Physical
illusions are interesting parts of our lives. Whatever is physical in us
interacts with whatever physical in this world. Our senses, the physical
reality belonging to us, may experience the true outcome or may experience
something that is illusory. We can’t get rid of such illusions, but we can do
much to differentiate between physical realities and physical illusions.
Let us take
the case of the rainbow we see in the sky. Sometimes violet colour is at the
top and at other times red is at the top. Rainbows are caused by refraction,
reflection and dispersion of light. They
vanish when water droplets shift with the clouds or the positions of the sun or
the viewer change. What our senses experience may not be the reality. When we
explore further we may come to know the reality. If we accept what our senses
experience as the realities of life, permit our intellect to surrender before
the experience of our senses or become fearful of the happenings around us; we
do not make use of the tools the God or nature has granted us. The
inquisitiveness of a child or careful experiments of a scientist are valuable
things of human life.
This has
generally been found that those who want to know the realities behind the
mysteries of physical nature are also keen to know the truth behind what may
not be physically apparent. Drawing a demarcating line between the physical and
spiritual may be accepted as a systematic process for gaining knowledge, but we
would perhaps make full use of our abilities as human beings only if we keep on
working for erasing that line. Viewing any distinction and demarcation as a
reality is slave like mentality. Those who value freedom must understand the
untruth of distinctions and demarcations.
[This
series is being presented by Promod Kumar Sharma, who has also authored
“Mahatma A Scientist of the Intuitively Obvious” and “In Search of Our
Wonderful Words”.]
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