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Life And The Five Elements As Cosmic Joke

Life And The Five Elements As Cosmic Joke


By: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev on May 07, 2015 | 11228 View s | 45 Responses

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Some time ago, when driving after midnight, I approached a mountain


that seemed to be half ablaze. It was misty and as I drove cautiously up
the mountain, the fire always seemed a little farther away. When I
reached the actual site, I saw just a broken-down truck and a small fire
built by the driver because of the cold! As the mist reached dew point,
the million droplets acting as a prism, creating such a phenomenal
illusion that a little fire seemed like a huge conflagration. That incident
left me astounded.
Creation is just like that -- hugely magnified. Those who have looked
within themselves closely realise that there is no need to look at the macro version. The entire cosmos
is just a magnified projection of a small occurrence happening within you the mischief of five
elements. This is all it takes to make a throbbing full-fledged human being!
Imagine, life is a game with just five ingredients. Making even a sambar takes at least thirteen
ingredients! But both the human body and the cosmos are based on the jugglery of only five elements - earth, water, fire, air and space. Such a staggeringly complex phenomenon and just five variables!

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Not surprisingly, those who attained Self-realisation have often termed life a cosmic joke.
Whether your physical body is a stepping-stone or a hurdle on your path to well-being, essentially
depends on how you are able to manage these five. If they do not cooperate with each other, nothing
significant ever happens to you. But with their cooperation, your life from the basic to the highest
aspects suddenly becomes a tremendous possibility.
The body is like a doorway. If you are always facing closed doors, then for you a door means a
deterrent. If doors are always opening up for you, then for you a door means a possibility.
This explains why every spiritual practice in the world is related in some way with organising these five
elements. The most fundamental practice in the yogic system is bhuta shuddhi. This is a way of
cleansing the elements in the physical system so that they work in harmony. When you achieve a level
of expertise, you attain what is called bhuta siddhi, or mastery over the elements. With this mastery, life
opens up its bounty to you. Health, wellbeing, clarity, enlightenment none of these can be denied to
you anymore.
The very existence that traps you also sustains you. This is the paradox of the life process. Love and
hate, freedom and bondage, life and death are all encapsulated in each other. If they were separate,
there would be no problem; you could deal with them. The problem is, they are inextricable. If you try to
avoid life, you only end up avoiding death!
In ancient India, there were courtesans who were masters in the art of seduction. Their elaborate
jewellery seemed impossible to remove for the men whom they plied endlessly with intoxicants. Actually,
there was just one pin; all it took was to pull this one pin, and everything would fall down. That trick only
the courtesan knew.
Life is a bit like that. It is a complex web, but there is one simple pin. And that is your identity. The play
of five elements is highly evolved and complicated, but the key to freedom is your limited persona. If
you pull yourself out, lifes complexity collapses and everything settles. The simplicity of perfect
alignment with existence is suddenly yours.
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Lucky Samadhiya

Top Commenter Gwalior

good article I went through.


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4 May 7 at 8:53am

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Dilip Trasi Mumbai University and I I T Mumbai
The theory of five elements was propounded at a time when chemistry
was little known and alchemy was the order of the day. Reviewing this
theory, in the light of today's scientific knowledge, leaves hardly
anything to be gained.If panchamahabhuta-s are taken to be pure
elements -- solid, liquid, gas, plasma and space one would easily
realize that there is no such thing as pure solid, pure liquid etc free
from the other elements. Common matter we encounter is supposed to
be composed of panchikaran or the combination of the pure elements
in various proportions. The same common solid if heated to sufficiently
high temperature becomes a liquid, gas, plasma etc. but maybe not
space. Perhaps we have not so far reached a temperature high
enough to convert everything into space.Thus the theory of
panchkaran breaks down here. The other p... See More
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3 May 8 at 1:23pm

Siddharth Chandra

Top Commenter Nature (journal)

you are talking about results of interaction process and not


about basic elements. it is true that no matter is pure but
same is not true for purity of single atom of any kind. fire is
not element but result of friction and there is nothing like
space but invisible immeasurable amount of atoms aruond us
that keep on changing into different kinds of visible or
invisible matters. namaskar.
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1 May 9 at 9:30am

