The Journey of Universal Energy
Universal Energy is regarded as the primal and pure reality from which all existence originates. It is unimaginably subtle, symbolically described as being smaller than an atom. In its original state, it is free, infinite, complete, and untouched by any limitation. It is beyond desires, likes, and dislikes, and therefore remains free from suffering.
The Need for a Vehicle
To descend into the earthly plane and participate in the material world, Universal Energy required a suitable vehicle through which it could function.
The first requirement was a subtle sheath or covering that could establish a connection with the material world. This subtle covering, often referred to as the causal body, possesses a magnetic tendency toward earthly existence. It serves as an intermediary between pure Universal Energy and the gross material world.
However, the causal body alone could not function within the material world. A second vehicle was therefore necessary: a physical body capable of surviving and operating in the material realm.
Among the many life forms that emerged through evolution, the human body proved to be the most suitable vehicle. It possesses the intelligence, nervous system, brain structure, and sensitivity required to express the highest possibilities of consciousness.
Birth of the Human Being
When Universal Energy, together with the causal body, entered the womb of an ape-like ancestor, the first human being was born. Over countless generations, humanity evolved into its present form.
While the physical body evolved through nature, the causal body continued its journey within every human being, gradually manifesting as the human mind.
The Nature of the Human Mind
The mind is not merely a collection of thoughts. It is a storehouse of tendencies, emotions, memories, desires, attachments, expectations, fears, and impressions accumulated through experience.
The mind operates through dualities such as like and dislike, love and hatred, attraction and repulsion, success and failure, and pleasure and pain. These dualities form the foundation of human experience.
Initially, the mind is attracted to objects, people, relationships, possessions, status, and experiences. This attraction gradually develops into liking, love, and attachment. Because of these tendencies, the mind becomes deeply rooted in the material world.
It continuously seeks fulfillment through external things and therefore remains bound to worldly existence.
How Suffering Begins
The same mind that creates liking also creates disliking. Whenever something agrees with our preferences, we experience pleasure. Whenever something opposes our preferences, we experience pain.
Thus, suffering is not created by the world itself; it is created by the mind's reactions to the world.
Two people may face the same situation: one remains peaceful, while the other becomes disturbed. The difference lies not in the situation but in the condition of the mind.
The mind constantly divides existence into what it wants and what it does not want. This division gives birth to conflict, anxiety, fear, jealousy, anger, disappointment, sorrow, and other forms of psychological suffering. As long as the mind continues to operate through likes and dislikes, suffering inevitably follows.
Why Material Achievements Cannot End Suffering
Many believe that suffering can be eliminated by acquiring wealth, power, relationships, knowledge, or recognition. Yet every achievement only creates new desires and expectations. One desire fulfilled gives rise to another, one attachment creates the fear of loss, and one success creates the anxiety of maintaining it.
Therefore, the mind remains trapped in an endless cycle. The root cause of suffering is not the absence of worldly achievements but the presence of the mind itself.
The Meaning of Liberation
Liberation does not mean escaping from the world, abandoning responsibilities, or withdrawing from society. It means freedom from the domination of the mind.
As long as the mind exists with its likes and dislikes, bondage continues. When the mind gradually loses its attachments, expectations, preferences, and aversions, its hold weakens.
Eventually, it reaches a state of complete stillness. In that stillness, all likes, dislikes, desires, fears, and psychological suffering dissolve. The mind no longer functions as a separate entity.
Dissolution of the Mind
The final stage of spiritual evolution is the dissolution of the mind. This does not mean the destruction of intelligence or an inability to function in the world. Rather, it means the disappearance of the psychological structure that creates division and suffering.
When the mind dissolves, the causal body loses its individuality and merges back into its source. The being returns to its original condition, the Universal Energy from which it descended.
In Chivality, this ultimate condition is called Chivam, the state of Nothingness.
Nothingness does not mean emptiness in the ordinary sense. It signifies the absence of individuality, negativity, likes, dislikes, and mental disturbances. Instead, it is a state filled with infinite Universal Energy.
The Ultimate Journey
The being descends from Universal Energy, becomes entangled in the mind, experiences the joys and sufferings of worldly existence, and finally returns to its original state through the dissolution of the mind.
This return to the original source is true liberation. It marks the end of suffering and the realization of one's eternal nature as pure Universal Energy.
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Beyond “Why?”: The Purpose of Spiritual Inquiry
Human beings naturally ask, “Why?” Why was the universe created? Why was the mind created? Why does suffering exist? While many questions can be answered through reason and experience, some belong to the realm of Divine Mystery.
This is because the human mind itself is a product of creation and therefore cannot fully comprehend the purpose behind its own origin.
A sincere seeker eventually realizes that intellectual inquiry has its limits. We may understand how bondage arises, how suffering operates, and how liberation is attained, but why the Divine created creation in the first place remains a Divine Secret.
The purpose of spiritual life is not to solve every cosmic mystery but to understand and wisely utilize creation. The body, mind, intellect, and nature are instruments given for inner evolution.
A person using electricity need not know why electricity exists. What matters is knowing how to use it properly. Likewise, we need not know why the Divine created the universe. What matters is learning how to use this human birth to transcend suffering and realize one’s true nature.
The seeker who remains absorbed in asking, “Why did the Divine create this?” may remain in endless speculation. The seeker who asks, “How can I use this creation to realize my true nature?” moves toward realization.
True spiritual wisdom does not lie in uncovering every secret of creation but in making the highest use of what has already been given. When the mind finally dissolves, the need for answers also dissolves. What remains is not explanation, but absolute peace—Chivam.
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Who am I?
If Space is the ultimate Reality—indestructible, unchanging, ever-present, and independent of individual perception—then the fundamental inquiry of human life is to discover this very Space within oneself.
The journey of self-discovery begins with the question, "Who am I?" Ordinarily, a human being identifies with the body, mind, thoughts, emotions, memories, beliefs, and personal history. This constructed identity is referred to as the individual "I" or ego. However, this "I" is not natural or eternal; it is a psychological construct formed through experiences, conditioning, and identification. Being created, it is temporary and therefore artificial.
Beyond this artificial identity lies an inner Space, the same Reality that pervades the entire universe. The Space within is not different from the Space outside. They are not two separate entities but one indivisible Reality, appearing as inner and outer only because of the limitations of perception and thought.
The seeker, or the individual "I," undertakes the inward journey in search of this Reality. As the inquiry deepens, the seeker gradually recognizes that all thoughts, emotions, and personal identities are transient appearances arising within the Space of awareness. The closer one comes to Reality, the weaker the artificial "I" becomes.
The culmination of this journey is paradoxical: the traveller who began the search does not arrive as an individual. Instead, the traveller dissolves into the very Reality that was being sought. In the presence of the Real, the artificial "I" cannot remain, just as darkness cannot remain in the presence of light.
When the journey ends, what remains is only Space—pure, boundless, silent, and ever-present. This is the Real "I": not the personal self, but the universal Self that is all-pervading and timeless.
Thus, self-realization is not the attainment of something new; it is the dissolution of the false and the recognition of what has always been present. It is the transformation of human selfhood into Divine Selfhood, not by becoming something else, but by realizing one's eternal identity with Reality itself.
In this understanding, Space is Divinity, and to truly know oneself is to realize that one is not separate from that Divine Reality.
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