Is The World REAL or an ILLUSION? POWERFUL 10 Min That Will Change Your LIFE by Swami Mukundanand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-69UWOAntvw Full Text 1 we think you know this world is giving me so much of tension, if I give up my grahasthi and go to the Himalayas, I will be in peace, there also you will find a mosquito that will disturb your peace but if you can finish the inner world, you can live in the Raleigh Durham Triangle (see text 2 below) and still be in perfect peace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-69UWOAntvw&t=0 2 Philosophers in India have always pondered about the nature of this world and why does the question arise ? Because what is the nature of saffron color for example, factually saffron is a perception that your mind is giving you, when light of 630 nano-metres wavelength hits your retina, it creates a signal and that signal goes to the brain which interprets it as saffron color, it is not necessary that everybody's brain is interpreting the same saffron color https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-69UWOAntvw&t=31 3 some people are actually seeing it as red, others are seeing it as yellow, only later on they realize they are color blind, for example animals don't see as many colors as humans do so when saffron etc. is a perception in the head, what is the reality of this world is a question that philosophers have pondered (thought) about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-69UWOAntvw&t=92 4 In the east Shankaracharya gave his take, he said that this world has got no absolute reality, it is all an illusion. Brahma Satyam, Jagat Mithya, it is all an illusion and if you say but I am perceiving it, he says that's because of your ignorance, when you become situated in knowledge, the illusion will be dispelled and this philosophy also had takers in the western world starting with Plato, the disciple of Socrates, up to Berkeley in more recent times, they propounded subjective idealism and objective idealism where they said that it's all your perceptions but then this led other philosophers to say that if it doesn't have an objective reality, this world after we become Brahagyanis, ,i.e., realized, then the world should stop to exist, then why is it that God realized saints are also using the world, they are eating etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-69UWOAntvw&t=128 5 if they are doing it after Brahmagyan, it means that the world is still existing and is this world actually created by our mind ? If this world is so intricate, if our mind has created the Higgs Bosons (see text 1 below) and the galaxies, our mind has done a tremendous miracle, so the Vaishnav acharyas, they said, no, the world is not mithya (illusion), it is “Asat”, what does that mean ? It means that it exists but it is not permanent because if it is permanent it is Sat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-69UWOAntvw&t=220 6 The world is obviously not permanent so it is “Asat” means temporary, this was the viewpoint of Ramanujacharya, Madhavacharya, Nimbarkacharya & also Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Jagat Guru Shri Kripalu ji maharaj he reconciled Shankaracharya's views with the Vaishnava acharyas, he said both are right, those who say the world is Mithya are also right, those who say the world is Satya are also right, how can both be right ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-69UWOAntvw&t=277 7 Because there are two worlds not one, what do you mean two worlds ? I mean there's one world that you are living in, made of earth, water, fire, air and sky and there is one world that exists inside of you, your thoughts, ideas beliefs - this is your inner world, the outer world is created by God how can it be mithya ? when God is Satya, how will He create a mithya thing ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-69UWOAntvw&t=332 8 The inner world is created by you, you don't have the power to create anything else, you can only create ideas, aspirations, desires, hankerings (strong desires) aversions (dislikings) - this is the mithya sansar, so when Shankaracharya says world is mithya, he is correct as the inner world is mithya, when Ramanujacharya says the world is satya, he is very correct, the outside world is satya, so we have got two worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-69UWOAntvw&t=497 9 and what is the cause of our bondage ? It is not the outer world, it is the inner world that is the cause of our bondage. We think this world is giving me so much of tension, if I give up my grahasthi and go to the Himalayas, I will be in peace, there also you will find a mosquito that will disturb your peace but if you can finish the inner world you can live in the Raleigh Durham triangle (see text 2 below) and still be in perfect peace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-69UWOAntvw&t=415 10 That is why our scriptures say it is your mind that is the cause of bondage and the mind is the cause of liberation. So Kripalu ji maharaj in this kirtan is saying, he's speaking to his mind, he says my dear mind, you give up all this mischief you have been doing for so many lifetimes because ultimately the goal is to improve your mind. The mind is so powerful it can make hell out of heaven, like you're sitting in satsang but your mind can make hell out of it, why is this guy touching me with his knees, and if the mind is conquered, it can make heaven out of hell. Mahatma Gandhi was in jail and he was perfectly in peace, so heaven and hell are not created by the outside world they are created by your own mind, that is why the art of joyous living is to improve your own mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-69UWOAntvw&t=457 see text 1 above:
Higgs Boson is a fundamental particle, often called the "God particle," that plays a crucial role in explaining how other elementary particles gain mass. see text 2 above:
