Dr. Vijai S Shankar MD.PhD.
Published on www.academy-advaita.com
The Netherlands
26th June 2018
Moment 4
“Intelligence as Vegetation”
Vegetation is in every moment where it grows. This signifies that a moment is needed in life for vegetation to grow in it. Vegetation is in the moment and it neither knows nor believes that there is a moment in which it is, but yet it is.
Vegetation grows in a moment, though vegetation neither knows nor believes that it has to grow to be able to be in the moment in life.
The questions are: Can vegetation make a moment in life to grow in the moment? Can vegetation make a moment in life to be able to grow? The answer why vegetation cannot make a moment in life is given in the article ‘Moment 1.’
The enlightened have proclaimed that vegetation does not make any moment in life and cannot make any moment in life either. So what is the understanding of the moment in life for vegetation by the enlightened, is the question?
The understanding of the moment in life for vegetation by the enlightened is: Vegetation, either big or small, grows in the moment by the intelligence in life, which is in the moment.
The way and manner vegetation grows is manifested by the intelligence in life, which is in the moment. Neither vegetation knows that it has to grow nor how to grow. The growing happens naturally to vegetation by the intelligence in life in the moment.
The understanding of the moment in life for vegetation by the enlightened is: Every vegetable, either big or small, in vegetation cannot be any other size and shape than what is in the moment by the intelligence in life.
The understanding of the moment in life for vegetation by the enlightened is: Every vegetable, either big or small, in vegetation cannot be in any other, size, type, shape, consistency, taste and smell than what is in the moment by the intelligence in life.
The understanding of the moment in life for vegetation by the enlightened is: Every fruit, either big or small, in vegetation cannot be in any other size, type, shape, consistency, taste and smell than what is in the moment by the intelligence in life.
The understanding of the moment in life for vegetation by the enlightened is: Every flower, either big or small, in vegetation cannot be in any other size, type, shape, colour, pattern and fragrance than what is in the moment by the intelligence in life.
The understanding of the moment in life for vegetation by the enlightened is: The intelligence in life manifests the entire vegetation in the manner it is meant to be in the moment for both the animal kingdom and for humans.
Author: Dr. Vijai S. Shankar
©Copyright V. S. Shankar 2018
Editor’s Note:
Of all the entities that have existed, do exist and will come to exist in this creation, there is none that does not exist in the moment that is. Of all the entities that exist in this moment that is, there is none that is not manifested and sustained in all it needs and is meant to have by the intelligence of life. There is no other play. Of all the entities that exist in this creation, one alone, man, enjoys knowledge and belief - knowing and believing - albeit illusory, also gifted by the intelligence of life. However, man alone, in his maturity, may come to understand and to realise, as the enlightened do, the fullness of the moment that is.
Julian Capper, UK.
German Translator’s Note:
In daily live the expectations how humans have to be in order to please us are huge. But also the expectations about plants such as vegetables and flowers are not to be underestimated. All expectations make humans unhappy, as soon as they are not fulfilled. Dr. Shankar‘s article “Moment 4“ covers the vegetation and that it is wise to understand that vegetation is as it is meant to be in any given moment, albeit illusory. Expectations are therefore illusory too which allows the wise to be contented and grateful in the moment of life, manifested by the intelligence in the moment and not by man.
Marcus Stegmaier, Germany.