Dilip Trasi Mumbai University and I I T Mumbai


Siddharth Chandra
BASIC ELEMENTS ARE THE PANCHAMAHABUTAS -- EARTH,
WATER, FIRE, AIR AND ETHER. THESE NAMES ARE ONLY

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REPRESENTATIVE AND NOT ACTUAL, SINCE EARTH IS A


COMBINATION OF VARIOUS MINERALS ETC. IT IS NOT
FUNDAMENTAL. HENCE I USED THE TERM PURE SOLID. IMPURE
MATTER AS PER PANCHIKARAN THEORY IS THE RESULT OF ONE
HALF PART PURE MATTER AND THE REMAINING HALF PART IS
COMBINATION OF THE OTHER FOUR PURE ELEMENTS. WHAT I
AVER IS THAT MERE MIXING OF BASIC ELEMENTS CANNOT
PRODUCE VARIOUS FORMS OF THE 110 OR MORE ELEMENTS
OF THE PERIODIC TABLE. IF THAT WERE TRUE THEN MIXING
TWO OR MORE IMPURE ELEMENTS WOULD RESULT IN A NEW
ELEMENT, WHICH IS NOT BORNE OUT IN REALITY. I HOPE I
HAVE MADE MY POINT AMPLY CLEAR.
Reply Like May 9 at 11:39am
Dilip Trasi Mumbai University and I I T Mumbai
FIRE IS A COMBINATION OF ONE ELEMENT WITH OXYGEN AND
NOT A RESULT OF FRICTION AS YOU HAVE ASSUMED.
FRICTION PRODUCES HEAT AND THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
IGNITES THE TINDER IN COMBINATION WITH OXYGEN.
SPACE IS NOW ACCEPTED AS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF
ATOMS AND ELEMENTS. THIS AGAIN CONRATEDICTS THE
PANCHIKARAN THEORY. AS PER PANCHIKARAN THEORY ALL
ELEMENTS WOULD BE SPACE ELEMENTS, SUBTLE LIKE MIND,
INTELLECT, EGO ETC AND NO SOLIDS, LIQUIDS GASES ETC.
WOULD EXIST, SINCE MORE THAN HALF IF ALL MATTER IS
SPACE.
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Dina Nath Prasad

Top Commenter D M Academy

Not surprisingly, those who attained Self-realisation have often termed


life a cosmic joke.
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3 May 8 at 6:56pm

Dina Nath Prasad

Top Commenter D M Academy

The very existence that traps you also sustains you.


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Ramkrishna Taskar

Top Commenter Jersey City, New Jersey

Said that `Man is a Social animal`let here share, some of that animal
husbandry lines (especially to animal breeding)...` Imagine life is a
game with just five ingredients. Making a sambar takes at least
thirteen ingredients`..other one is `those who attained self realization
have often terms life a cosmic joke`...how sad! Life compared with
`Sambar`...and `cosmic joke`.
Agni, Akash, vayu, jal & Bhumi are said to be the`panchmahabhuta` five elements and all living beings(not only human) made out of this
formulation. The ancient spiritual `logic` behind this must come out by
churning of some special-mindedness..a divine, unique and authentic
one. Agni is not straight way a `fire` which sparks by some friction, or
by burning process..Agni is directly related and connected to that
Super power..SUN..center of the solar system..rota... See More
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Jitendra Chavan Sr.System Analyst at Igate Patni
Some time ago, when driving after midnight, I approached a mountain
that seemed to be half ablaze. It was misty and as I drove cautiously
up the mountain, the fire always seemed a little farther away. When I
reached the actual site, I saw just a broken-down truck and a small fire
built by the driver because of the cold! As the mist reached dew point,
the million droplets acting as a prism, creating such a phenomenal
illusion that a little fire seemed like a huge conflagration. That incident
left me astounded.
Reply Like May 7 at 9:19pm
Avnish Kumar

Top Commenter M.M. PG College, Modinagar

The body is like a doorway. If you are always facing closed doors, then
for you a door means a deterrent. If doors are always opening up for
you, then for you a door means a possibility.
Reply Like May 9 at 7:40am
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n ancient India, there were courtesans who were masters in the art of

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seduction. Their elaborate jewellery seemed impossible to remove for


the men whom they plied endlessly with intoxicants. Actually, there
was just one pin; all it took was to pull this one pin, and everything
would fall down. That trick only the courtesan knew.
Reply Like May 7 at 10:15am
Deepak Kumar Works at Self-Employed
In ancient India, there were courtesans who were masters in the art of
seduction. Their elaborate jewellery seemed impossible to remove for
the men whom they plied endlessly with intoxicants. Actually, there
was just one pin; all it took was to pull this one pin, and everything
would fall down. That trick only the courtesan knew.
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