{"id":236,"date":"2020-02-29T10:35:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T15:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-global-press.pantheonsite.io\/?p=236"},"modified":"2020-02-29T10:35:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T15:35:32","slug":"upanishads-perception-progression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=236","title":{"rendered":"Upanishads &#124; Perception Progression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>You\nwould have heard of arithmetic or geometric progression.  But the\npurpose of life is about Perception Progression.  There are four\nstages in this perception progression.  They are a) perception b)\nfact c) truth d) reality.  The person who understands these four\nstages and lives them will not be shaken by changes in the external\nor internal worlds and will play with life.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The\nfirst verse of the Ishavasya Upanishad starts with:<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\u0908\u0936\u093e\u0935\u093e\u0938\u094d\u092f\u092e\u093f\u0926\u0902\n\u0938\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0902 \u092f\u0924\u094d\u0915\u093f\u091e\u094d\u091a\n\u091c\u0917\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902 \u091c\u0917\u0924\u094d\n\u0964<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\nEeshaavaasyamidham\nSarvam Yathkincha Jagathyaam Jagath |<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The\nverse means \u201cWhatever is moving in the moving world is enveloped by\nConsciousness\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The\nmoving referred to here is your perception and factual.  Many times,\nyour perception is not factual, your factual is not truth, and your\ntruth is not reality.\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Let\nus define the four stages in the perception progression:<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\nPERCEPTION:\nWhatever your senses can perceive in a limited Time and Space.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\nFACT:\nYour senses perceiving with more Time and Space.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\nTRUTH:\nWith a lot more Time and Space, even your perception evolves.  Truth!<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\nREALITY\nis: Existence as it is, beyond your perception and Time and Space.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Put\nin another way:<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\nYour\nperception working within the limitations of Time and Space is\nPERCEPTION.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\nYour\nperception working beyond the limitations of Time and Space is FACT.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\nTime\nand Space altering your perception is TRUTH.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\nYour\nperception going beyond Time and Space is REALITY.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Let\nus understand these words \u2013 Perception, Fact, Truth, and Reality\nwith an example.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\nPERCEPTION:\nEarth is flat.  Sun goes around the Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\nFACT:\nEarth is round.  Earth is going around the Sun.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\nTRUTH:\nEarth is not exactly round.  And, Sun is going around the Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\nREALITY:\nHow the Earth looks (as seen from Google map).  And Earth and Sun\nboth are going around each other.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>This\nexample requires some explanation:<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\nPerception:\n<\/p>\n\n\n<ul><li>\nThe\n\tEarth is flat, because you are able to perceive only that much.\n\t<\/li><li>\nSun\n\tis going around the Earth, because you see the Sun on one side\n\t(East) in the morning, and on the other side (West) in the evening.\n\tAnd he has literally gone around!\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>\nFact:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul><li>\nFact\n\tis, the Earth is not flat; it is round.\n\t<\/li><li>\nAnd\n\tthe Sun is not going around the Earth; the Earth is only going\n\taround the Sun.  Means, a little \u201cexpanded perception\u201d \u2013 the\n\tperception, when it goes a little more than your perceived Time and\n\tSpace.  In this case to 365 days and few thousand miles.\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>\nPerception\nis because you can see only a few kilometres and a few hours.  When\nyou can see a few thousand kilometres and a few thousand hours, it\nevolves to Fact, Perception evolves to Fact.  And when you can see a\nfew million miles and a few million years, then Fact evolves to Truth\nwhere, actually, the Earth is not exactly round, and the Sun is going\naround the Earth<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\nTruth:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul><li>\nEarth\n\tgoes around the Sun is what you consider as FACT.  But you need to\n\tknow, Sun and Earth together is going around something!  So, in that\n\tway, in a few billion years, the Sun will go around the Earth once.\n\tBecause, Sun and earth is going around, centred on something.  That\n\tis the TRUTH.\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>\nReality:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul><li>\nThis\n\toccurs when you can see a few kalpas (aeons, few billion years)\n\t<\/li><li>\nThe\n\tEarth\u2019s shape is neither flat nor round.  And it is ever changing.\n\t Look at the Google map for a better understanding.\n\t<\/li><li>\nAnd,\n\twhether Sun goes around the Earth, or Earth goes around the Sun,\n\tboth of them are actually going around each other. That is REALITY.\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>Life\nis all about evolving your cognition from Perception to Fact, Fact to\nTruth, Truth to Reality, that\u2019s all!  It has nothing to do with\nso-called Bliss, Love, Renunciation, Devotion, Yoga, nothing.  All\nthese are side-effects. When your Perception evolves to Fact, you may\nsuddenly become meditative, you may suddenly become yogic, you may\nsuddenly become loving, you may suddenly become blissful; but, life\nitself, the purpose of life itself is to evolve from Perception to\nFact, Fact to Truth, Truth to Reality.\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Based on satsangs delivered by rare Living Incarnation Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You would have heard of arithmetic or geometric progression. But the purpose of life is about Perception Progression. There are four stages in this perception progression. They are a) perception b) fact c) truth d) reality. 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