{"id":574,"date":"2020-03-12T06:26:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T06:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vedantaandscience.com\/?p=574"},"modified":"2020-03-12T06:26:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T06:26:26","slug":"knowing-is-boss-of-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vedantaandscience.com\/?p=574","title":{"rendered":"Knowing is Boss (of Everything)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yes, Knowing is the Boss. Knowing means to Know. There is much more to\nKnowing than this simple definition. If you are a student of Vedanta, you will\nunderstand that Knowing is the same as Awareness or Consciousness or <em>Chit<\/em>. Knowing is the most powerful force\nin the universe and surprisingly this Knowing is our inner core. Knowing is the\nnature of the Real Self or I. The main goal of this article is to understand\nthe real meaning of Knowing. Understand the power of Knowing. If you properly\nunderstand this, it is the most direct way to discover your real Self. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Let us\nstart our discussion with the following statements, we make every day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I am listening to music<\/li><li>I am reading this book<\/li><li>I am thinking to travel<\/li><li>I am talking on the phone<\/li><li>I am seeing a tree<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you analyze these statements, you will notice that each statement has\na subject \u2018I am\u2019. Each statement has a different object \u2013 music, book, travel,\nphone, and tree respectively. There is a verb which is connecting the subject\nwith the object. More than a verb, there is an inherent power of intelligence\nwhich is connecting the subject with the object. This power reveals the object\nto the subject. How to understand this power of intelligence? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us take an example of the power of listening, which is connecting \u2018I\nam\u2019 with the music. If you follow science, it will tell us that the music\nwaveform from the source will hit our eardrums. The job of the eardrum is to\nconvert this into some form of an acoustic signal. This acoustic signal is then\ntransmitted to the brain. What happens in the brain\/mind is not known, but we\ndo listen to music. There is an existent power in our mind, which decodes and\nunderstands the incoming acoustic signal so that the subject \u2018I am\u2019 can listen\nto the music. This decoding power and understanding within the mind are nothing\nbut the power of listening, which makes the actual \u2018act\u2019 of listening possible.\n&nbsp;This power of listening is made up of\nintelligence with sole role of making listening possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us take another example of seeing. Power of seeing has intelligence,\nwhich makes it possible for \u2018I am\u2019 to know and see a tree. Without the power of\nseeing, none of us will see any object. Someone may argue that the eye provides\nthis power. The eye does nothing other than converting the image into an\noptical signal and bringing the signal to the mind. What is the ability that\ndecodes this optical signal into the understanding that this object is a tree?\nIt is the power of the seeing, which is within Intelligence and which allows us\nto know that there is a tree. This power of seeing knows that the optical\nsignal is a tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same similarly applies to reading, thinking, or talking. There is a\npower of reading, power of thinking and power of talking. All these powers encapsulate\nthe crux of intelligence. In fact, you can apply this logic to a much wider\nrange of statements. Any statement which connects the subject with the object\nis connected by the power of intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us add another dimension by repeating the same statements in the\nfollowing way. Please just do not read these statements but read this slowly as\nif you are undertaking these tasks. I agree, we will not talk in the following\nmanner, but the sentence has been constructed in this manner to highlight the\nknowing part. Normally you would replace \u2018I am knowing\u2026..\u2019 with \u2018I know\u2026\u2026\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I am knowing that I am listening to music<\/li><li>I am knowing that I am reading this book<\/li><li>I am knowing that I am thinking to travel<\/li><li>I am knowing that I am talking on the phone<\/li><li>I am knowing that I am seeing a movie<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>1. There is a tremendous change in these statements as compared to the\nearlier statements. \u2018I am listening to music\u2019, \u2018I am reading this book\u2019 etc., is\nno longer a self-contained sentence, but they are the object in the statement.\nThe \u2018I am\u2019, in \u2018I am listening\u2026..\u2019 is no longer the subject, but it is part of\nthe object. The \u2018I am\u2019 in \u2018I am reading\u2026\u2026\u2019 is now part of the object. When you\nsaid, \u2018I am listening to music\u2019, you always felt that \u2018I am\u2019 is really my inner\ncore. You had the impression that \u2018I am\u2019 referred to your own self. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. However, the moment you apply the Knowing part to the sentence,\neverything seems to change. A new \u2018I am\u2019 pops up, and the earlier \u2018I am\u2019 becomes\na part of the object. Can there be two \u2018I am\u2019 within you? Obviously not.\nVedanta teaches that there is a universal Real Self which is our common inner\ncore. The \u2018I am\u2019 in \u2018I am knowing\u2026\u2019 is your real Self and the earlier \u2018I am\u2019 in\n\u2018I am listening\u2026..