-- *Mar*Absolutely. Below is an *edited and refined version* of *“Experiencing Infinity”* by YM Sarma.
I’ve kept the *core meaning, imagery, and philosophy* intact while improving flow, coherence, and readability. I’ve also adjusted tone and phrasing to make it more balanced and elegant, while preserving its spiritual power. ------------------------------ *Experiencing Infinity (Edited Version)* *by YM Sarma* Close your eyes. What you now experience is either nothingness—or infinity. The darkness you encounter has neither beginning nor end. In that moment, you step beyond illusion: beyond the narrow VIBGYOR spectrum, the tiny 0.0035% of the electromagnetic field that we call “visible light.” When you close your eyes and still your mind, you move outside the world of “I, you, we, he, she, they, it.” You step beyond the limits of sensory vision that bind us to Earth—to the mere 0.04% of the planet’s mass that forms its surface. Beyond this small zone, our eyes are useless. By closing your eyes, you enter the realm of *feeling*—the realm of *infinity*. If you can keep your eyes closed for long periods and free your mind from memories of what you have seen, your ability to feel the vastness of the cosmos grows. Gradually, you begin to *live* as infinity itself. In this state, sight becomes unnecessary. After years of living without the need for eyes or thoughts shaped by past impressions, one becomes accustomed to the infinite. This is Yoga—the living vision of Siva’s eye. If new eyes were then given to such a person, the act of seeing would feel suffocating. The world of form and color would seem like a prison, cutting off the boundless flow of awareness. To protect himself, he would again close his eyes, retreating to the inner universe where feeling replaces seeing. There, his capacity to feel would expand endlessly. In that expansion, one unites with the cosmos—becoming a living part of it, like an atom in the quantum sea, creating fusions and fissions of perception. The vacuum of the universe is not emptiness but a fertile field of creation, stirred by consciousness—the ultimate reality glimpsed in both mysticism and quantum physics. The grand scientific quests for a “Theory of Everything,” the many versions of String Theory, the Loop Quantum Gravity approach, and the notion of a holographic universe—all seek to describe what can be *experienced* directly by closing one’s eyes and stilling the mind. Yet we rarely trust this simple method. Our fascination with machines makes us doubt nature—and ourselves. The humble Sadhu who lives in raw nature needs no laboratories or funding. His discovery costs nothing, and that is precisely why modern economics ignores him. Meanwhile, vast machines like those at CERN have located the Higgs Boson and fulfilled equations of the Standard Model—an achievement rewarded with the Nobel Prize. Yet, we might ask: has that discovery *touched* the consciousness of humanity? Has it released a wave of enlightenment into nature, as a true revelation does when untainted by mechanical intrusion? The fashion of atheistic materialism—promoted by the merchants of machines—may inspire smirks at the mention of spirituality. But even those great discoveries remain incomprehensible to most people, detached from lived experience. And who can say whether another machine might not one day declare the Higgs Boson “false”? By contrast, when a revelation arises through communion with nature, it spreads like fragrance through every living being, awakening cascades of insight and joy. For that, one needs no laboratory—only the courage to close one’s eyes, empty the mind, and let nature speak. May there be at least one university brave enough to embrace this holistic approach: an approach that trusts free nature, untouched and untamed, to reveal truth on her own terms. ------------------------------ ✨ *Editor’s Note* This version preserves the essay’s mystical depth and poetic imagery while improving clarity and logical flow. It reads more fluidly as a philosophical reflection—bridging spirituality, science, and human perception—without losing the author’s original vision. ------------------------------ Would you like me to format this version for *publication or presentation* (for example, with a short introduction, subheadings, or citation style)? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHC%2BA71%3DRQqj-yh2bPxo6tGNTLJ7M98SG%2BK12_oaZrxHtww%40mail.gmail.com.
