Putting the ‘Unknowable’ Into English

by Don Chapin

Some years ago I had a spontaneous peak experience of finding myself inside of a hydrogen atom. In that process, between the nucleus and the electron shell, I sensed a consciousness…a consciousness linked to other atoms, thereby providing an interlocking field of energy, as discussed in “Putting the ‘Unknowable’ Into English,” “Meditation Mechanics” and reinforced in “An Interactive Discussion.” ~ Don Chapin

Western civilization has generally shied away from the esoteric, in favor of the materialistic and that is reflected in the lack of words in Western languages, particularly English, to describe “the unseen,” or paranormal experiences of any kind. Therefore, we are forced to look to one of the oldest known cultures in the world to attempt to describe what can be seen clairvoyantly.

From: http://www.hinduwebsite.com/brahman.asp :
Brahman is the central theme of almost all the Upanishads. Brahman is the indescribable, inexhaustible, omniscient, omnipresent, original, first, eternal and absolute principle which is without a beginning, without an end , which is hidden in all and which is the cause, source, material and effect of all creation known, unknown and yet to happen in the entire universe.
It is the incomprehensible, unapproachable radiant being whom the ordinary senses and ordinary intellect cannot fathom grasp or able to describe even with partial success. It is the mysterious Being totally out of the reach of all sensory activity, rationale effort and mere intellectual, decorative and pompous endeavor.

The Upanishads describe it as the One and indivisible, eternal universal self, who is present in all and in whom all are present. Generally unknown and mysterious to the ordinary masses, Brahman of the Upanishads remained mostly confined to the meditative minds of the ancient seers who considered it to be too sacred and esoteric to be brought out and dissected amidst public glare.

(In other words, Brahman is another name for what I sensed inside that atom and refer to as Universal Energy)

Again, many years ago, when I heard about ‘sending light’ or ‘sending energy’ I started sending green (healing) light/energy under the auspices of Highest Good to those I knew needed some form of healing. Meanwhile, not knowing this might be at all unusual, I ‘tracked’ that energy I had sent and ‘saw’ that, being sent under Highest Good, a significant portion of that green energy, often 50% to 100% changed to pink upon ‘arrival,’ indicating that person’s physical problem stemmed from a lack of love, most generally a lack of self-love.

Years later upon starting a Healing Earth group which was intended to start addressing mass consciousness left by mankind by sending cleansing energy to that layer of man-made polluted energy, I found I could ‘track’ that energy the group sent to do the cleaning.

I didn’t know it at the time, but I was tracking the progress of what the ancients referred to as Shakti, directed Brahman or what I called Universal Energy.

From https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shakti :
“The Shakti or Power of Brahman(*) is the manifest aspect of the unmanifest Brahman, the personal aspect of Impersonal Brahman. Brahman and Shakti are inseparable: they are static and dynamic, like energy bottled up and energy released. The one cannot be conceived of without the other: Brahman is inconceivable without Shakti, Shakti is inconceivable without Brahman. These seemingly opposing aspects — unmanifest and manifest, static and dynamic, are identical. In each case the same Being is seen from different viewpoints which balance and supplement each other. Both concepts, Brahman and Shakti, are indispensable to the health and fullness of spiritual life.”

“The very thoughts like: ‘I am meditating,’ ‘I am thinking of the Absolute,’ are within the realm of Shakti.”

And so, when I attempt to describe the effects of meditation on the field of Universal Energy (Brahman), such as my “Meditation Mechanics,” I am describing attempts to initiate Shakti.

Popular explanations of Shakti…

1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti:
Shakti (Devanagari: Śakti; lit. “power, ability, strength, effort, energy, capability”[1]) is the primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the entire universe in Hinduism, and especially the major tradition of Hinduism, Shaktism.

Shakti is the concept or personification of divine feminine creative power, sometimes referred to as “The Great Divine Mother” in Hinduism. As a mother, she is known as “Adi Shakti” or “Adi Parashakti”. On the earthly plane, Shakti most actively manifests herself through female embodiment and creativity/fertility, though it is also present in males in its potential, unmanifest form.

2) http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Shakti:
According to the Hindu religion, Shakti (Sanskrit: meaning force, power or energy) refers to the active, creative and dynamic feminine principle in the universe that is often personified as a Goddess, as well as a God’s female aspect or consort (Zaenher 1966).[1]

In some systems of Hindu thought, Shakti may also be worshiped as the supreme being and principle of the universe ultimately responsible for the creation of the phenomenal world.