\u2019 is really part of the part of an object. If this is understood,\nthis can be a big change in our perspective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This \u2018I am\u2019 in \u2018I am listening\u2026\u2026\u2019 is really your ego. The ego always\nthinks it is the real Self. Vedanta teaches that the ego masquerades as the\nreal I, but when you make a proper inquiry, you will find that the ego is like\nany other object. Ego is just another thought in the mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Daily, as you apply the Knowing part to every sentence you say or\nthink you will discover your Real Self within you. The \u2018I am\u2019 in \u2018I am\nknowing\u2026.\u2019 is your Real Self. Whenever you are doing any activity and watch\ncarefully how the knowing part pops out within you. Repeatedly, say \u2018I know\nthis\u2019, \u2018I know that and focus on the \u2018I know\u2019 part, you will find out that the\nKnowing part comes out from a spiritual heart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You could live your entire life saying \u2018\u2018I am listening to music\u2019, \u2018I am\nreading this book\u2019 etc. This way you will never discover your Real Self. The\nReal Self will remain hidden. The moment you add \u2018I am Knowing\u2019 or \u2018I know\u2019 to\nall your activities, the Knowing part pops out from the spiritual heart. The\nspiritual heart is not your physical heart but is your seed body. This is\nsimilar to how the seed of a tree has a potential of the tree within the seed. The\ntree seed can become a tree only, that to a specific type of tree. A mango tree\nseed cannot become an apple tree. In the same way, each one of us has a seed\nbody. This seed body plays out the blueprint of our life. This seed body is our\nspiritual heart. According to Ramana Maharshi, it is two fingers from the\ncenter on the right-side rib cage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Knowing is nothing but the intelligence which connects the subject \u2018I\nam\u2019 with different objects. Knowing is the common element which connects the\nsubject with all the different objects in the universe. If you study the\nstatements made earlier, you will realize that Knowing is the ultimate\nintelligence. Knowing knows listening, Knowing knows reading, Knowing knows\nthinking, Knowing knows talking and Knowing knows seeing. The power of Knowing\nincludes the power of listening, reading, thinking, talking and seeing. The\nscope and width of the Power of Knowing is infinite, and it encompasses\neverything which is to be known in the universe. To put it differently, the\npower of listening, reading, thinking, talking and seeing etc, all these powers\ncome out from the Power of Knowing. Power of Knowing is the ultimate\nintelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone might say, I am knowing that I cannot speak Chinese. The ego I\ncannot speak Chinese and Real I knows that fact. That does not mean that the \u2018Real\nI\u2019 does not know Chinese. The knowledge of Chinese is within Knowing. If you\nnow learn Chinese, the ego I will speak Chinese and the Real I will know this\nfact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Knowing is indeed the boss of all the knowledge and intelligence in the\nuniverse. The question to ask is from where does all the knowledge and\nintelligence come from? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The simple answer is Awareness. Understand Awareness and you will lean\nthat Knowing is a key ingredient of Awareness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Understanding Awareness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awareness is the most powerful force in the universe, and it is the\nunderlying reality of this universe. It has the power to connect with a form\npresent in the mind and create an experience that you are aware of. If you\ncarefully study Awareness, you will conclude that the Awareness is made up of a\nSubject, Object, and Intelligence with the following functions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>There must be a Subject, who is Aware of the\nexperience. This subject is the knower of Awareness.<\/li><li>There must be an Object, which must be experienced.\nThis object is the known part of the Awareness.<\/li><li>There must be Intelligence by which the subject gets\nto know the object. This is the knowing part of the Awareness<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Knower,\nKnown and Knowing are the 3 powers of Awareness. It must be clear that<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Awareness = Subject + Object + Intelligence<\/li><li>Power of Awareness = Power of Knower + Power of\nKnowing + Power of Known<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Wherever there is awareness, the Subject, Object and Intelligence must be\npresent with all the three powers. At this moment you are aware you are reading\nthis article. This awareness has a subject, object and intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Power of Knowing is the key power of Awareness. In Awareness, Subject\nand Object are things and its functions are limited. The power of Knower only\nwitnesses what is available to witness. The power of the Known has the power to\nbecome the different objects in the universe. The Power of Knowing is crucial;\nit decodes the objects and lets the subject witness these objects. This\nintelligence or the Power of Knowing is the driving force of Awareness and\ncompletes any experience in the mind.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Knowing\/Intelligence within Awareness has an unlimited range of\npower, in fact, it is infinite. We can comprehend only what experiences our\nmind can handle. Our mind is full of ignorance and has a limited Power of\nKnowing. Awareness is not limited by the capacity of our mind. It is much more\nand has an infinite amount of intelligence; it has an infinite amount of\nknowledge about everything possible. What is amazing, this unlimited\nintelligence, this pure intelligence, this Knowing is available within\neveryone\u2019s mind. Remove the deep-rooted ignorance and unlimited power of\nKnowing will be available to everyone. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, Knowing is the Boss. Knowing means to Know. There is much more to Knowing than this simple definition. 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