UPANISHAD VAHINI - Sathya Sai Speaks

UPANISHAD VAHINI81Name is fundamentally sound, manifesting as word.In the statement, this is Ranga, when the sound Ranga isproduced, the listener turns to the person indicated beforehim and identifies him as Ranga. The word and itsmeaning are inseparable. They two were both non-existentbefore Creation. Therefore, the Atma and theunmanifested Jagath were unreachable by the Intelligence,and the world which it fashions. After Creation, sinceName and Form became the essence of all this, everythingcan be grasped by words and meaning. The Non-dualwhich was and is and will be, is the Atma. The multiplemanifestation of variety proliferating in name and form,is Jagath. But basically, it is just one Unique Vasthu, orSubstance.The one uniform Ocean appears as foam, bubble,wave and wavelet. So too, Creation made manifest theapparent manifoldness from the changeless One.Manifoldness is due to myopia, ignorance. There is noneed to posit a second entity, other than the Atma. Theignorance or myopia or Maya is but a product of the willof the Atma. It is not distinct from the Atma. Strength isnot distinct from the strong person, is it not? The Atmais devoid of distinctions from the same kind or fromdifferent species or from one’s own characteristic. It iscategorically declared as Ekah eva: One Only.But, it does not become clear so soon that all thisis one. The idea is just like the rope appearing as the