In the journey of self-discovery, many ancient teachings have pointed towards a truth that modern science is just beginning to touch. Beneath the surface of our everyday experience lies a deeper, infinite reality. One that is often hidden by the illusion of separation and forms.
This article intends to bridge the true wisdom of Advait Vedant with a modern understanding of wave-particle theory, offering a simple but profound exploration of what it means to be a finite human being and the infinite consciousness that witnesses all.
To begin the journey let’s start with an example: Imagine you are looking at ocean waves. Sometimes we see a big wave rising. The other times we see small bubbles floating on the water. But the truth is that it is just the ocean taking different shapes. It will all make sense if we link it to our body and our consciousness.
Our body and mind are like a small bubble on the ocean which is visible temporarily with a name and a shape. Whereas our true self which is the consciousness is like the entire ocean vast without any kind of boundaries.
In our case, Humans depict the nature of Particles:
A particle is a small, separate, visible, limited unit. We have a name, we have a body that we identify ourselves with, which grows, ages, and falls sick. We have thoughts and with all these units being truth for us, we feel separate from others. You say I’m sitting on this chair which means we identify ourselves to be different from the chair. In spirituality, it is called the particle state, which is limited to our body, mind and emotions only. This makes us be fearful of incurring losses, running after desires and experiencing separateness.
How consciousness depicts the nature of wave:
A wave is a flowing, infinite form of energy that is not limited and is boundless. Wave is everywhere not just inside us. It moves gently through all beings and things but belongs to none in exclusivity. We can say it is a background in which all experiences happen. Snap back to the above example of a wave in the ocean: it rises, moves and falls back. At no point it is separate from the ocean.
Conclusion:
We create an entire world inside us: mountains, rivers, people, and emotions. But when we pay attention or rather wake up to reality, we realize all our experiences are inside our heads. None of it has an existence out of us and is powerless without our reaction to it. We are not different and are one with the world. So, we are free from all that which spirituality calls an Illusion then we experience the state called liberation.
