Tuesday 25 April 2017

19. The Sensory and the Motor Currents



DISCOURSES ON
RADHASOAMI FAITH

BY
MAHARAJ SAHAB
Pandit Brahm Sankar Misra, M.A.


19. THE SENSORY AND THE MOTOR CURRENTS

            33. There are two main currents responsible for the working of the physical frame, the senses, and the six ganglia referred to.
            I. The current which conveys the impressions within, and which imparts vitality for necessary assimilation and growth. This is the current of the spirit. Its tendency is inward and attractive. It manifests itself in two main forms, (a) sensory and (b) structural. The first form found in animate creation is endowed with subjective functions. These functions are performed by means of nerves and other subtler vehicles. This is the higher form of the spirit-current, and we shall discuss the conditions of this form at length in the Part dealing with the evolution of creation (Rachana). The second form, though of a lower order, is indispensable for the purposes of creation. The co-relation of these two forms will be found fully explained in the Part referred to. In animate existence, the second form is subordinate to an dependent upon the first form for the performance of its functions, as a complete disappearance of the sensory form from the physical and subtler planes would result in a cessation of the structural function, and thus eventually lead to a collapse of the structural frame.
            II. The other current is the current of reaction, giving rise to volitional, motor, ejective, and destructive actions. It regulates the outward economy both objective and subjective of the human frame, and the mind is the centre from which this currents springs up. In vegetable existence, the volitional function is entirely absent, and the motor, too, is mainly found only in the form of growth, the last two functions, however, are as strong, if not stronger, as in animal existence. The mind-centre, which in its kinetic form is associated with subjective functions, is latent in vegetable life; so, too, the spirit-centre, so far as subjective functions are concerned. Like the structural form of the spirit-current, the mind or the outward current is also dependent for its action upon the spirit-force, as all work performed by the outward current comes to a standstill when the spirit-current is wholly withdrawn.

            34. It is clear from what we have stated above that the mind and the spirit-currents have, by their joint action, produced the physical frame and the six ganglia, the spirit furnishing energy, vitality and subjective functions through the mental plane.

2 comments:

  1. The spirit gives life to the senses and other body parts. Together with the mind the spirit guides and helps all functions of the senses and body.

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  2. The spirit gives life to the senses and other body parts. Together with the mind the spirit guides and helps all functions of the senses and body.

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