We are governed, watched, dictated and directed by the invisible forces.
Dr. Jernail S. Anand | India
As soon as a child opens its eyes, it is able to see the visible world, and its vision of the invisible is blocked. It is wrong to assume that what we see is in existence, and what we don’t see does not exist. The idea of existence extends far beyond the boundaries of the manifest and the unmanifest, to include the possible as well as the impossible.
In fact, nothing fits more to the idea of existence than the oft-quoted phrase: tip of the iceberg. The visible world is just a tip of the iceberg which remains hidden from the view. In fact, we do not possess the eye which can see the hidden domains of existence. We can measure and describe in exact words what we can see, feel and even touch, while the mass remains hidden from the view, and therefore, defies all description.
What we say becomes visible through the words, but is it all that we wish to say? What remains unsaid joins the mass of the invisible. What we do is visible to everyone, but what we could have done, a hundred parallel choices which were not taken, fall to the store of the invisible. All relationships, shaky or stable, stand on a few words with long silences. How limited is meaning, and order, and how vast is the domain of non-sense and chaos! I wonder if we have ever taken into account the force of the invisible mass, which stays behind, and from which we choose, and give meaning to our lives, limited in extent and possibility.
There are fifty things which appear on our to-do-list in the morning, and after the day is spent, we sit down to see how many have been accomplished, and what remains behind, which was attempted, but remained undone. It is not our failure to accomplish certain tasks. If we applied all our powers, that was the obvious aspect of our effort. But, if it could not be accomplished, we should be able to see the role of the invisible. Maybe there are some forces, which do not will it to be done by us.
I am a cosmogen, and a firm believer of the divine presence everywhere. All our actions, I believe, have behind them a divine sanction. But, the divine forces remain out of human vision. When we try our best to do something, and still it is not done, I always feel there are some forces which do not want this done. It is an article of faith with me when I say, I believe in the benevolence of God. If my work is done, it is His blessings, and if it is not done, it is also His blessings, because, like a father, he knows what will be beneficial to me and what can harm me. This is my faith, and I do not invite anybody to believe me.
But seeing both the possibilities in the same view, and feeling the visible and the invisible in the same moment, is the dualistic vision, which is denied to the ordinary masses except blessed souls, prophets and sages, or people with highly awakened consciousness. It is my faith that we are governed, watched, dictated and directed by the invisible forces. God takes care to impart dignity to man, by giving him a free will, and to keep his head aloft. It is not servility. It is love.
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Dr. Jernail S. Anand, with 210 books to his credit [20 epics] is a Chandigarh-based top ranking author, whose seminal work ‘Lustus: The Prince of Darkness’ challenges the moral complacency of our era. He is founding President of the International Academy of Ethics, and Laureate of Charter of Morava [Serbia], Seneca [Italy], Franz Kafka [Germany, Ukraine, Czeck Rep] and Maxim Gorky [Russia] Soka Ikeda and Mahakavi Bharati (India) Awards, his name is inscribed on the Poets’ Rock in Serbia. Email: anandjs55@yahoo.com.
