ONE SHOULD KNOW EVERYTHING

official source: A'nanda Vacana'mrtam Part 12

cross-references: Ba'ba' in Fiesch (as "The Singular Entity")

this version: is the printed A'nanda Vacana'mrtam Part 12, 1st edition, version 
	(spelling mistakes only may have been corrected). I.e., this is the most 
	up-to-date version as of the present Electronic Edition.

	Kaos'ikii has become popular within a very short span of time.  It was invented on the sixth of September 1978, not even one year ago.  It should be done by boys as well as girls.

	Now what's the meaning of 'Ma'dhava'?  Everybody should know the meaning of his name, and the meaning of the name of his village.  One should know everything.  You also should be omniscient, because you are all my guardians.

	What were the names of those who took part in the dance?  Ma'dhava, Pran'ava, Balara'ja, Kusumita' and Sulocana'.

	'Ma'dhava' - in the old Sam'skrta language the word 'Ma'' had three meanings, three interpretations.

	('Ma'' is also modern Bengali and modern Hindi.  Its root is 'Ma'ta''.  The Sam'skrta word is 'Ma'tr'; the old Sam'skrta word is 'Ma'tr' which means 'mother'.  'Matr', 'Mater', 'Mothier' - 'mother'.)

	But here 'Ma'' is a Sam'skrta word, and for 'mother' the Sam'skrta word is 'Ma'tr'.  The modern Hindi-Bengali word for mother is 'Ma'', but here 'Ma'' is a Sam'skrta word, old Sam'skrta.  15,000 years ago that language was the first language.

	One meaning is 'no'.  For example, 'Don't go' is 'ma' gaccha.'  'Gaccha' means 'go' and 'Ma'' means 'not'.  The meaning is 'no'.  The second meaning is 'tongue.'  The third meaning is 'Prakrti'.  These are the three meanings.

	And 'Dhava' - the second portion is 'Dhava'.  "ma'' - 'Dhava'.  Now what's the meaning of 'Dhava'?  One meaning is 'husband', in the sense of lordship, ownership.  Now I'll explain this thing.  With Ma'dhava' we will take some time.

	In the primordial phase of human civilization, the reigning social order was - what?  Matrilineal.  And the system of inheritance was also matrilineal.

	Nowadays, almost everywhere in the world, excepting in a few tribal groups of Africa and Asia, there is patrilineal order.  To some extent in Meghalaya State, to some extent in Kerela State and to some extent in Bengal - to some extent, not fully - there is a matrilineal system or matrilineal order.  But in the past, in the primary phase of civilization, everywhere there was matrilineal order, that is, 'What is your name please?"  'My name is such-and-such.'  What's your mother's name?  What's your grandmother's name?'

	This was the social system.  Now the system is 'What's your father's name?  What's your grandfather's name?"  But at that time the order was mostly matrilineal, everywhere in the world.

	Afterwards the order was transmuted into patrilineal order, and now there is patrilineal order everywhere, and after marriage generally ladies use the title of the husband's family, the surname of the husband's family.  Now a days what's the system?  'Amita Basu', when married to one 'Ananda Chatterji', will become 'Amita Chatterji'.  This is the system, I think?  Almost everywhere in the world, because the social order is patrilineal.

	Now when the society became patrilineal the position of ladies in the society degenerated - they became just like inanimate properties, domestic animals, etc.  It was a very humiliating condition for ladies.  That was the second phase of civilization.  Now, at that time, the husband became the owner of the lady just like other properties of the house.  This phase of human civilization was not at all glorious for ladies.  This system started about 12,000 years ago.  It was the first step in the patrilineal system and the patriarchal order.  In the patrilineal system the son inherits the father's property.

	Now at that time the meaning of 'Dhava' was both 'husband' and 'owner', because the husband was the owner.  (The other meaning of 'Dhava' was 'clothes'.)  In Sam'skrta a widow is always called 'Vidhava', that is, 'whose husband has died.'  'Dhava' - 'husband', 'Vidhava' - 'a widow'.

	Now let us come back to the original idea, 'Ma'dhava'.  Here the meaning of 'Ma'' is 'Prakrti.  What is Prakrti?  The Operative Principle.

	Whenever we are to do anything there must be the Operative Principle, there must be the creative power, the creative Prakrti.  But along with the creative Prakrti, there must be - what?  There must be the support of intellect.  Energy, the blind force, cannot do anything in a systematic order unless and until it is supported by intellect.

	So the root cause, the Operative Principle, is Prakrti, but Prakrti has to do as per the demand or desire of intellect.  There is electricity in the cloud, but that electricity is not used by us.  We cannot get any service from it.  But with the help of our intellect we get service from electricity.

	So here 'Ma'' means 'Operative Principle', Cosmic Operative Principle, and 'Dhava' is its owner.  'Dhava' is the intellectual force behind 'Ma'', behind Prakrti.  So 'Ma'dhava' means 'the Cognitive Faculty', 'Parama Purus'a, 'the Cognitive Principle.  I think you understood what I said.

