Lotus is
a flower that blooms in presence of Sun and shrinks when Sun retires. The
same way, creation (Lotus) blooms in presence of Consciousness (Sun). The
Consciousness that reflects as awareness is lost, the created object is
destroyed, which is called death. This is the shrinking of the lotus in the
absence of lost. Lotus is thus the symbol of birth, and rebirth of creation.
The whole creation starts from Vishnu and
the lotus springs out from his navel and on that sits Brahma the Lord of
Creation. Brahma has four heads, the three axes of directions and
space.
The Brahma is the mind the creator. Lotus is the body and a plant like Lotus
is used because plants are the food producers for the other organisms, since
they can only capture sunlight. Like the umbilical cord connecting the womb
and mother's body so does Vishnu the consciousness connects to the mind of
us.
Without Consciousness there is no
creation and so does without Vishnu there is no "jagat" or World. But this
Vishnu holds a shiva-ling which means that the Consciousness expresses
itself through Awareness the Shiva. This is why Vishnu holds the shiva-linga.
The blue cosmic ocean is the unlimited space and the
Ananta, the snake is the eternal time. On this eternal time and space blooms
this whole creation. It is fascinating know the mystery of creation
when we understand each of the symbolism in the vedic puranas. We will
explain more in the forth coming sections.
This
is the symbol of Sakthi Foundation. Aum is the Symbol of Consciousness (Sun)
for the creation of knowledge.
