Dialogues Of Self And Soul

Dialogues Of Self and Soul-1

The Aksara is ‘AUM’ (ॐ)!

 

She turned her head slightly and looked deep into my eyes.

‘Oh God, she is so beautiful!’

I thought as I looked at her through half closed eyes.

As if reading my mind, she blinked at me and gave me a beautiful smile.

I almost died!

"I want to ask you something." I said abruptly.

“Yes, why not?" She responded in a sweet voice.

“I know there is something above the skies, beneath the earth, embracing heaven and earth, past, present and future. Tell me in what it is woven into all this like the warp and the woof?”
I asked, looking intently at her all the while.

A hint of surprise appeared on her beautiful face. Her eyes seemed to bore into me now. A shiver ran through my spine.
After a long moment, she took a deep breath and replied,

“It is ‘Akasha’- the fifth element, which envelopes the entire physical creation.”
Her hand felt warm as her fingers clasped my fingers.

Not satisfied yet, I spoke again, almost whispered,

“”Then, in what is the ‘Akasha’ woven and rewoven, like the warp and the woof?”

She hesitated and looked into my eyes as if deciding if it was time to tell me the whole truth.

“In ‘Aksara’( the imperishable) is the fifth element, woven and rewoven like the warp and the woof. It is neither coarse, nor subtle, neither short nor long, neither red nor white. It is neither light nor darkness. It is without ears, eyes, or mind, or breath, without speech, without smell, without mouth. It has no within and no without.” She concluded.
She gave me an inquisitive look and I nodded in comprehension.
Then, she elaborated further,

“By the command of this Indestructible Being, sun and moon, stars and earth, exist in their places. By the command of this Aksara, minutes, hours, days, nights, weeks, months, seasons and years stand apart.”

I was breathing hard by now, her words flowing spontaneously through my inner being. I closed my eyes to listen intently with every grain of my conciousness.

“That Brahman, although unseen, He sees; although unheard, He hears; although unthought-of, He thinks; although unknown, He knows. There is none that sees but He, there is none that hears but He, there is none that thinks but He, there is none that knows but He. In that 'Aksara', then, the Akasha is woven and rewoven like the warp and the woof.”

She unclasped my fingers and I felt her changing her posture to lie down flat on her back.

“And the Aksara is ‘AUM’ (ॐ)!” She finally proclaimed.

A moment later, I opened my eyes- she was not there, she was gone.

A smile of satisfaction appeared on my lips. This indeed being the eternal truth as described in Vedas and told by Yajnavalakya to Gargi — more than five thousand years ago.

My breathing gradualy returned to normal as I came out of Samadhi. I swiftly started writing it all down-the first conversation between my higher self and the eternal soul.

I cintend to continue to explore my spirituality and inner self further and share this quest with you.