	Next?  'Pran'ava' - 'Pra'-'Nu'+'Al.  'Nu' is the root word, 'Al' is the suffix, 'Pra' is the prefix.  (In 'submission', 'sub' is the prefix, 'mit' is the root word, 'ion' is the noun-making suffix.  Similarly, here, 'Pra' is the prefix, 'Nu' is the root word, and 'Al' is the noun-making suffix.  Do you follow me?)  'Pra' means in Sam'skrta 'in proper style'.  You should remember, 'Pra' means 'proper', 'in proper style', 'in a proper way'.  And 'Nu' means 'to goad'.  And 'Al' makes it a noun, that is, 'the Cosmic acoustic expression, the Cosmic acoustic faculty, that goads a man towards the Supreme Goal', towards Parama Purus'a.  That acoustic expression of this Cosmic order is called 'Pran'ava'.

	Another name of Pran'ava is 'Onm'ka'ra'.  Expression of Onm'ka'ra is called 'Om Praka'sha' here?

	Pran'ava, have you understood the meaning of your name?  The sound that helps one in moving towards the Supreme Entity, Parama Purus'a, through the acoustic expression of this Cosmic order - that acoustic expression is Pran'ava.

	'Balara'ja means - but ladies are being neglected - it is very bad, very bad.  'Bala' means 'the Supreme Cosmic stamina', the stamina that creates and breaks, and 'Ra'ja' means 'the king', 'the ruler'.  That is, the Supreme King who controls Bala.  The Cosmic stamina, the force that can create and that can break, is Balara'ja.

	Next?  Sulocana'.  Who is Sulocana'?  You know for each and every expression, or each and every entity, each and every human mind, each and every human body, each and every material or abstract entity in this world, there are two sides, the bright side and the dark side.  Suppose a man has so many qualities, but he is a miserly fellow - the dark side - he doesn't want to spend.  One dark side and so many good qualities.  Now a man takes the form, takes the shape, of his object of ideation.  If his goal is lofty, he will become lofty.  If his goal is, say, humiliating, his nature will also be like that.  'Sulocana'' means the person who sees only the bright side of everything, only the good qualities, only the good side, and not the bad side, who always sees the good side of everything.  This is 'Sulocana' in the masculine; and in the feminine it will be 'Sulocana''.  One 'A' has to be suffixed to the word.

	You should learn Sam'skrta.

 	'Kusumita''.  'Kusuma' means 'charming expression.'  Some expressions are charming, some expressions are not charming.  Not all the expressions of this world are charming, some are not charming, some are attractive, some are repulsive.  'Kusuma' means 'charming expression', and the abstract noun for it is 'Kusumita''.  And had it been 'Kusumika'', its meaning would have been a charming expression but of very little form, very small size, very tender size, a little charming expression.  But it is 'Kusumita''; it is the abstract noun of 'charming expression'.  The name is very good.

	All done?  You know I do not know Sam'skrta.

	And you know, the Sam'skrta language is divided into two portions, the older portion and the later portion.  The older portion, that is older than 5000 years, is known as 'Vedic', and the later Sam'skrta is known as 'Sam'skrta'.  'Ma'dhava' is an older Sam'skrta word, and 'Kusumita'' a later Sam'skrta word.

	And Om Praka'sha, have you understood the meaning of your name?  You should try to known the meaning of your own name, the meaning of the name of your town or village.  You should try to increase the length of the radius of your knowledge, just increasing like this.

	One night I was saying that 'Shrama' means 'intellectual labour' and 'Parishrama' means 'manual labour'.  The person who is engaged in Shrama, who by nature has got a special tendency towards Shrama, is called 'Sharma'', and the abstract form is 'Sharman'ya'.  Sharman'ya means 'of intellectual laborers'.  And this land of Germany is called in Sam'skrta 'Sharman'ya Bhu'mi'.  'Bhumi' means 'land'.  'Sharman'ya Bhu'mi' means 'land of intellectuals'.  Do you follow me?  That is also old Sam'skrta, not modern Sam'skrta.  There is a very close proximity between these two words, 'Sharman'ya' and 'Germany'.  'Sharman'ya' - 'Germany'.

	Now I'm going to learn Sam'skrta from someone here.  Anything else?

	[A devotee asks] I don't understand when you say 'abstract form' - I don't understand what you mean.

	[Ba'ba']  Within the scope of our perceptions, there are certain things that we can see or feel, certain inferences coming within the jurisdiction of our sensory or motor organs: hot, cold, red, yellow, round, rectangular.  Coming within the scope of our sense, they are called 'material', pertaining to matter - heavy, light.  But there are certain things that we feel within.  'Good boy' - the boy I can see, but 'good' I cannot see.  'Good' we cannot touch, so it is abstract.

