Garbha Upanishad 

Before we knowing Garbh Upanishad we shall understand the Upanishad meaning.

The Upanishads are the sacred scriptures of the Hindus. The word, which means inner or mystic teaching, has been derived from 'Upa ' which means near, 'Ni’ or down and 'Shad' or to sit. This must refer to the ancient custom of groups of pupils sitting down near their teacher to learn the secret doctrine.

The Upanishads provide both spiritual vision and philosophical argument. They describe the core of spiritual experience which is incommunicable except by a way of life. The way to Ultimate Truth lies in personal efforts and the realization that the soul is one with all things of the Universe. The prime Vedic doctrines of Self-realization, Yoga and Meditation, Karma and Reincarnation are advocated by these sacred texts. They explicate all aspects of spirituality in detail, with examples, illustrations and stories.

Over a hundred Upanishads are known to the contemporary world. The most famous of these are the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad, Brhadaranyaka Upanishad is the oldest and the most important of all the Upanishads. Brhadaranyaka belongs to the Satapatha Brahmana and is ascribed to Sage Yajnavalkya.

Having derived its (Brhadaranyaka) name from great forest-book, it includes three kandas or sections, namely, Madhu Kanda, Muni Kanda (or Yajnavalkya Kanda) and Khila Kanda. The Madhu Kanda explains the teachings of the basic identity of the individual and the Universal Self. Muni Kanda includes the conversations between the sage Yajnavalkya, the great Upanishad philosopher, and his wife, Maitreyi. Various methods of worship and meditation are dealt in the Khila Kanda.

The doctrine of “Neti, Neti” (“not this, not this”) is found in this Upanishad.  Chandogya Upanishad [Chandogya Upanishad is one of the oldest Upanishads and comes under the Sama Veda. It is the last eight chapters of Chandogya Brahmana.

Chandogya Upanishad has eight sections and the first five deals with various Upasanas (Upasana means prayer or service performed with a view to attain the love of god, who is worshipped in the form of one's chosen deity. Upasana is the highest form of communication with the creator and can be expressed through chanting and music. A true and divine upasana needs constant faith in the eternal form of god. The aspirant would never allow a breach in his spiritual quest. )   or forms of approaching the ideal and the last three explains the way of attaining true knowledge. Chandogya Upanishad highlights the importance of chanting the sacred Om or Aum. It also advises to lead a religious life, with sacrifice, austerity, charity, and the study of the Vedas. The doctrine of reincarnation appears in this Upanishad. ,

Aitareya Upanishad and Taittiriya Upanishad- Taittiriya Upanishad is part of the Taittiriya Aranyaka and belongs to the Yajur Veda. This Upanishad is divided into three sections called Vallis, that is, the Siksa Valli, Brahmananda Valli and Bhrugu Valli. Siksa Valli explains the science of phonetics and pronunciation. Brahmananda and Bhrugu vallis focus on the knowledge of the Supreme Self. Om or Aum is emphasized in this Upanishad. The Upanishads are considered the very essence of Vedanta (the end of Veda), because they offer the ultimate commentary on the Vedic philosophy. The older Upanishads, which probably date back to the 6th century BC, are usually part of a particular Veda, through a Brahmin or Aranyaka. The later Upanishads are said to belong to the time of Buddha or after.

Hindu and Buddhist philosophies derive their teachings from the Upanishads. The great doctrine of 'neti-neti' of saint Yajnavalkya, which states that Truth can be found only through the negation of all thoughts, is based on Upanishadic principles. So is the famous 'Tatvamasi' which means 'You are that' (You are the Universe/ God). The greatest features of the Upanishads are their universal applicability and the total absence of dogmatism.

Garbha Upanishad  - This Upanishad  Explains in detail about the conception and growth of a child in the mother’s womb, while it still resides in the womb, in the form of a fetus. At each stage of development in the womb, the physical condition of the child’s body and the mental state and the condition of the jeevan (the soul) within is also explained in detail in this scripture, The soul trapped within the maternal womb, goes through a state of emotional turmoil, remembering past births and deaths.. It is great wonder that our ancient Rishis (the seers of truth) were able to grasp and visualize such intense secrets about the body and soul in those ancient days when there were no traces of today’s modern science and research. To go a step ahead, we can even say that parts of this Upanishad are yet to be physically researched and understood by the modern scientists and will remain unknown to the Science world till such time. This Upanishad is part of the Krishna Yajur Veda.

Garbha Upanishad states that the fetus before birth promises God not to repeat evil deeds but during the process of birth, a force called the ‘Vaishnava Prana’ touches him, and he forgets his thoughts and prayers. This entails repeating the process of learning and seeking the ultimate truth once again in the life granted.

