Seizing the unimaginable

Seizing the unimaginable

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Seizing the unimaginable

There is a form which does not bind form to form,

Word to word, sense or sight or sound, day to day;      

And the calm wind turns into song of colourful zest,

The stringless harp strumming into seven notes;

Seven rapturous wings promote seven flights,

Even as seven flames burn in the flameless fire;

Mystery is wrapped in the spirit’s quiet,

Making imagination seize the unimaginable.

5 September 2024

अकल्पनीयं ग्रहणम्

अस्ति रूपं यत् रूपं रूपं न बध्नाति,

शब्दं शब्दं, अर्थं वा दर्शनं वा गुञ्जनं वा, दिने दिने;

शान्तवायुश्च रङ्गिणः रसस्य गीतं परिणमति,

सप्तस्वरेषु तारं विना वीणा;

सप्त हृष्टपक्षाः सप्त उड्डयनं प्रवर्धयन्ति,

यथा सप्त ज्वाला निर्ज्वालाग्नौ प्रज्वलन्ति;

रहस्यं आत्मनः शान्तं वेष्टितं भवति,

अकल्पनीयं कल्पनां गृह्णाति कृत्वा।

५ सितम्बर २०२४

“There it is a form which does not bind form to form. There the figures do not become sensuous, and the face is always a mirror of composed elegance and confidence. Carved Ellora rocks display Indian artistic richness in stone, figures silently but with a kind of distinctive eloquence speaking in their postures and gestures, of deeper psychological dispositions and self-assurances; there is in them a philosophy embodying some great living tradition. The expressive mythology is to bring out loftiness that has come down from the upper sky.”

“No wonder,” continued Leon, “even the gods were astonished by this Rock Temple dedicated to Shiva, the Kailasa Temple. They saw that this is a work that is possible only on the earth, how so much rich and versatile the heavens and their gods and goddesses might be, or how so much blemished life on earth might be. It needs a sure psycho-spiritual element which is indeed what the real man is. It was there, to a certain extent, with the Renaissance artists and sculptures. But it was taken much farther by the inspired creative Indian genius.”

“I will completely agree with you,” said Françesca.

[The Book of Love, The Story of Françesca and Leon, 2022,

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Love-Story-Fran%C3%A7esca-Leon/dp/B09S6WBC69/ ]

The Book of Love —

Painting by Dhanavanti Nagda

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6 responses to “Seizing the unimaginable”

  1. RY Deshpande Avatar
    RY Deshpande

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  2. claudechamberland Avatar
    claudechamberland

    Mystique chiffre 7,

    Poème de l’Ouverture et de la montée,

    Musique de l’Élévation,

    7 Chakras qui délivrent le corps.

    -Claude Chamberland

    Note: Quels sont les 7 chakras et leurs fonctions ?
    Chaque chakra a ses propres caractéristiques, et peut être bloqué pour différentes raisons ou posséder différentes qualités. Les sept chakras principaux sont les suivants :

    1. Chakra racine (Muladhara) : Le Muladhara, ou chakra racine, représente notre base énergétique et est associé à la couleur rouge. Ce chakra se trouve à la base de notre colonne vertébrale et nous donne le sentiment d’être connecté à la terre. Lorsque ce chakra est équilibré, nous nous sentons sûrs de nous. Lorsqu’il est déséquilibré, nous pouvons nous sentir menacés ou manquer d’estime de soi.
    2. Chakra sacré (Swadhisthana) : Ce chakra nous aide à savoir comment gérer nos émotions et à avoir plus d’empathie avec les autres. C’est également le chakra qui régit à la fois la créativité et notre énergie sexuelle. Les personnes dont ce chakra est bloqué peuvent ressentir un manque de contrôle dans leur vie. Il est situé dans la partie inférieure de l’abdomen et est associé à la couleur orange.
    3. Chakra du plexus solaire (Manipura) : Le chakra du plexus solaire nous permet d’avoir plus de confiance et de contrôle dans notre vie. Lorsque ce chakra est bloqué, les gens peuvent ressentir trop de honte et douter de leurs capacités. D’autre part, les personnes qui ont un bon flux d’énergie dans ce chakra ressentent la capacité d’être libres d’exprimer leur véritable personnalité. Ce chakra est associé à la couleur jaune et est situé dans la partie supérieure de l’abdomen, là où tombe l’estomac.
    4. Chakra du cœur (Anahata) : c’est le pont entre les chakras inférieurs (associés à la matérialité) et les chakras supérieurs (associés à la spiritualité). Il influence principalement notre capacité à donner et à recevoir de l’amour, tant envers les autres qu’envers nous-mêmes. Lorsque le chakra du cœur est bloqué, les gens peuvent avoir des difficultés à s’ouvrir aux autres. Il se situe au centre de la poitrine, juste au-dessus du cœur et est associé à la couleur verte.
    5. Chakra de la gorge (Vishuddha) : Ce chakra nous donne une voix et contrôle notre capacité à communiquer. Lorsqu’il fonctionne correctement, il permet aux gens de s’exprimer clairement et honnêtement. En revanche, lorsque ce chakra est bloqué, les gens ont l’impression qu’ils ont du mal à trouver les mots pour dire ce qu’ils ressentent vraiment. Il est situé dans la gorge et est associé à la couleur bleu clair ou turquoise.
    6. Chakra du troisième œil (Ajna) : plus nous accédons aux chakras, plus nous nous rapprochons de la communion avec le divin. Ainsi, le chakra du troisième œil contrôle notre capacité à avoir une vue d’ensemble et à nous connecter à notre intuition. C’est-à-dire qu’il peut enregistrer des informations qui sont au-delà de notre niveau de surface. Ce chakra est situé devant nos yeux et est associé à la couleur bleu foncé ou violet.
    7. Chakra de la couronne (Sahasrara) : il s’agit du chakra le plus élevé, situé au sommet de la tête, qui représente notre capacité à être pleinement connecté spirituellement. Lorsque les gens ont ce chakra complètement ouvert, ils peuvent accéder à un état de conscience supérieur. Il est situé au sommet de la tête et est de couleur violette ou blanche.