3) http://sanatansociety.org/hindu_gods_and_goddesses/shakti.htm:
Shakti is the divine force, manifesting to destroy demonic forces and restore balance. Every God in Hinduism has his Shakti and without that energy they have no power. Lakshmi is the energy of Vishnu. Parvati is energy of Shiva. Shakti is also called Devi or mahadevi, assuming different roles as Sati, Parvati, Durga and Kali.

So Shakti is the mother goddess, the source of all, the universal principle of energy, power or creativity. The worship of Shakti as this energy is the main objective of Tantra Yoga. Shakti is inseparable from the one who beholds her, the Shakti-man, the masculine principle or Universal father. Shakti-man is called Brahman by the writers of the Upanishads. In the Tantric tradition he is called Shiva.

4) https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Shakti/Definition of Shakti:
the dynamic energy of a Hindu god personified as his female consort. broadly : cosmic energy as conceived in Hindu thought.

So, I have observed Shakti in action and it is NONE of the noted popular explanations. It cannot be personified as the religions of the world ascribe human personifications and characteristics to God or their respective gods, as in the Hindu pantheon, or any other religion. The explanation by sanatansociety.org as “the universal principle of energy, power or creativity” comes closer to an explanation of Shakti, but misses the boat by mistaking the true “universal principle of energy, power or creativity” or as I call it, “Universal Energy” or “God Force,” or, as it is often labeled, “subtle energy,” the energy that exists throughout the Universe, for Shakti.

And, yes, as I had observed from within that hydrogen atom that Universal Energy is in ALL things and animate matter as I have described the consciousness I have witnessed between the nucleus and electron shell of a lowly hydrogen atom and this is replicated in ALL atoms. That consciousness is linked, “entangled” as modern physicists call it, with all other atoms to create the omnipresent field of Universal Energy. Also, understand that that field of Universal energy is HIGHLY intelligent.

The ancient Indian Sadhus were aware of this Brahman, this Universal Energy and even that it could be directed, but initially believed such direction could only be done by angels, then gradually realized that the more spiritually advanced among them could direct this energy and a religious hierarchy was born.

Having used, observed the effects and taught how to use this energy, I have presented a water analogy of how it reacts to human manifesting in another section entitled “Manifesting Mechanics.”

Since then, I have read “Energy Blessings from the Stars” by Virginia Essene and Irving Faust, in which Faust provides a very real and generally accurate description (from my observations) of what Shakti is. It is not THE Universal Energy field, or subtle energy, as conventional descriptions depict, but IS composed of that field. In the next section, I’ll provide quotes from that book that I’ll put in italics, but supplementing those quotes with my own observations, which sometimes alter, supplement, or somewhat disagree with Faust’s observations…such are independent assessments of the same phenomena. 🙂

Say you want to monogram a shirt, using the same kind, but different color of thread as the shirt. Although of the same thread, the monogram stands out from the shirt, itself. Likewise, a Shakti stands out from the field of Universal Energy from which it comes.

And what makes it stand out from that field? Direction.

In ancient Sanskrit, a Shakti could only be accomplished at angelic level and referred to imposing a task or purpose to Universal Energy. The term sidhhi referred to such task-assigned Universal Energy. Since that time, the word has devolved to various lesser meanings, even as ‘ordinary humans’ have been finding even THEY can generate Shakti.

So, I “see” Shakti as a “transducer” impressing a “direction” given by a human’s desire or as a perturbation in a “field” of that Universal Energy, and could be illustrated in 3-D mode (although it is, in Reality, multidimensional) as perturbations in a placid water surface… the water representing the ‘field” of that omni-present, multidimensional Universal Energy, as I have depicted in “Manifesting Mechanics.”

FROM: https://www.lotussculpture.com/shakti.html:

All interpretations of the word ‘Shakti’ hold common one parameter, Power. Specifically, Shakti means Power, Force and Feminine Energy.

She represents the fundamental creative instinct underlying the cosmos, and is the energizing force of all divinity, of every being and every thing. Devotees believe the whole universe to be a manifestation of Shakti, which is also known by it’s general name Devi, from the Sanskrit root ‘div’ which means to shine.

And where does that power come from? The field of Universal Energy.

I “see” Shakti as a “transducer” impressing a “direction” given by a human’s desire or as a perturbation in a “field” of that Universal Energy, and could be illustrated in 3-D mode (although it is, in Reality, multidimensional) as perturbations in a placid water surface… the water representing the ‘field” of that omni-present, multidimensional Universal Energy, as in “Manifesting Mechanics.”