The body is Fivefold in nature (the five elements), existing in the five, depending on the six support (Tastes of food), connected with the six qualities, kama etc. seven Dhtus (tissues), three impurities, having two yonis (of excretion), and nourished by four kind of food.

The formation of the embryo and its stages of development

On a perfect day and on the uniting of the male and female reproductive fluids, after the lapse of one night, the embryo is in a mixed (semi-fluid) state. After seven nights from thereon, it takes the shape of a bubble formed out of water. At the end of a fortnight, it takes the shape of a solid lump. It gets solidified and hardened at the end of one month.

In two months, the head takes form. At the end of three months, the legs and foot are formed.

And by the fourth month, the wrist, stomach and the hip, waist etc are formed. During the fifth month, the spine and the adjoining bones get shaped. The Mouth, Nose, Eyes and the Ears are all formed during the sixth month.

In the seventh month, life or the jivan enters the body shaped so far. By the eighth month, it attains full shape and gets fulfilled with all other remaining parts.

THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL (JIVA)

The individual soul dwells in the heart of a human being. The factual characteristic of the soul is that it is 18 times brighter than the Sun. The soul is devoid of the darkness of ignorance. As this Jiva attaches itself to ephemeral worldly objects it has to undergo transmigration. The Jiva is very minute but it is equally infinite. It is confined to one state only because of the merits of intellect that is the resolution and the ego.

The Jiva is neither a male nor a female and neither a neuter gender. It assumes form according to the body it merges or impregnates into. It is devoid of titles but has to bear the fruits of its actions by taking birth in different Yonis (forms)

"अध्यात्मिक शरीर विज्ञान "

परमेश्वर की स्वरूपभूता अर्थात जगत की उत्पत्ति , स्थिति और लय की हेतुभूता ब्रह्मा , विष्णु , और शिवरूपा शक्ति । कैसी शक्ति ? सत्व , रजस , और तमस से युक्त । सत्वादि गुणरूप उपाधी के कारण ही वह

सत्व से विष्णु ,
रजस से ब्रह्मा और
तमस से महादेव कहा जाता है ।

ये सब स्वत: निरुपाधिक ब्रह्म से तो उपलब्ध हो ही नही सकते । परब्रम के ही सृष्टि आदि कार्यों को करते हैं । इसलिए अवस्थाभेद के आधार पर इनमे शक्ति भेद का व्यवहार होता है, त्वातिक भेद के कारण नहीं । अर्थात परब्रह्म पाहिले तो ईश्वर स्वरुप मायामय रूप से स्थित होता है। त्वातिक भेद के कारण नहीं । अर्थात परब्रहम पाहिले तो ईस्वर स्वरुप मायामय रूप से स्थित होता है । फिर वह मूर्तरूप हो कर तीन प्रकार का हो जाता है । उस त्रिविध रूप में वह जगत की उत्पत्ति, स्थिति, संहार नियमाआदि कार्य करता है ।

ये तीनों देवता - तेज, जल, और अन्न - पुरुष को प्राप्त हो कर त्रिवृत -त्रिवृत हो जाते हैं । यही है "अध्यात्मिक शरीर विज्ञान"

Embryological  Development- from 1 to many- The steps that lead to the formation of a complete living organism such as a human being starts from union of 2 special cells, each containing half of the normal number of chromosomes. This process is called fertilization.

One cell is rather stationary and ‘Silent’. The second cell has a tail that vibrates, allowing it to migrate with high energy and speed towards the first cell. It is therefore dynamic.

This is how the process of fertilization can be seen as the coming together of silence and dynamism. Dynamism collapsing on to silence in the first event, which leads to the many sequential steps necessary for the formation of an organism.

At the same time, the newly formed cell, with its newly assembled pairs & chromosomes, starts a very dynamic process of multiplication. The 2 primordial cells, whose chromosome was silent suddenly, become very dynamic when they unite. This is dynamism starting from silence. Silence leading to dynamism.

Since everything in creation, everything in the Universe is always changing, always dynamic. The “moments” of experience are in fact point of dynamism. They have no dynamism. They are infinitely silent. The term ‘Point’ is used in a mathematical sense. A point in mathematics has no dimensions. Even though we say, for example, that a line is made out of points. There is an infinite number, of points in any line! A point is the smallest possible value. When an expression such as ‘The point of dynamism” is used means Zero dynamism. I.e. total silence. The point of silence will refer to zero silence. i.e. infinite dynamism.

