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Life And The Five Elements As Cosmic JokeBy: 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 mountainthat seemed to be half ablaze. It was misty and as I drove cautiously upthe mountain, the fire always seemed a little farther away. When Ireached the actual site, I saw just a broken-down truck and a small firebuilt by the driver because of the cold! As the mist reached dew point,the million droplets acting as a prism, creating such a phenomenalillusion that a little fire seemed like a huge conflagration. That incidentleft 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 cosmosis just a magnified projection of a small occurrence happening within you – the mischief of fiveelements. 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 thirteeningredients! 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, essentiallydepends on how you are able to manage these five. If they do not cooperate with each other, nothingsignificant ever happens to you. But with their cooperation, your life – from the basic to the highestaspects – suddenly becomes a tremendous possibility. The body is like a doorway. If you are always facing closed doors, then for you a door means adeterrent. 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 fiveelements. The most fundamental practice in the yogic system is ‘bhuta shuddhi’. This is a way ofcleansing the elements in the physical system so that they work in harmony. When you achieve a levelof expertise, you attain what is called ‘bhuta siddhi, or mastery over the elements. With this mastery, lifeopens up its bounty to you. Health, wellbeing, clarity, enlightenment – none of these can be denied toyou anymore. The very existence that traps you also sustains you. This is the paradox of the life process. Love andhate, 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 toavoid life, you only end up avoiding death! In ancient India, there were courtesans who were masters in the art of seduction. Their elaboratejewellery 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 onlythe 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 playof five elements is highly evolved and complicated, but the key to freedom is your limited persona. Ifyou pull yourself out, life’s complexity collapses and everything settles. The simplicity of perfectalignment with existence is suddenly yours.

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Lucky Samadhiya · Top Commenter · Gwalior

good article I went through.

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Dilip Trasi · Mumbai University and I I T Mumbai

The theory of five elements was propounded at a time when chemistrywas little known and alchemy was the order of the day. Reviewing thistheory, in the light of today's scientific knowledge, leaves hardlyanything to be gained.If panchamahabhuta-s are taken to be pureelements -- solid, liquid, gas, plasma and space one would easilyrealize that there is no such thing as pure solid, pure liquid etc freefrom the other elements. Common matter we encounter is supposed tobe composed of panchikaran or the combination of the pure elementsin various proportions. The same common solid if heated to sufficientlyhigh temperature becomes a liquid, gas, plasma etc. but maybe notspace. Perhaps we have not so far reached a temperature highenough to convert everything into space.Thus the theory ofpanchkaran breaks down here. The other p... See More

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Siddharth Chandra · Top Commenter · Nature (journal)

you are talking about results of interaction process and notabout basic elements. it is true that no matter is pure butsame is not true for purity of single atom of any kind. fire isnot element but result of friction and there is nothing likespace but invisible immeasurable amount of atoms aruond usthat keep on changing into different kinds of visible orinvisible matters. namaskar.

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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 ACOMBINATION OF VARIOUS MINERALS ETC. IT IS NOTFUNDAMENTAL. HENCE I USED THE TERM PURE SOLID. IMPUREMATTER AS PER PANCHIKARAN THEORY IS THE RESULT OF ONEHALF PART PURE MATTER AND THE REMAINING HALF PART ISCOMBINATION OF THE OTHER FOUR PURE ELEMENTS. WHAT IAVER IS THAT MERE MIXING OF BASIC ELEMENTS CANNOTPRODUCE VARIOUS FORMS OF THE 110 OR MORE ELEMENTSOF THE PERIODIC TABLE. IF THAT WERE TRUE THEN MIXINGTWO OR MORE IMPURE ELEMENTS WOULD RESULT IN A NEWELEMENT, WHICH IS NOT BORNE OUT IN REALITY. I HOPE IHAVE MADE MY POINT AMPLY CLEAR.

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Dilip Trasi · Mumbai University and I I T Mumbai

FIRE IS A COMBINATION OF ONE ELEMENT WITH OXYGEN ANDNOT A RESULT OF FRICTION AS YOU HAVE ASSUMED.FRICTION PRODUCES HEAT AND THE HIGH TEMPERATUREIGNITES THE TINDER IN COMBINATION WITH OXYGEN.SPACE IS NOW ACCEPTED AS A MAJOR COMPONENT OFATOMS AND ELEMENTS. THIS AGAIN CONRATEDICTS THEPANCHIKARAN THEORY. AS PER PANCHIKARAN THEORY ALLELEMENTS 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 ISSPACE.

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Dina Nath Prasad · Top Commenter · D M Academy

Not surprisingly, those who attained Self-realisation have often termedlife a cosmic joke.

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Dina Nath Prasad · Top Commenter · D M Academy

The very existence that traps you also sustains you.

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MD Khizer · Top Commenter · Software Developer atTechnology

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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 animalhusbandry lines (especially to animal breeding)...` Imagine life is agame with just five ingredients. Making a sambar takes at leastthirteen ingredients`..other one is `those who attained self realizationhave 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 thisformulation. The ancient spiritual `logic` behind this must come out bychurning of some special-mindedness..a divine, unique and authenticone. Agni is not straight way a `fire` which sparks by some friction, orby burning process..Agni is directly related and connected to thatSuper power..SUN..center of the solar system..rota... See More

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Some time ago, when driving after midnight, I approached a mountainthat seemed to be half ablaze. It was misty and as I drove cautiouslyup the mountain, the fire always seemed a little farther away. When Ireached the actual site, I saw just a broken-down truck and a small firebuilt by the driver because of the cold! As the mist reached dew point,the million droplets acting as a prism, creating such a phenomenalillusion that a little fire seemed like a huge conflagration. That incidentleft me astounded.

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Avnish Kumar · Top Commenter · M.M. PG College, Modinagar

The body is like a doorway. If you are always facing closed doors, thenfor you a door means a deterrent. If doors are always opening up foryou, then for you a door means a possibility.

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seduction. Their elaborate jewellery seemed impossible to remove forthe men whom they plied endlessly with intoxicants. Actually, therewas just one pin; all it took was to pull this one pin, and everythingwould fall down. That trick only the courtesan knew.

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In ancient India, there were courtesans who were masters in the art ofseduction. Their elaborate jewellery seemed impossible to remove forthe men whom they plied endlessly with intoxicants. Actually, therewas just one pin; all it took was to pull this one pin, and everythingwould fall down. That trick only the courtesan knew.

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