The Secrets and Wonders of Life

1)         The secrets and wonders of life

Every human being has a life, yet very few know the truth about life. So what is life. There is only ONE life, the source of all life-forms or living things, the LIFE of life. It is called the Tao by Lao Tzu; Heaven by Confucius; God or Father by Jesus; Allah by Mohammed; the Good by Plato; Over-soul by Emerson; First Cause and Prime Moves by the ancient Green Philosophers.

This LIFE is in you, in me and in every human being. The LIFE in human and the LIFE of God is one and the same thing. Both have the same Attributes and Essence. Both have Eternal Life, Light, Wisdom, Power, Creativity, Intelligence, Goodness, Righteousness, Love, Freedom, Harmony and Peace. A drop of water has the same quality as an ocean of water; the only difference is the volume and size.

Life is a wonder and a miracle, the most precious thing in the universe. The marvel of being alive in the flesh or body is ours only for a few score years on planet Earth. Hence, we must live life to the fullest and enjoy every moment of our existence. The supreme purpose of life is to make a living as well as to make a life, a masterpiece of life.

Human is body and soul, hence the two aspects of life, the material life and the spiritual life. The soul in man is also known as the spirit, self or mind. It is the soul that gives life to the body. Without the soul, the body is a piece of dead meat, a corpse. The soul is Divine and Eternal but the body is material and temporal. Life is body and soul; death is body without the soul. The body is the temporary home and tool of life. Life is more than physical or material but includes the physical body in which Life expresses itself. The LIFE that give life to the body is beyond the five senses, invisible and intangible.

We have only one life, one mind, yet there are two aspects of life with the corresponding two modes of mind, the spiritual, subjective sub-conscious mind and the material, objective conscious mind. The attributes, functions and workings of the two minds are different and distinct: -

The Principle of Polarity or Duality is manifested throughout the universe. Everything comes in pairs and works on pairs: God and matter, yen and yang, cause and effect, stimulus and response, action and reaction, inner and outer, light and darkness, positive and negative, male and female, proton and electron, the binary system, the double helix of DNA, the pair of chromosomes, and a pair of wings, a pair of hands, a pair of legs and so on, indefinitely.

We have two aspects of life with two modes of mind, two hands, two legs, to lungs to work as one entity. Hence, we must use the pair of legs to walk, a pair of hands to work, the subjective and objective mind to feel and think, the two aspects of life to live and experience the inner life and the external world of material tings. Yen Yang, or polarity is the working principle of the universe.

As there are two aspects of mind, there are two kinds of knowledge. One is material scientific facts from the conscious objective mind; the other is spiritual truths from the subconscious subjective mind. Scientists working with the material objective mind can only furnish mankind with scientific facts but not spiritual truths. Sages working with the spiritual subjective mind can inform mankind of their spiritual truths. Facts are objective; truths are subjective. The greatest knowledge, the ultimate truth is to know Heaven or God. It is the key to all wisdom, understanding, truth and power.

Both facts and truths are needed for the advancement and betterment of mankind. Progress is continuous improvement and betterment of things and conditions in the external world of things as well as the innermost world of our lives. Knowledge is power. Only the Right Knowledge gives us real power.

The purpose of life is to bring out the highest, brightest and best within ourselves and to enjoy life to the fullest. Excellence in life can only be attained by fully developing and expressing every mode of our existence. There are five modes of existence and they are the spiritual life, the emotional life, the mental life the physiological and the physical life. Each mode of life is different and distinct in its operation and function, but they are all inter-related and inter-connected with one another. They are one and inseparable.