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THE JOURNEY OF CONSCIOUSNESS :
The Unkoown Destination
The practitioner of sādhanā needs Enlightenment so that he may see things. We cannot see anything in darkness we can see everything in the light. The more the light, the clearers the visibility. Enlightenment enables us to see both what is apparent and what is hidden. We can see and recognise what is apparent in dim light also but we need brighter light to see what is hidden and unknown. The known part of the world is very small as compared with the unknown part of it. It is like a drop in the ocean. The unknown can not be explained by analogy.
The range of the sense organs is a very much limited range. The ears can hear the sound of a particular frequency only. If all the sounds of the world were to invade our eardrums, they would burst. The entire atmosphere in which we live is continuously vibrating. We would be annihilated if we caught all these vibrations. Generally we see only a few forms, hear only a few sounds and utilize only a few objects. The remaining world is outside our comprehension. That is why we are eager to know the unkown. Search for the unknown is a perpetual search for us. Man's consciousness has always been engaged in the search for the unknown. The entire evolution of man has taken place because of his basic instinct for the search for truth. This instinct is not found in the other animals, and therefore, they have become standardized and stereotyped. On the other hand, man has progressed tremendously and is still progressing. All this is due to the powers of man's consciousness and his instinct for search for truth. The
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