Nagesh D. Sonde

सत्य, the eternal Prime Existence.

To day I recalled Bhagavan Raman Maharshi's statement which emphasised that the present moment alone is the existential reality, सत्य, the Prime Existence, the past and future being dependent on one's being in existence within one's form, the body. Without existence of the body there neither time nor space, neither the past nor the future.The past was the present earlier and the future would be the present later. Past is made of memories and future of expectations. Past would not be, if there were no memories. Future would not be there if there were no expectations.

One draws sustenance singularly in the Present moment, from सत्य, the existential reality, the Past having gone and the Future, not yet arrived, the past being the dream which one had seen earlier, the future being the dream which would be seen later. To understand the  past and the future without understanding the present would be Iike trying to find solution for a mathematical proble without understand the importance of the number One.

The Lord identifies himself as "कालोस्मि न लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्त: ।" where काल means the terrible Time, अस्मि, suggest the present moment alone as the existential reality, सत्य, the Prime Existence लोक is the temporal world of perception, bound by the memories of the past and expectations of the future. Therefore, लोकक्षयकृतप्रवृद्धो or लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्त: means the one which is resurgent for destruction of or gathering together the लोक, the temporal or empirical world of perception, bound by memories of the past and the expectations of the future.

One should concentrate on the present moment, which is the existential reality, सत्य, the Prime Existence transcending the past and future which represent one's existence within a gross form, the body, dependent and supported by the accumulated memories and nebulous, unsubstantiated expectations, therefore, should be rejected as mutable, temporary, transient, mortal and non-existential, असत्य. Therefore, one should seize the present moment, because the past is not available and the future is not certain.

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