An Afternoon with Sikatuna Yoga and Idealistic Economics

Let there be light, it was said in the beginning (at least in Christianity). This is the statement that started this day. From the comfortable depths of the darkness of my slumber came the blaze of light! Those swords of light that penetrate your eyelids, those little imps of light pushing their way into your consciousness as you are assaulted by the assorted jargon of tasks, responsibilities and deadlines to be met. I had no choice but to get up, fold my blanket and get my first caffeine fix for the day.

This mood continued throughout the mass. I was thinking deeply about the claims of Christianity, whether they are valid or not and realized that the Bible is the most powerful book in the world because of it’s secrets. A secret, being the most powerful thing in the world next to money, is abundant in the Bible that the Christians use. The Bible also draws it’s power from it’s utter indecipherability. This allows it’s interpreters to shape the meaning to their own ends, which defeats the purpose of the religion, which is truth.

After that, I went to Sikatuna village in QC with my friend Renel to go to a meditation gathering or something (I am not sure what it’s called, sorry) and to experience a taste of Hinduism. Apart from the frantic dancing and chanting, I found the experience to be less strange than taking a walk along Espana avenue haha.

After a discussion with a Yogi, which is (a monk who devotes his/her life to meditation and social works), I realized the following:

There is no perfect economic system owing to the fact that there are uncontrollable factors in the world. The system may not work for others, but the thing we must settle for is that it works for the majority of the people. If it comes to the point that the economic system does not serve the interest of the majority of the people, a major revamp of the system is required to fix the problem.

An economic system cannot be changed bit by bit (at least in my own opinion). It needs a revolution, a return to scratch and from there, construct an entirely new foundation. It is for the reason that there will surely be reproaches from those who are riding the economic waves that the system is generating. As the majority of the people are benefiting from this system, a change will surely bring about the change of living conditions for these people. Whether these changes be good or bad is beside our point, for even a change in the precarious balance of the economic forces (hey, stop me, I’m ranting off to high heaven!) will topple the whole system. This of course, is a very very unpleasant situation for both the nation’s leaders and citizens.

Probably the most profound thing that the Yogi said was about human consciousness. Human consciousness is a singular entity but it needs to be merged with what they call “Cosmic Consciousness”. This Cosmic Consciousness is the sum total of all the universe’s knowledge and this contains the past, present and the future events. This must be the akashic libraries (or at least compared, I don’t know if the akashic library is a marga concept). These Akashic libraries are supposedly the libraries in which all knowledge, either past present and future happenings, are stored. This definition if the same with the cosmic consciousness isn’t it?

He said that the human consciousness is just like a drop of water. That drop of water, by itself, is insignificant but when it merges with the ocean, it becomes something profound and becomes one with the whole.

I was contemplating on that piece of wisdom when I remembered the events of yesterday. Yes, I am the lit match and that ocean is a rolling sea of gasoline. Kinda makes sense doesn’t it?