"फिर उसने विचार किया, मैं बहु हो जाऊं, बहु रूप हो जाऊँ ।" यह विचार आने पर उसने अपने भीतर से ही तेज़ उत्तपन किया । वही विचार तेज़ के मन में आया कि वह अनेक हो जाए और अनेक रूपों में व्यक्त हो । इस विचार आने पर उसने जल मो उत्त्पन्न किया । सुनाने में यह कुछ उलटी बात लगेगी पर यदि ध्यान दो तो ताप होने पर शरीर से पसीना आने लगता है । तेज़ से जल की उत्तपत्ति भी इसी तरह हुयी । जल के मन में भी वही विचार आया कि वह अनेक हो और उनके रूपों में व्यक्त हो सो उसने अन्न की रचना की । यही कारण है कि जल की वर्षा से ही अन्न उत्तपन्न होता है।

क्योंकि अन्न की उत्तपति हो जाने पर अन्नाद या अन्न खाने वाले न पैदा हो जाएँ, यह संभव ही नहीं है । यही है प्राणियों की सृष्टी । प्राणियों के जनम के तीन बीज होते हैं और तीन भेद अंडज , जीवाज, और उद्विभ्ज हैं । तो उस सत ने विचार किया कि वह इन तीनो में प्रवेश करके नाम और रूप को व्यक्त करे । इसलिए उसने तेज़, जल और अन्न में से एक एक को त्रिवृत किया । इस तरह अग्नि का जो रोहित या लाल रूप है _ वह तेज़ रूप है, जो शुक्ल रूप है, वह जल रूप है और जो कृषण रूप है वह अन्न रूप है । इस तरह इन रूपों में व्यक्त होने के बाद अग्नि का अग्नित्वा या उसकी दाहकता उससे निकल गयी । ये अग्नि के विकार मात्र कहने को है । सच यह है कि ये केवल तीन रूप हैं।

ठीक यही बात आदित्य पर, चंद्रमा पर और विद्युत् पर लागू होती है । उसके भी लाल, श्वेत और कृषण वर्ण क्रमश: तेज़, जल और अन्न के ही रूप हैं । इस त्रिवृतत्व को जान लेने के बाद ही हमारे पूर्ववर्ती महाग्रिह्स्तों और महाश्रोत्रियों ने कहा था कि हमारे कुल में कोई बात अश्रुत और अज्ञात नहीं है ।

The First Cell- 3-in-1- As earlier described every cell contains 3 distinct aspects

1.    The Nucleus

2.    The cell body and its organelles and

3.    The cell membranes and cell Skeleton.

Their togetherness in one structure, which we call the cell. We therefore already have the reality of 3-in-1 in the very first cell, as well as within each cell of any living organism.

The Zygote migrates and divides- from 1 to 8. The technical term for the first cell, which results from the union of two primordial cells described above, is a Zygote. The Zygote divides into 2 cells, each of which in turn divides into 2 cells, etc. in this way within 3 steps there is progress on from 1 cell to 2, to 4, to 8.

After development of the first 8 cells from the Zygote, after which the Zygote enters the uterus, where it is implanted. The timing is also significant. In term of three steps: The 8 cells stage is reached the third day after fertilization. (It takes 3 rotations of the earth around its axis, with three sunrises and 3 sunsets, to reach that stage here again we see the value of 3 steps).

After development of the first 8 cells from the Zygote, after which the Zygote enters the uterus, where it is implanted. The timing is also significant. In term of three steps: The 8 cells stage is reached the third day after fertilization. (It takes 3 rotations of the earth around its axis, with three sunrises and 3 sunsets, to reach that stage here again we see the value of 3 steps).

The Marulla- from 8 to 24- every part of the newly formed cells contains, as mentioned earlier, 3 distinct aspects. Elaboration of the 8 cells into their detailed basic components gives therefore, 8 X 3 = 24 aspects. After 8 Cell stages, the individual cells of Zygote do not divide exactly in synchrony at the same rate, this is why following the 8 cell stage we observe a stage of development called the Morula, with 12 to 16 cells. (The Morula is a solid ball of cells resembling the fruit of a mulberry tree) As the cells continue dividing, a stage with 24 cells can be observed.

Implantation – from 8 to 64 to 192 – in the overall division process. Starting from 8, 3 steps of division take us to 16 to 32 and to 64. Each of these 64 cells contains the same 3 value of sell skeleton and membrane, cell body and organelles and cell nucleus. We therefore have 64 X 3 = 192

It is interesting to note that 6 days after fertilization, the floating fertilized, and dividing cell becomes attached to the cell wall of the uterus (Womb). This is called implantation. In other words, after the initial 3 days it takes 3 more steps. (3 rotation of the earth around its axis) to reach that crucial stage of implantation.

In 3 steps, therefore, the fertilized egg reaches the womb cavity, in further 3 steps; it becomes attached to the wall of the womb. There are significant stages in development. They accompany stages of cells divisions that are also significant in a manner, in which Unity develops, into diversity,