Probability of Being

It is the presence and the perfect balance of five elements namely, earth, water, fire, ether and air that has given birth to the environment that supports life on Earth. Every matter, living or dead present in this ecosystem is made of these five elements. As such our bodies are also made of these five elements. As I mentioned earlier, ‘with the knowledge of microcosm- macrocosm can be known’ or, 'all that is outside of us is also inside of us'- Y at pinde... tat brahmande ’. And if we consider it a hypothesis, it can be said that all the problems that we have outside in the world are the manifestation of the problems that we have inside of us. The real-time disasters like contamination of land, water, air, and ether are the perfect examples of this notion. ” It is because we are contaminated inside, that our environment is contaminated”.  Contamination of the environment is a human act while the sacredness of the elements remains intact. The sacred elements that

Given to the god of death- Yama by his own father in a fit of anger, child Nachiketa sat at the doors of the god of death for three days without food or water. When Yama found Nachiketa at his door, pleased by his sincerity, Yama granted him three boons. For the third boon, Young Nachiketa desired the knowledge of what happens to a being after death- for the wait and the disillusionment after the whole incident left him wanting to know the truth. Even after Yama insisted that he cannot reveal the sacred knowledge and that Nachiketa can ask for anything else in the world, he had to surrender before the determination of the child. image courtesy Kala Kshetram The boon was indeed granted by Yama and child Nachiketa became an eternal symbol of determination and seeking. The quest for self- realization and self- knowledge is ancient. Came many seekers in search of knowledge and prophets to quench the thirst for knowledge and still we find the dialogue lost in interpretation. For