KeneritaM

केनेरितं
(Inspired or Activated by Whom?)

Beginning words of KenopaniShad (Kena = by whom, Eeritam = activated, hence the name). Who inspires/provokes the mind to direct the body's different senses and limbs to perform their respective activities? (See the blog on Vada Me Vatse (1) - Tell me, my child (1)).

The subject matter is beyond the domain of present day science. By covering up their ignorance of the three vital activities (including breathing) as involuntary functions, they have accepted defeat . They are more interested in and worried about the outer world, nay, the universe. The man of science travels to the moon but not a step within himself.

Man proudly says - I breathe. But science does not support him. Breathing goes on in sleep. Who maintains breathing? When the diaphragm relaxes, the lungs drop and expand and you breathe. When you do sheershaasana, the lungs collapse but breathing still continues. Mukhyapraana is God's vital force. It enters our bodies and works under two sets of five branches each. The fisrt set is commonly known - they deal with inhaling, exhaling, blood circulation/food distibution, digestion and evacuation/ejaculation. The second set deals with minor activities i.e. belching, sneezing movement of eyelids, hiccups, yawning and phlegm/swellling. The first set is called Principle PraaNas and the second as Subsidiary PraaNa. Together they are a decad of praaNas.

All or actions are preceeded by an urge to do do. Who generates the urge? You feel hungry - you eat. Children feel like jumping - they keep jumping. They feel like beating drums and blowing horns. They just do that. They hear the sounds. We call it noise.

The KenopaniShad says:

- Eyes cannot see Him, but because of Him, the eyes see everything else.

- Ears cannot hear Him, but because of Him, the ears hear everything else.

-Such is the reality of the nose, tongue and the skin - the firth sense.

The Geetaa says - All actions are performed by PrakRuti and its agents: the GuNas. Man gets deluded, thinking he does everything.

Awake, arise, and seek the wise for enlightenment.