UPANISHAD VAHINI - Sathya Sai Speaks

UPANISHAD VAHINI77Superior to Vijnana is Balam—Strength, Fortitude,Vigour. It illumines the objective world, it sharpens thePrathibha or Intuition. Prathibha is the power by whichyou can sense the Consciousness in all knowledgeobjects. Now there is one thing superior even toPrathibha: Annam, Food, Sustenance. It is the support oflife. Deprived of it for ten days, man becomes powerlessto grasp anything. It is life that makes possible study,service of the teacher, listening to his teaching, cogitationover what he has taught, and the earning of Thejas.Thejas or Illumination is higher than Intuition,Prathibha or food. Thejas is fire, heat and light. Thejascreates water and water produces food. Thejas can makeeven wind lighter. It shines as lightning and sounds asthunder.Akasa is superior to Thejas, remember. It isthrough Akasa that sounds are transmitted and heard.Love and play are products of Akasa. Seeds sprout onaccount of Akasa.Now, consider this. Smarana, memory, is superiorto Akasa. Without it, all experience is meaningless, allknowledge is a waste, all effort is purposeless. Nothingcan be experienced without the help of memory. Objectslike the Akasa will be unrecognised in its absence. It canbe said that memory creates the Akasa and other objects.