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  3. RY Deshpande Avatar
    RY Deshpande

    Très bien et merci.

    The tradition tells of the Kundalini rising from the base to the top, to Sahassrara. But there is something very different in Savitri, Book of Yoga, Canto Five.

    Savitri has found the soul and there is at once the rushing of the Oversoul and soul into each other and growing one. The beauty is, in her case, the rushing of Maha-Kundalini from above down below seizing each Chakra for its divine work. We don’t have this experience anywhere in he tradition. And the safety of the Kundalini Yoga rests here entirely in the pre-discovery of the secret soul which provides all safety

    Here is the passage from Savitri:

    As in a flash from a supernal light,

    A living image of the original Power,

    A face, a form came down into her heart

    And made of it its temple and pure abode. ||127.5||

    But when its feet had touched the quivering bloom,

    A mighty movement rocked the inner space

    As if a world were shaken and found its soul

    Out of the Inconscient’s soulless mindless Night:

    A flaming serpent rose released from sleep. ||127.6||

    In the flower of the head, in the flower of Matter’s base,

    In each divine stronghold and Nature-knot

    It held together the mystic stream which joins

    The viewless summits with the unseen depths,

    The string of forts that make the frail defence

    Safeguarding us against the enormous world. ||127.8||

    In the kingdom of the lotus of the heart

    Love chanting its pure hymeneal hymn

    Made life and body mirrors of sacred joy

    And all the emotions gave themselves to God. ||127.16||

    In the navel lotus’s broad imperial range

    Its proud ambitions and its master lusts

    Were tamed into instruments of a great calm sway

    To do a work of God on earthly soil. ||127.17||

    In the narrow nether centres’ petty parts

    Its childish game of daily dwarf desires

    Was changed into a sweet and boisterous play,

    A romp of little gods with life in Time. ||127.18||

    In the deep place where once the Serpent slept,

    There came a grip on Matter’s giant powers

    For large utilities in life’s little space;

    A firm ground was made for Heaven’s descending might. ||127.19||

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  4. RY Deshpande Avatar
    RY Deshpande

    In the Tantra the centres are opened and Kundalini is awakened by a special process, its action of ascent is felt through the spine. Here it is the pressure of the Force from above that awakens it and opens the centres. There is an ascension of the consciousness going up till it joins the higher consciousness above. This repeats itself (sometimes a descent also is felt) until all the centres are open and the consciousness rises above the body. At a later stage it remains above and widens out into the cosmic consciousness and the universal Self. This is a usual course, but sometimes the process is more rapid and there is a sudden and definite opening above.***

    It [a force in the navel region rising upward in a coiling, pulsating movement] is what is meant by the Kundalini rising towards the Brahmarandhra—not the whole of it, but something of it is released coiling or circling upward with vibrations (spandana) from the Muladhara. It is not always felt like that. Sometimes one simply feels currents or a Force of some kind rising up or just an ascending movement of consciousness. But in all cases it is the release of the Yogic consciousness which is shut up in the chakras and its ascent to meet the Divine Consciousness above. It is this and the corresponding descent from above that make Yogic experiences and realisations possible.

    https://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/tantra

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  5. RY Deshpande Avatar
    RY Deshpande

    In the Yogic consciousness one is not only aware of things, but of forces, not only of forces, but of the conscious being behind the forces. One is aware of all this not only in oneself but in the universe. There is a force which accompanies the growth of this new consciousness and at once grows with it and helps it to come about and to perfect itself. This force is the Yoga shakti. It is here asleep and coiled up in all the centres of our inner being (chakras) and is at the base what is called in the Tantras the Kundalini Shakti. But it is also above us, above our head as the Divine Force—not there coiled up, involved, asleep, but awake, scient, potent, extended and wide; it is there waiting for manifestation and to this Force we have to open ourselves—to the power of the Mother. In the mind it manifests itself as a divine mind-force or a universal mind-force and it can do everything that the personal mind cannot do; it is then the Yogic mindforce. When it manifests and works in the vital or physical in the same way, it is then apparent as a Yogic life-force or a Yogic body-force. It can awake in all these forms, bursting outwards and upwards, extending itself into wideness from below; or it can descend and become there a definite power for things; it can pour downwards into the body, working, establishing its reign, extending into wideness from above, link the lowest in us with the highest above us, release the individual into a cosmic universality or into absoluteness and transcendence.

    23 March 1933

    https://incarnateword.in/cwsa/32/what-is-the-mothers-force

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  6. RY Deshpande Avatar
    RY Deshpande

    Savitri’s Yoga begins at once with Ajña Chakra on the forehead opening:

    Above her brows where will and knowledge meet

    A mighty Voice invaded mortal space. ||116.2||

    It seemed to come from inaccessible heights

    And yet was intimate with all the world

    And knew the meaning of the steps of Time

    And saw eternal destiny’s changeless scene

    Filling the far prospect of the cosmic gaze. ||116.3||

    As the Voice touched, her body became a stark

    And rigid golden statue of motionless trance,

    A stone of God lit by an amethyst soul. ||116.4||

    https://incarnateword.in/cwsa/34/the-parable-of-the-search-for-the-soul

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