Kural–The ‘NOCringe’ Connect:2

The GOD-ly Quest

Kural – 702

One of the most famous intellectual reference to God is “GOD is a state of being”.This has multiple versions.

Lets see if Kural helps us to connect more; if this sound Cringe to you anymore.

Opinion Matters:

(My sincere thanks to my respected seniors who gave their feedback for last week’s blog. Based on your feedback, I shall stick to one Kural this time).

I speak to a considerable number of college students, these days.There is a visible trend of firmness or stubbornness in them. Generation by generation, you could see a sense of primitive belief about something getting stronger. Forming a very strong opinion about someone or a society happens quicker than their actual growth. At an young age they largely own their convictions. A conviction about success, failure, family, joy, and more.

The source of the method of the information or the system of their belief can be debatable. But I think one aspect is undebatable and that is their conviction. 

Let’s say each opinion or belief is built on three layers and I call it the KUE factor.

• Knowing
• Understanding
• Experiencing

In an ideal scenario, an opinion about something should be shaped only at the third layer. But it need not be so fixed in a non-idealistic world.

Let us call this survival. So ‘Knowing’ how to survive is the basic tip for everyday life.

Do you know thy KNOW?

If you aim to grow more at that level, that is to understand something or someone in depth before making that opinion, then you move to the second level – Living. For this level you need to touch the second layer, that is U in KUE (Understanding).

Layer 3 has more to do with Thriving in a life full of energy, that is ‘E’ – Experiencing.

We will adhere to layer2-level2 and here we get a cue from Valluvar. He adds a degree of clarity to this level of “U” and his kural refers to it as an understanding without an iota of doubt.

Kural – 702 in குறிப்பறிதல் ,

ஐயப் படாஅது அகத்தது உணர்வானைத்
தெய்வத்தோ டொப்பக் கொளல்.

aiyap paṭā’atu akattatu uṇarvāṉait
teyvattō ṭoppak koḷal.

One will be considered equivalent to God who can ascertain without a doubt what is within them.

KUE-Q chat

Regardless of your beliefs, try an experiment. Ask someone at the age of 12-25 about their opinion of God. Their responses might surprise you.

On the other sense if you are equipped enough to sustain at the levels of survival and living, thriving will naturally set in.It is at this level that Valluvar quotes, “Theyvaththo Toppak Kolal” – Consider equivalent to God.

The Science of ‘BEING’:

Every experiment gives an inference and these lead to some texts and explanations.

Explanations change every time for every instance that gifts a new understanding, but eternal questions and the ‘Truth’ remains. That holds the essence of K & U but with no doubts.

Remembering that famous quote, “GOD is a state of being”.

What are you doing to become that ‘BEING’?