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\"vr-haridwar-market\"<\/a>27 September 2005<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

There are many forms of \u00e2\u0080\u009cI\u00e2\u0080\u009d \u00e2\u0080\u0093 the one who sees, who hears, who smells, who tastes, who touches. But there is another \u00e2\u0080\u009cI\u00e2\u0080\u009d who encompasses all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jewelry comes in many forms \u00e2\u0080\u0093 rings, bracelets, necklaces, etc \u00e2\u0080\u0093 but gold is the common element of which they are all composed. The atma<\/em> is the gold standard of all the individual selves.<\/span><\/p>\n

For an analogy, consider the optician, who tests us with various lenses to determine through which we see best. Or think of an insect \u00e2\u0080\u0093 a complete little system complete unto itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cuckoo doesn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t build its own nest but lays its eggs in the crow\u00e2\u0080\u0099s nest, pushing the crow\u00e2\u0080\u0099s eggs out. Then the dull-witted crow hatches the eggs of the cuckoo.<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u00e2\u0080\u0099s a childhood nursery rhyme that says, \u00e2\u0080\u009cAll things bright and beautiful, the Lord God made them all.\u00e2\u0080\u009d In fact, although much beauty exists in nature, not all is perfect. The closer we look, the more we see the imperfections.<\/span><\/p>\n

So it is with marriage. At first love, we see only the rose. After marriage we see the thorns. But after time and devotion, we see the whole \u00e2\u0080\u0093 both the rose and the thorns. Once we see the whole thing \u00e2\u0080\u0093 the true nature \u00e2\u0080\u0093 we gain acceptance. With acceptance comes maturity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Within the world of objects, everything has its pluses and minuses. A fresh fruit eventually rots. When fresh, I can eat it, but when it rots, it is useless to me. But it is not useless for the insect and worms and microbes that will eat it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"india_2005-113\"<\/a>Think of the difference between a high-speed camera \u00e2\u0080\u0093 a drop of water splashing into a pool and splashing outward \u00e2\u0080\u0093 or time-lapse photography \u00e2\u0080\u0093 capturing the blooming of a petal. We cannot see these things with our eyes but they are aspects of reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

All of nature, including sentient and non-sentient things, exist within a body of laws that govern them \u00e2\u0080\u0093 some unique, some universal. The atoms with their nuclei and electrons, the rivers, the trees, people, etc \u00e2\u0080\u0093 each operates according to a design that embraces all.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is so much we don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t understand. Even our knowledge of our skin, which we touch every day, is only skin-deep. But for a scientist who has studied skin, it is no longer a mystery. It is a system that conforms to a set of rules and conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n

This applies to all natural phenomena. Most of it we don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t understand, but there are laws that do govern their operation. Every planet operates according to its own nature \u00e2\u0080\u0093 angle of inclination to the ecliptic, period of rotation, etc \u00e2\u0080\u0093 but all conform to planetary laws of motion regarding orbital periods.<\/span><\/p>\n

Individuality exists, but so too does an over-riding order for all.<\/span><\/p>\n

~~~<\/span><\/p>\n

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27 September 2005 There are many forms of \u00e2\u0080\u009cI\u00e2\u0080\u009d \u00e2\u0080\u0093 the one who sees, who hears, who smells, who tastes, who touches. But there is another \u00e2\u0080\u009cI\u00e2\u0080\u009d who encompasses all. Jewelry comes in many forms \u00e2\u0080\u0093 rings, bracelets, necklaces, etc \u00e2\u0080\u0093 but gold is the common element of which they are all composed. The atma […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100,26],"tags":[65,157,102,354,355,101],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3015"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3054,"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015\/revisions\/3054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}