Isha Upanishad: Part 5

It moves, it is motionless. It is distant, it is near. It is within all, it is without all this.

The first three expressions on the left side have unity as their expression established in Truth and the other three on the right side have individuality as their expression rooted in ignorance. So, the individual existence that we experience is a reflected expression of one cosmic existence manifested in the cosmic mind. The individual vital force that we experience is a reflected expression of one cosmic awareness manifested in the cosmic mind. The various sea of emotions that we experience is a reflection of one cosmic bliss manifested in the cosmic mind.

The seventh river of consciousness is our individual ego that is the cause of all duality and ignorance and when purified, becomes a gateway to experience reality: the three individual rivers of consciousness are the exact replica of three rivers of cosmic consciousness. Beyond these seven rivers is an ocean of pure consciousness that is the source of all manifestations and expression and yet is said to be unknown, unmanifested. The purified ego that has no desires left may wish to merge in this Ocean of pure consciousness. It is not that their individual existence is gone forever, just by their mere will, one can come back to any of the seven streams of consciousness again. History is replete with the incarnations and spiritual masters who have come to the world back to help mankind.

This is a way of saying to let us know that the outer reality that we experience within the periphery of space, time, and the cause is the replica of inner reality that is beyond time, space, and cause.

The Sat, Chit, and Ananda aspect is not to be understood as lower or higher, since there is no differentiation and there is unity. It is one but expressed as three layers, interdependent and interconnected. Who can explain it better than the one who has gone beyond and come back to help us evolve and expand? So, without polluting the message even a bit by my limited intellect, here is an article by our beloved master, Om Swami explaining the Law of the interconnectedness of cosmic consciousness. This journey is a process of becoming rather than knowing. The way to be established in the Truth is to become One. For those who want to embark on the journey of merging multiple layers of rivers of life principle into an ocean of pure consciousness, here is a course on Kundalini meditation as shared by our beloved master, Om Swami.