According to the souls who experienced the realm of non-duality, the perceptible universe is a construct of the mind and the consciousness. The Pilgrim found it easy to intellectually conceive the idea of the nature of the universal consciousness and individual consciousness with the simple analogy of the soap bubble.
The simplistic explanation was given by Sw. Vivekananda, the direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. He said in his explanation of Raja Yoga that the aim of life is to “manifest this divinity (that is dormant in each soul) by controlling nature, external and internal.”
A soap bubble has air inside and outside. The soap acts as a mechanism to separate the air that is inside the bubble from that which is outside, though both are perfectly the same. As a result of this, the air inside seems to be distinct & separate from the air outside. For the bubble to retain its shape & form and continue to keep this separation, it has to waste a lot of energy working against nature (surface tension).
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Hello Ranjay,
The image you’ve used for your blog entry is originally from the following site: –
https://walkingmylife.weebly.com/
The one on the site above is composed of 2 photos. One is a photo of a small Buddha statue at Ryozenji (1) and the second happens to be one of my favorite photographs taken during the first of two pilgrimages around Shikoku. It captures a pilgrim walking to exit the main gate at Kokubunji (29).
By the way, it would be good practice to clearly credit other people’s work when using it in this way.
Jasbir
Hi Jasbir, my apologies. For these post, I picked up Royalty Free images from a google search. However, since you brought this to my attention, I have provided a note crediting you, assuming, that you are really the copyright owner.
Thank you!
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