊. That One which came to be, enclosed in nothing, arose at last—born from the power of knowledge. 💡
Then, after knowledge, came desire—the desire to become many—and thus the play of creation began. 🎭
Stanza 4:
कामस्तदग्रे समवर्तताधि मनसो रेतः प्रथमं यदासीत् | सतो बन्धुमसति निरविन्दन्हृदि प्रतीष्या कवयो मनीषा ॥ ४ ॥In the beginning, desire descended upon it. 💭 That was the primal seed, born of the mind. The sages, having searched their hearts with wisdom, know that that which is, is kin to that which is not. 🔮
And so, the play of birth and death, along with karma, began. 🌱💀 It is we, through our desires, who engage in the cycle of birth and death.
As Osho says, "Meditation is the art of death." But what does that mean? 🧘♂️ He never fully clarified the nature of this "death." The truth is, it’s the death of desires, because the soul never dies—it is eternal. 🌸 The body, however, is just a cloth, and meditation is the process of ending desires by realizing there are no unfulfilled desires, no more experiences left to seek. 🕊️
Banyan trees have a unique growth pattern where their aerial roots, which grow down from the branches, can indeed turn into new trees. 🌳 These roots, as they reach the ground, can take root and form new trunks, effectively creating new trees that are connected to the original one, often resulting in a network of trees that appear to be a single, vast tree. This process is called propagation or vegetative reproduction.
So, in a way, the banyan tree does create new trees through its roots, which distinguishes it from many other trees. However, the new trees are still part of the same larger organism, interconnected with the original one.
This is a much more practical and visible way to understand desires and your oneness with the Creator.
Are desires truly bad? 🤔
Desires, in themselves, are not inherently bad. They are a natural part of being human and can serve as motivation for growth and achievement. 🌱✨ However, when desires become attachments or obsessions, they can lead to suffering, distractions, and a sense of unfulfilled longing. 😔
In spiritual teachings, the key is not to eliminate desires completely, but to transform them. 🌟 Desires rooted in ego or worldly attachments can bind us to the cycle of birth and death, while desires aligned with higher purpose or self-realization can guide us toward true fulfillment. 🕉️
Ultimately, it's about finding balance: recognizing the nature of desires without being controlled by them. 🌿
Since the cycle of birth and death began with a desire, it must also end with a desire—the desire to return from many to One. 🌱➡️🕉️
This is the ultimate desire: to transcend duality and reunite with the source, to dissolve the illusion of separation, and to realize the oneness of all. ✨ The desire to merge back into the singularity from which we arose is the key to ending the cycle of birth and death. 🔄💫
Closing Remarks
That’s all for today, my dear friends. 💫 I hope you’ve enjoyed reading today’s edition! Feel free to share your thoughts with me at agamashakti@gmail.com—I always love reading your views, reflections, and lovely messages. Keep them coming! 😊
With lots of love,
Yours,
Vishal Rajput ❤️
