what is your creation story?
according to samkhya, of the upanishads, the whole world originates from the interaction between consciousness and primordial matter.
consciousness is pure and without form. it can be recognized as self.
the primoridal matter (prakriti) is non-self, it is also not necessarily matter but the seeds of matter, kind of like a resting potential. like ions of a neurons sodium potassium pump, in a resting potential, the triguna's implicit in the prakriti are in a constant state of flux, as if they too were missing ions, and seeking equilibrium...this may be had when the prakriti's trigunas grow active through the active potential set off by the rajas, activating the illuminating sattva.
this gives rise to mahat/buddhi - intellect. intellect in turn gives birth to ahamkara - ego, and ego, through interaction with the higher plane of being - sattva - illumines manas, the mind, 5 sense organs, and 5 motor organs. ahamkara - ego - is split in two. it also mixes with tamas - gross matter. in combining with gross matter, ahamkara forms the tantramatras - subtle matters - which gives rise to the panchamahabootas -the 5 great elements that everything in life is composed of...
is it important to know this lineage of being? how does it help/support us in our seeking homeostasis?
caraka of ayurveda, according to one vaidya i was listening to (i didn't do the research myself), has some disagreements with this view. ayurveda for the most part adapts this cosmogony, but differs in the origin of the indriyas - manas (mind), sense and motor organs. sankhya says it derives from sattva with ego, but caraka says that gross matter comes from panchamahaboota.
understanding that the body is not to be confused with consciousness maybe? samkhya is a dualistic understanding of existence. but does this preclude non-duality? i don't think it does.
if purusha, consciousness, is what informs matter, and that matter does not get formed without consciousness, and remains in a resting potential, than, our goal as humans, is to release the confusion that we are these uniforms. in doing so, we quickly access sattva.
in going through sattvic channels, we ascend through the mind, and the illumined portion of ego, into mahat/buddhi, to ultimately access purusha - pure consciousness, which leads us to ALLAH.
but are the intermediaries important....?
whatever will help us get through this, will help us in more than a just to get by, in a more than a newport and a dutch, just to get by...more than a go out for a run, or do some yoga...more than just bowing down in body...
more, because, too much emphasis on this leads to pathology. too much reliance on babylon to work things out leads to a false reality. yoga will ultimately lead you to a real reality...but it may not. it may lead you to a state of competition, of wanting to create a video library be a personality, seek glory...
but, yoga with breath, with hatha, deep in asanas, in pranayama and pratyahara in the asanas will lead the sadhaka to One, in a state of dharna...
can ayurveda do this? create this experience of depth, of experiential knowledge? how?
observing ayurveda in the day to day, in emotions, in physical states as they spring up, will make it clear...understanding purusha and prakriti make it clear- that there is consciousness and matter and one is not the other. but in the merging of both, the intellect can confuse the two...herein the ego takes over. by taking this separation, by stepping into the role of witness, we can view our bodies and work on its healing as witness...purusha, budhhi allows us to see the body for what it is, allows us to correct the body, balance it...go deeper, Higher...
...aferall, we are not these body's, nor are we these minds...
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