	I can say, 'You are a very naughty girl.'  I'm not saying that you are a naughty girl, but if I say, 'You are a naughty girl', then that 'naughty' cannot be seen.  You are something material, but 'naughty' is not something material.  But I feel that you are a naughty girl.  You never said, 'Ba'ba', I have prepared this food for you'  So you are a naughty girl.  But that 'naughty', or naughtiness, cannot be seen, can not be touched.  Do you follow me?  That thing is abstract.

	You see.  I'm neither a teacher nor a lecturer, so I'm very poor in expression, but I try my best to make you understand.  Did you understand?  And why did you become naughty?  Because you did not prepare any food for me.  Now, because you did not prepare any food for me - that was my mental projection - because she didn't produce any sandwich for me, that's why she is a naughty girl - it was my mental projection.  And that projected entity within my mind is also an abstract.  Do you follow me?  Did I explain properly?

	 Matter and abstract.  Matter is in the cruder arena, in the cruder stratum, but abstract is in the ectoplasmic stratum.  The subtle matter that creates your mind - the mind is created out of a subtle matter that can be perceived mentally, that can be conceived mentally, but that cannot be shown.  When you are in mental agony, can you show it to anybody else?  You cannot show it.  Your agony will be represented by a few tear drops.  And tears are something material.  Then others will fell that you are in mental agony.

	Now this material expression is something very crude, but behind that material expression of a few drops, there is a mental agony which is abstract.  When you are in joy, tears will move like this [indicates a tear curving from the outer corner of the eye down the cheek].  In Sam'skrta it is called 'A'nanda'shru.'  And when you are in pain, tears will move like this [indicates a tear falling straight downward] - in Sam'skrta it is called 'Shoka'shru'.

	Now that crude matter, those tears, represent your mental agony.  And above your mental agony there is your 'I' feeling, your 'I' who is undergoing the mental pain.  Do you follow me?  Behind your mind there is one 'you' - 'I am', 'I exist'.  In each and every living being there is this feeling of 'I am'.  And that is your astral existence.

	Material, then mental, then astral.  And the hub of your astral existence, the nave of your abstract existence, is your soul, or spirit.  And your soul, or your spirit, which is the nave of all your subtler existences, is moving or dancing around Parama Purus'a, knowingly, consciously or unconsciously.  So He is Parama Purus'a, that is, the Great Lord.  That around which your pure 'I', the nave of all your expressions and existences, is moving, is Parama Purus'a.  Is it clear?

	So you are not an ordinary girl.  You are the glorified expression of the Parma Purus'a.  Don't think that you are made of a few bones and flesh.  You are something above it.  Could all of you follow me?

Whenever there is any movement in the material stratum or in the abstract stratum or even in the astral stratum, the root, the rudimental Entity, is Parama Purus'a.  Because your pure 'I', your nave of existence, came out of that Supreme Parama Purus'a.  And that's why His existence is called 'noumenal existence' and yours is 'phenomenal existence'.

	'Noumenal' is a very old German word.  It means 'the final cause', 'the original cause' - 'noumenal'.  Parama Purus'a is your noumenal cause and you are His phenomenal expression.

	'Phenomenon' - singular; 'phenomena' - plural/  'Noumenal' is an old German term; it is neither Latin nor Greek.

	His existence is noumenal and your existence is phenomenal.  He is the noumenal cause of the entire Universe, He is a singular entity, that Parama Purus'a.  Everything comes from that Singular entity - he is noumenal, but on the phenomenal level there are so many expressions, so many entities.  He is the only Father of all phenomenal expressions.  He is Parama Pita'.

	Pita' - the Sam'skrta root term is 'Pitr'.  From 'Pitr', in the nominative case it becomes 'Pita''.

	You are His phenomenal expression because you have the sense of a separate identity.  You always think, 'I am Dr. Such-and-such, I have come from India' - like this.  But He thinks, 'I am'.  Each and every pleasure expression and pain expression is within His Mind.  So for Him there is no second entity.  And that's why I told you He cannot hate anybody.  Everybody is within the scope of that Noumenal Entity.  Do you follow me?

	Within the scope of infinite space, and without the scope of infinite space, He is the Singular entity.  So nobody is outside Him.  So He is the only goal.  He is only Desideratum, and for Him you say, 'Ba'ba' Na'ma Kevalam.  That is, 'I am taking the name of that Singular Entity.'

	'Kevalam'; only the name of that Noumenal Entity because he is the only Noumenal entity and there is no second Entity.  So there is no alternative but to move and dance and sing around Him, just as the earth, Saturn and Mars are moving and dancing around the sun.

	This is a very sweet subject.  For 'matter', the Sam'skrta term is 'Ja'd'a', and for 'abstract' the Sam'skrta term is 'Bha'va', and for 'astral' the Sam'skrta term is 'Sa'ma'nya', and for 'noumenal' it is 'Mu'laka'ran'a'.

	Now I hope this Kiirtana, 'Ba'ba' Na'ma Kevalam.' Will give you still more pleasure.

18 May 1979 evening,Berlin