Research Triangle Park (RTP) is the largest research park in the United States; it occupies 7,000 acres (2,833 ha) in North Carolina and hosts more than 300 companies and 65,000 workers – hence a very hectic activity filled place Transcript 0:00 we think you know this world is giving 0:03 me so much of 0:05 tension, if I give up my grahsthi and go to 0:08 the Himalayas, I will be in 0:11 peace, there also you will find a 0:14 mosquito that will disturb your peace 0:19 but if you can finish the inner 0:23 world, you can live in the Raleigh Durham 0:27 Triangle (a very noisy place) and still be in perfect peace. 0:31 Philosophers in 0:33 India have always 0:36 pondered about the nature of this 0:41 world and why does the question 0:45 arise ? Because what is the nature of 0:49 saffron color for 0:53 example, factually saffron is a 0:57 perception that your mind is giving 1:00 you, when light of 630 nano metres 1:07 wavelength hits your 1:11 retina, it creates a 1:14 signal and that signal goes to the brain 1:18 which interprets it as saffron 1:22 color, it is not necessary that 1:26 everybody's brain is interpreting the 1:29 same saffron color, 1:32 some people are actually seeing it as 1:35 red, others are seeing it as 1:39 yellow, only later on they realize they 1:42 are color 1:44 blind, for example animals don't see as 1:48 many colors as humans do 1:52 so when saffron etc. is a perception in 1:56 the 1:57 head, what is the reality of this 2:02 world is a question that philosophers 2:05 have pondered 2:08 about. In the east Shankaracharya gave his 2:14 take, he said that this world has got no 2:19 absolute reality, it is all an 2:23 illusion. 2:25 Brahma Satyam, Jagat Mithya, 2:28 it is all an 2:30 illusion and if you say but I am 2:33 perceiving it, he says that's because of 2:36 your 2:38 ignorance, when you become situated in 2:41 knowledge, the illusion will be dispelled 2:45 and this philosophy also had takers in 2:48 the western 2:50 world starting with Plato, the disciple 2:54 of 2:55 Socrates, up to Berkeley in more recent 2:59 times, they propounded subjective 3:02 idealism and objective 3:05 idealism where they said that it's all 3:09 your 3:12 perceptions but then this led other 3:16 philosophers to say that if it is doesn't 3:19 have an objective reality, this 3:22 world after we become 3:26 Brahagyanis, 3:28 realized, then the world should stop to 3:32 exist, then why is it that God realized saints 3:35 are also using the world, they are eating 3:38 etc., 3:40 if they are doing it after Brahmagyan, it 3:44 means that the world is still 3:48 existing and is this world actually 3:52 created by our 3:55 mind ? If this world is so 3:59 intricate, if our mind has created the 4:03 Higgs Bosons and the galaxies, our mind has 4:06 done a tremendous miracle, 4:10 so the 4:12 Vaishnav acharyas, they said, no, the world is 4:16 not 4:17 mithya (illusion), it is 4:21 “Asat”, what does that mean ? It means that it exists but it 4:25 is not 4:28 permanent because if it is permanent it 4:31 is 4:37 Sat. The world is obviously not 4:39 permanent so it is “Asat” means 4:44 temporary, this was the 4:47 viewpoint of 4:50 Ramanujacharya, Madhavacharya, Nimbarkacharya & also Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 5:06 JagatGuru Shri Kripalu ji maharaj 5:10 he reconciled Shankarachara's 5:13 views with the 5:16 Vaishnava acharyas, he said both are 5:19 right, those who say the world is Mithya 5:22 are also 5:24 right, those who say the world is Satya 5:27 are also right, 5:30 how can both be 5:32 right ? Because there are two worlds not 5:38 one, what do you mean two worlds ? I mean 5:42 there's one world that you are living in, 5:46 made of earth, water, fire, air and sky 5:49 5:52 and there is one world that 5:55 exists inside of you, 5:58 your thoughts, ideas 6:03 beliefs - this is your inner 6:07 world, the outer world is created by God 6:11 how can it be mithya ? when God is Satya, 6:15 how will he create a mithya 6:17 thing ? the inner world is created by 6:22 you, you don't have the power to create 6:26 anything else, you can only create 6:30 ideas, aspirations, desires, hankerings 6:33 aversions - this is the mithya 6:37 sansar, so when Shankaracharya says world 6:40 is mithya, he is correct as the inner world 6:42 is 6:43 mithya, when Ramanujacharya says the world 6:46 is satya, he is very correct, the outside world 6:49 is 6:50 satya, so we have got two 6:55 worlds and what is the cause of our 7:00 bondage ? It is not the outer world, it is the inner 7:05 world that is the cause of our bondage. We think this world is 7:09 giving me so much of 7:11 tension, if I give up my grahasthi and go to 7:15 the Himalayas, I will be in 7:18 peace, there also you will find a 7:20 mosquito that will disturb your peace 7:25 but if you can finish the inner 7:30! world you can live in the Raleigh Durham 7:34 triangle and still be in perfect 7:37 peace. That is why our scriptures say it 7:42 is your mind that is the cause of 7:45 bondage and the mind is the cause 7:49 of liberation. 7:52 So Kripalu ji maharaj in this kirtan is 7:55 saying, he's speaking to his mind, he says 7:59 my dear 8:01 mind, you give up all this mischief you 8:05 have been doing for so many 8:09 lifetimes because 8:11 ultimately the goal is to improve your 8:15 mind. 8:18 The mind is so powerful it can make hell 8:22 out of 8:24 heaven, like you're sitting in 8:27 satsang but your mind can make hell out 8:30 of 8:31 it, why is this guy touching me with his 8:38 knees, and if the mind is conquered, it 8:41 can make heaven out of hell. Mahatma 8:44 Gandhi was in jail 8:47 and he was perfectly in 8:49 peace, so heaven and hell are not created 8:53 by the outside world they are created by 8:56 your own 8:57 mind, that is why the art of joyous 9:00 living is to improve your own mind.