From https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shakti :
“The Shakti or Power of Brahman(*) is the manifest aspect of the unmanifest Brahman, the personal aspect of Impersonal Brahman. Brahman and Shakti are inseparable: they are static and dynamic, like energy bottled up and energy released. The one cannot be conceived of without the other: Brahman is inconceivable without Shakti, Shakti is inconceivable without Brahman. It follows that Brahman is acosmic and cosmic as well as transcendental and relative. These seemingly opposing aspects — unmanifest and manifest, static and dynamic, acosmic and cosmic, transcendental and relative—are identical. In each case the same Being is seen from different viewpoints which balance and supplement each other. Both concepts, Brahman and Shakti, are indispensable to the health and fullness of spiritual life.”

“The very thoughts like: ‘I am meditating,’ ‘I am thinking on the Absolute,’ are within the realm of Shakti.”

“Shakti is self-existent and all manifest in the form of creation and dissolution.”

“… there is a superimposition of the creation – preservation – destruction aspects of Shakti either fully or partially.”

“I saw an ocean of the Spirit, boundless, dazzling (Brahman, or Universal Energy). In whatever direction I turned, great luminous waves were rising. They bore down upon me with a loud roar as if to swallow me up (Shakti). In an instant they were upon me. They broke over me, they engulfed me. I was suffocated. I lost consciousness and I fell… How I passed that day and the next I know not.”

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Shakti

FROM: https://www.lotussculpture.com/shakti.html:
All interpretations of the word ‘Shakti’ hold common one parameter, Power. Specifically, Shakti means Power, Force and Feminine Energy. She represents the fundamental creative instinct underlying the cosmos, and is the energizing force of all divinity, of every being and every thing. Devotees believe the whole universe to be a manifestation of Shakti, who is also known by her general name Devi, from the Sanskrit root ‘div’ which means to shine.

Shakti
FROM: https://www.wordnik.com/words/Shakti

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

Hinduism The active manifest power that creates the universe.
Hinduism The consort of the male expression of the divine, especially of the god Shiva.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Meaning sacred force, power or energy, it represents the Hindu concept or personification of the divine feminine aspect, sometimes referred to as ‘The Divine Mother’. Shakti represents the active, dynamic principles of feminine power. In Shaktism, Shakti is worshiped as the Supreme Being. However, in other Hindu traditions, Shakti embodies the active energy and power of male deities (Purushas), such as Vishnu in Vaishnavism or Shiva in Shivaism.

The female or generative principle; wife of Siva and a benevolent form of Devi

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Sanskrit śaktiḥ, from śaknoti, “he is strong.”

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Sanskrit शक्ति (śákti, “power, energy”).

In Hinduism, Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति; from Sanskrit shak, “to be able”, meaning”power” or “empowerment”), also spelled as Sakthi, is the primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the entire universe. … In Shaktism, Shakti is worshipped as the Supreme Being.

Shakti – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti

The Hindu Goddess Shakti

FROM: https://www.lotussculpture.com/shakti.html

By you this universe is borne,
By you this world is created,
O Devi, by you it is protected.

The Shakti tradition glorifies Devi, the consort of Shiva, as the World Mother who, as Shakti, is the energy giving power behind all creation. Shakti is shown in many forms. As Uma or Parvati, she is the gentle consort of Shiva. As Kamakshi or Rajarajeshwari she is the Great Mother. In the form of Durga she rides a tiger, the ego and arrogance that man must subdue. In her angry form she is Kali.

The earliest term applied to the divine feminine, which still retains its popular usage, is Shakti.

The word Shakti is used in a variety of ways ranging from its use as a way to illustrate the ultimate primordial creative power, to expressing the capacity or power of words to convey meaning. The word ‘Shakti’ is derived from the root ‘shak,’ meaning potency or the potential to produce, an assertion of Her inherent creative aptitude.

All interpretations of the word ‘Shakti’ hold common one parameter, Power. Specifically, Shakti means Power, Force and Feminine Energy. She represents the fundamental creative instinct underlying the cosmos, and is the energizing force of all divinity, of every being and every thing. Devotees believe the whole universe to be a manifestation of Shakti, who is also known by her general name Devi, from the Sanskrit root ‘div’ which means to shine.

Putting the ‘Unknowable’ Into English