From darkness to light - Deccan Herald Opinion - Oasis (11-July-2022)
From darkness to light https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/oasis/from-darkness-to-light-1125488.html In a spiritual journey, the absence of knowledge or wrong knowledge of the Supreme makes us ignorant of the absolute truth and keeps us in darkness. Aren’t we the self-effulgent light so beautifully brought out by Adi Shankaracharya in his Eka Shloki ? Do we experience darkness? The answer is in the affirmative. After sunset, if there is a power shutdown, we plunge into darkness. But upon the passage of time, our eyes naturally start to adjust to the ambient light and things around us start to appear albeit a bit hazy. Do we know we are in darkness? One evening as I prepared to enter a park from a well-lit street to walk along its tiled path, it appeared extremely dark. Nevertheless, as I entered my eyes adjusted to the surrounding which became visibly clear. It was my mind that cognised the absence of light inside the park as darkness. We requir...