The known and the unknown

Today’s English
April 17th, 2017

Many English words that we already know and use in our day-to-day life in one meaning surprisingly have the meaning that we scarcely know.  Let’s see few of them here.

1.Pen
The known: A writing instrument
The unknown: A farm
Children are so excited to see the animals in the pen.

2.English rose
The known : English, a language and rose, a flower
The unknown: Any beautiful lady with fair skin, looking like an English woman
She, being an English rose, attracted everyone there in the function.

3.Beefcake
The known : beef, meat from cattle and cake, a baked sweet dissert
The unknown: An attractive  man with big muscles
The villain was a beefcake and looked more attractive than the hero.

4.Ball
The known : that which is used in games
The unknown: A big formal party with dancing
I enjoyed the ball very much.

5.Flame
The known : the visible part of fire
The unknown: An angry or insulting message sent on Whatsapp, Facebook or the internet
He sent me a flame and I unfriended him.

“There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns- the ones we don't know we don't know.”
- Donald Rumsfeld, the 13th Secretary of Defence, America

An Enquiry about Aathma by Aathma

Where is Aathma?
Aathma is everywhere
In the universe
Beyond the universe,
Inside everything,
Outside everything.

Are aathma and God
Two different things?
No. Both are same.
Paramathma is the rice.
Jeevathma is the rice scattered.
Paraman is the tree.
Jeevan is its branches.
Are the branches not the tree?
Is the tree not the branches?
Paramathma is ocean.
Jeevathma is waves.
Are the ocean and waves different?

Is aathma with form or without form?
It’s formless.
If it’s with form,
It can be seen, touched.
It can destroy one-day.
It cannot be everywhere.
Everything that has form can be in one place at a time.
That which has no form alone can be everywhere.
Everything that has form can be destroyed.
That which has no form cannot be destroyed.

Is aathma one, two or many?

Aathma is one.
That which has no form is borderless.
There cannot be two or many borderless things.
There can be two or many visible things or persons.
There cannot be two or many invisible things.
If aathma is invisible, eternal, borderless, everywhere,
It must be one.

If aathma is one,
You and I have the same aathma.
Houses are many on the earth,
But the wind blows through all houses is one.
So has spread through the aathma in all of us.