Peace, Seed, Stealth and Noise

The one shocking thing which man doesn’t know is that he is always in peace. He is in peace infinite 24X7. This subtle realm of peace is constantly ‘upset’ by the different layers of mind which superimpose on each other. There are certain moments in our lives when these veils of layers, are removed one by one, without any effort. But it is only for a short duration of time and only to get superimposed again by the layers of the mind. For example, when you walk alone in a Himalayan peak, when you look at the gorgeous snow-capped peaks, with the base enveloped by alpine trees, together with the dazzling sunset, and when you behold such a sight, you stumble upon peace. This stumbling happens because,

stumble upon peace

1. You are alone.

2. There are no external objects (sense objects) to link up with the finite self.

3. The seemingly infinite stature of the mountains links up with the infinite within.

In such a scenario, the vortex of the superimposed layers of the mind are naturally withdrawn and the subject of man is revealed, for a moment. He breathes peace. He beholds the sight and the peace within as well. This is the reason why people climb summits or take photographs. It is peace-infinite for a moment. The vortex of the superimposed layers comes back and envelopes the infinite self of man, once more, to challenge him, to come out of the vortex.

Peace, Seed, stealth and Noise are the names, I would like to append to the different layers of the mind.

Peace:

We have heard many times that each man has the potential to become Buddha or the one to get enlightened or the one to attain the aforesaid peace. This is the realm where the pure subject exists, and the complete absence of names and forms of external objects. Everything in the world is simply cut-down to arrive at this phenomena.

Almost all our activities are undertaken by continuously upsetting this peace. In the converse, man does the activity to arrive at this peace. There is peace below and whirlpool above. The whirlpool swirling to and fro, dragging in and dragging out, to reach out to the infinite self. The man simply cannot bypass as numerous forces and reactions are looming over the surface to get caught in the whirlwind. We will see what next layer of the mind looks like.

Seed:

         Seed is the key to the door of peace. what is this seed? The seed is the so-called ‘I’. ‘I’ is what, which turns the subject into an object. When one says ‘I’, and ‘mine’, man becomes the so-called finite-self. This, in turn, becomes the basis of identification, of all names and forms, of objects in relation to the body. This is the layer, where all the effects of all our actions are stored, just like a mainframe server.

These effect of actions or summation of all actions in a lifetime makes the seed active. The active seed is responsible for the further physical appearance in a body. It is almost impossible to get rid of it, except that it can be made inactive. The seed can be made inactive by coming out of ‘I’. 

That is why religion is concerned with unselfish action. This is the basis for all charity. You go to a Sikh Gurdwara, you are free to do a voluntary work and thereby do an act which roasts the seed a bit. One has to do such actions constantly and cease all identifications with ‘I’ and get the seed roasted completely. Then the door to peace is opened once for all.

unselfish work

Stealth:

This layer comes out of the superimposition of the seed layer. This is the layer which exercises control over us. We form certain habits by identification with sense objects and they create sense impressions. Repetition of these identification forms a habit. Then we are under the control of this layer. This layer is stealthy and evasive on the surface. All the sudden bursts of anger, joy and other impulses are because of this stealth. Just like a stealth bomber which cannot be detected comes out and bombs, similarly, this layer comes unnoticed and bombs us. Man in this layer becomes the object itself.

stealth bomber

The simple formula is ‘I = Object’. For example one of my friend is fond of iPhone. He is so much identified with the object that he becomes iPhone itself. Do a little scratch on the phone, then you will understand the identification.

Noise:

                This is the layer which we are in now. In silence, we are noisy. In walking, we are noisy. In driving, we are noisy. In mediation, we are noisy. We carry this noise everywhere.

How to test ourselves that we are noisy when we were actually silent. Just open the water tap and see how much we have spilled unnecessarily. For washing couple of clothes, we use four full buckets of water. This is noise. Just see how objects are strewn pathetically in your house. It is all but noise. Noise bring too many things and too many priorities. By silence you, narrow down these things and you are clear.

see how much you waste

Man simply cannot resist the layers of seed and stealth and give way to noise. The noise is the experience of joys and sorrows. This experience again takes down the man to the layers beneath. Man has already traversed from peace to noise now he has to go back from noise to peace.

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