Siddhas and Sidhh Bhoomi (Adepts and their lands)-Part II

 As various realms in our knowledge are existing in the cosmic ego of the cosmic womb/ Hiranya garbh (हिरण्यगर्भ) in the same manner in the minds of Siddh yogis, there own levels of siddh areas exist. Those who are equipped that kind of mental frame only they can see those realms and not everyone. As the cosmic creation seems true to us inwardly and outwardly, in the same manner the realms created by Siddhas or adepts are seen by those who have been touched by those adepts. All such realmsa are called Siddh Bhoomi's (lands of adepts). Its extremely difficult to find their geographical location if we look for them not only on this earth but even whole cosmos. 

The formation of siddh realm depends upon the purity of desire of the siddha for creaton of such a land. If the desire is personal then the area of creation will be limited but on the other if the desire is on cosmic level then this spread will be much wider. But there are still wider spheres existing inface of these wide realms. Each has a centre too. In these areas, the most widely spread realm is the highest level of Siddha realm. Though these realms are not counted in the Fragmented spaces but still they are not beyond the effect of Mahakaal (great time entity). 

These realms are created (सृजन), annihilated (संहार) and in their mid is sustenance (स्थिति) too. Here in such realms the gross transition is not felt but subtle transition always exits. In such realms, physical bodies are beyond states of child, youth, old age etc. Atmas which live there, they have such bodies which remain there in one state for 100,000's of years. No deformity exits in them. All the great men who achieve these levels, they alone are the creator of such spaces. Those who do not have such attchment of ownership, for them its same as living there or not, in a way they live beyond it. Those disciples whose karmas are left, they need such places but those whose karmas are finished they do not need such relams. Ancient Budhists knew tis and that is why Mahayaan came out as greater path thatn Hinyaan. 

In the rulesof the creator, such spaces are existing everywhere in His creation because without it, it would not have been possible to propell someone, without the suppport of such spaces, on path of karma towards completeness. At some places they are referred to as divine spaces too. They exist both i the realm of Maya and Mahamaya. The gaze of siddhas who develop such realms is both inward as well as outward. Inside us what is the place of Agya chakra, same is the place of siddh bhoomi in cosmic creation. As Agya chakra comprises of two petals and a centre and is connected actively in the both upward (Sahasrar) and lower (worldly) direction. As Sandhya is the middle position of sunrise and sun set, similarly, one should known the postion of Agya chakra between Sahasrar and 6-chakras. In the same way in the Smashati world, Siddh bhoomi on one side is connected to the incomplete mayic world and on the other side to completeness. 

There is no doubt that Siddh bhoomi is in the concentrated point of chitt but it is not the ultimate goal of any sahdak or yogi because one pointedness or focus is not the ultimate developement of the chitt. By focussing of the chitt, mind surely enters into realm of yog, but to achieve complete frutit of yog one has to transcend the knowledge generated through focussing. Knowledge discharges its function by decimating ignorance. When on annihilation of ignorance, truth starts shining thus achieving victory, knowledge also disappears. This state of effulgence beyond knowledge is real symptom of Yog. One can expreince the truth in the form of self effulgence in the siddh bhoomi. 

But this is not the ultimate goal of spiritual life. Ultimate goal is to achieve establishment in self. This state is beyond time-space and even mahakaal. It is true that in the realm of knowledge, one gets the expereince of self, but to experinece as truth one has to go beyond both knowledge and ignorance. In its absence one can not enter into the lap of the Mother. In the state of self experience, Chitt does no get totally inactive but remains. In such a stae atma takes the form of Paramshiv and its power takes the form of Parashakti. This is known as boundless experience(swatantramaya bodh) or experiential boundlessness.

Siddh realms created by Siddhas are busy performing their duties in the wider creation of the lord. It is quite famous that Dattatreya, Agastya, Vashishth, Vishvamitra etc. siddhas are spreading the super-knowledge (विज्ञान) through establishment of their own siddha realms. Purpose of each of that realm is to somehow take the jeev out of the control of Kaal realm and make him happy and peaceful for a long duration of time. But still it is not ultimate development of Sanatam dharma. Realm of karma can eists only in the realm of time. Hence one sees many levels in Siddha bhoomis too. By accepting the seed of Karm and with the help of past accrued karmas, after leaving the mortal frame in the mortal world, entering in to the realm of Siddhas, the path of complete development of the karma performed in the moratal world opens up. Though this is absolutely correct that the turning of karmas in the mortal world occurs at much faster rate as compred to its conversion rate in Siddh realm which is very slow....................Om! Shaktanand.  

