Vishnu - Nagesh D. Sonde

Preface to the revised edition
sa%ya is a word derived from the root Asa\ - to be, to exist as Aum, the eternal
unspoken sound, Anaaht Qvaina, therefore the Prime Existence, unmanifest and
undifferentiated eternal (ina%yama\), unperceivable (Ad`oSyama\), all pervading (ivaBauma\), allcomprehensive
(sava-gatma\), exceedingly subtle (sausaUxmama\), un-decaying (Avyayama\), without
beginning (Anaaid) and without end (Anantma\) entirety of Wisdom (iva&anaGanama\) before it
became manifest and differentiated as naama (essence) and $p (form). sa%ya, the Prime
Existence, being absolute existence and singularly One without second (AiWtIya) is
designated as naoit naoit, not this, not this, there being nothing exists similar or superior
in nature.
Exceptionally sensitive Seers have experienced Satya, the Prime Existence
and heard the heard the eternal unspoken sound, Anaaht Qvaina in silence within their
heart as “some thing which is real and yet waiting to be realized, something which
is remote possibility and yet greatest of the facts, something that gives meaning to
all that passes and yet eludes apprehension; something whose possession is the
final good and yet beyondall reachl something that is the ultimateidealand the
hopeless quest” (A.N.Whitehead in Sceince and the Modern World) . Zen
Buddhism says : “The Tao is something blurred and indistinct. How indistinct !
How blurred ! Yet withn it are images . . . things . . . mental power. Because this
power is the most true within it there is confidence”.
The seers having seen and heard the Prime Existence have found that their
experiences sourced through supra-sensory instruments can never be expressed,
conveyed, communicated or documented through sensory instruments, nor have
ever speak, have never been able or ever spoken their experience fully and in
entirety since speech along with mind return not attaining that experience - “yatao vaacaao
inavat-nto Ap`aPya manasaa sah | AanandM ba`*maNaao ivaWana\ |”.
Though Katha Upanishad declares unequivocally that “naayamaa%maa p`vacanaona laByaao na
maoQayaa na bahunaa Eautona | yamaovaOYa vaRNauto tona laByastsyaOYa Aa%maa ivavaRNauto tnaUM syaama ||” being compassionate
towards less sensitive and less fortunate they tried to communicate their
experiences pointing out, indicating, expressing, conveying or communicating their
experiences using words, symbols, suggestions generally available in common
usage to direct attention to their indescribable spiritual experiences and the