Whilst the "lower" comprises the eightfold division of prakriti-earth space, air,water ,fire ,intellect,mind and ego, the "higher" comprises of the "life element' , the supporter of the lower. The eightfold division arises from the life element , is supported by the life element and dissolves into the life element. Sunanda gives the example of a fish in an ocean , the ocean being the life element and the fish the prakriti.
This higher element is all pervasive concludes the Lord in verse 6.
Why are we unable to appreciate this concept?. Quite like a man on the 45th floor of an apartment in Manhattan who has never ever seen mud. An Indian tries to show mud by pointing out to three colored pots. The man now thinks that mud is the colored pot. In response to which ;the Indian crushes the three pots , and reduces the pots to the mud. Now the man thinks mud is the residue in this residue in his 45th Floor Apartment. When this man visits India, another Indian clarifies that the mud he assumes is only in the 45th floor apartment of his is actually prevalent all over the world.
Prakriti is the pot
Mud is the support
The support is everywhere
Sunandaji diverted from the text to stress on the importance of listening as opposed to hearing. The difference is well known , and its repetition in the discourse only highlighted its neglect by all of us .The path to acquisition of Knowledge too requires traversing the three stages of listening, thinking and practice.- Shravana -Manana-Aadhyaya. The great Shankara helps us to identify when we have reached the goal- the moment when we are able to distinguish the real from the unreal.
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