Siddhas Sidhh Bhoomi (Adepts and their realms): Renderings from 'Gyan Ganj', written by Pt.Gopinath Kaviraj ji and translated into Hindi by Vishwanath Mukherji.

      

Siddhas and Sidhh Bhoomi (Adepts and their lands)-Part I

We have read names and lives of adepts in all the religions. We, in our scriptures often see reference of 84 siddhas. They came from different religions, at different times and all of them were very powerful. One can understand that a human can be comes adept with the help of various austerities but how can a land become Siddha bhoomi? 

All of us two words, Atma and Deh (physical body). Atma is eternal, fully conscious, unchanging, pure while body is exactly opposit it. Our gross body is usually made up of five gross elements, everyone knos this. But apart from this we also refer to Subtle body and causal body. Its has been amply represented in various scriptures. Some consider Subtle body or ling shareer as comprising of 17 different elements. Some people explain it (subtlebody) as combination of Pranmaya kosh, Manomaya Kosh, Vigyan Maya Kosh. With the help of this body only, atma travels to different realms after leaving the gross body to experience the fruits of collected karmas. After staying for certain time some special realm it returns to human body to expereince its past karmas. As subtle body riding gross body activates it, in the same manner Causal body riding Subtle body activates it. At appropriate time causal body separates or reunites with subtle body. After the causal body is greater Causal body (mahakaran deh). Gross, Subtle, Causal are impure but great causal body is pure. Rajogun and tamogun does not touch it. After Great Causal body there is Chinmaya body. Normal yogis can not achieve this state. How does a gross body achieves this state is deep secret of Yog-Sadhana. Some people talk of a state beyond this Chinmaya state too, which is referred to as Hamsa-state. Pure gross body is called Great Causal body(Mahakaran deh). Upto Chinmaya body all bodies are elemental. That which is one with atma, in which pure and impure all exist is known as 'Hamsdeh'. In the yogic path, oneness is the most important discovery for expereincing the fullness or completness of self. Due to the presence of curtain of ignorance, that pure light residing inside all of us does not shine forth. This great light apears in the form of 'eye of knowledge' infront of yogi and helps him in proceeding on the path towards establishing in the state of completness. 

What one means by complete? Its meaning is not light alone, though in the base its true, but in its light various things are seen as different, though all of them are one. Time and space come under it. This is the fully ripened siddh state or Akhand()/ unfrgamented state. Next question that arises, 'Do we have Siddh Bhoomi (Siddh land) too as we have siddh people?'.  As siddhas can be in any state of chit-achit, action-cause, pure-impure, in the same manner one should understand about land too. In the presence of deh(form) Siddh people, that land also becomes siddh. In the company of gross people, gross is experienced and in the company of subtle people subtle things are experienced. We have two entities, seer and seen or scene. Scene or seen changes with changes with the state of the seer or witness. World is expereinced through ego, when ego gets removed, gross seen disappears and everything is seen as subtle. Thus we can say that a yogi does not have to enter into any specific adept land, but the very land where he is transforms into one depending upon his state of mind. 

The outer world is established outside the ambit of divine knowledge and expereinced through ignorance. It is experienced through our senses. This is absolutely true in the lower level of knowledge. In such a state 'that which is to be known or gyeya()' is different from knowledge or Gyan(). But when through yogic path, pure knowledge dawns, then it is found that both, Gyan and Gyeya are same. Further progressing on this path one realizes that as Gyan adn Gyeya are not different, in the sama manner, knower (gyaataa) and knowledge (Gyan) are also nnot differnet but one. As light comes out of a deepak, in the same manner, knowledge comes out of the knower. Thus 'that which is to be known' in its interiorized stats merges into 'knowledge', similarly, knowledge also in its interiorized state merges into the knower. This knower, exists in the cosmos as seed (for new creation). When he also exists in pure state free of knower too,that state is known as turiya in the tantra language. This is the state of pure vigyan. Means that who is the seer is actually the creator too. This creation takes birth from the spandan in the seer or witness..........Om!...Shaktanand.         

Siddhas Sidhh Bhoomi (Adepts and their realms): Renderings from 'Gyan Ganj', written by Pt.Gopinath Kaviraj ji and translated into Hindi by Vishwanath Mukherji.