PANCHATATTWAS-THE FIVE ELEMENTS

Tantra stipulates that all matter is composed of a combination of five tattwas or bhutas, i.e., elements. The Shiva Swarodaya explains that "Creation takes place due to the tattwas and by them it is sustained" In the Tantraraja Tantra, Shakti asks Shiva, "Where do all the tattwas exist, in the body or out of it?" Shiva replies that the tattwas permeate the entire body and mind. Everything you do and think is under the influence of these tattwas. Therefore, in yoga, it is necessary to know how the tattwas behave and in which manner they can be controlled and utilized.

The five tattwas are known as 'akasha' or ether, 'vayu or air, 'agni' or fire, 'apas' or water, 'prithvi' or earth. However, these tattwas should not be mistaken for physical or chemical elements. Prithvi is not the earth we see around us. Water is not the water we drink or bathe with. Nor is fire that which we burn to keep warm and so on. Rather, they should be regarded as a consequence of light and sound emanations which are created by different energy or pranic vibrations. Pranic vibrations are vibrations of energy that are said to pulse through the body.

The science of astrology has verified that the first four of these elements have a major influence on our personality. mind, emotions and destiny, but it has failed to include the most subtle and important element, i.e., ether, which is responsible for spiritual experience. However, the science of tantra and yoga, which has examined the tattwas in greater detail, has clearly stated that man is composed of, and continuously subject to, the influence of these five tattwas.

The tantric texts enumerate a complete science of the tattwas, according to which the practitioner can not only predict the future but also control the results accruing from his actions throughout the day. Of course, this should not be the aim for which we strive to attain this knowledge. It is merely to indicate the intimate connection between the tattwas and the entire structure of your life, so that it is even possible for you to alter your destiny through 'tattwa gyana', i.e., knowledge of the elements.

 These five tattwas form part of a connected series in which each successive tattwa is derived from its predecessor. The first tattwa to evolve is akasha which is undifferentiated matter containing akasha an infinite amount of potential energy. Therefore, akasha is the subtle state when both energy and matter exist in their dormant potential state in the bosom of consciousness.

  As the energy inherent in the particles of akasha begins to vibrate, movement is created and vayu tattwa emerges in the form of air. The particles of vayu have the greatest freedom of movement and therefore vayu tattwa is seen as an all- pervading motion. Due to the excessive movement of energy in vayu, heat is generated, which acts as the cause for the emergence of the next tattwa, Agni.

 In agni tattwa the movement of energy is less than that of vayu. This decrease of motion enables agni tattwa to dispel part of its radiative heat and thus cool into the apas or water tattwa. With the birth of apas tattwa the partial freedom of agni tattwa are lost, and the particles are confined within a definite space, moving only within a small radius.

The last tattwa, prithvi, evolves out of a further decrease in energy vibration which causes apas to solidify into Prithvi. Here even the limited freedom of movement within apas is lost. Each particle of prithvi has its own place, and any vibration is confined to the space it occupies.

Vikas P Deshpande

M. E. Civil, Structural Consultant

Vastu, Astro Vastu and Feng Shui Consultant

0434681647, deshpandevikas@gmail.com

 

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