Aleph
I read 2 books on Aleph; one Paulo Cohelo and other by Amir Aczel (Mathematician). It was surprising to see the same word in two different contexts. but amazingly they talk about the same thing.
Aleph - Paulo Cohelo
I am in Aleph, the point at which everything is in the same place at the same time. When you are in Aleph, eyes becomes mirrors of our souls, mirrors not only of our souls, perhaps, of all the souls of all the people on this planet who are at this moment walking, talking ...
Aleph - Borges
According to Borges, another Brazilian author .. "Aleph is a point in space that contains all other points. Anyone who gazes into it can see everything in the universe from every angle simultaneously, without distortion, overlapping or confusion."
The "Mystery of the Aleph" book is the search for Infinity. This book describes the history for the search for infinity going back to 5th century BC to using Infinity as a important mathematical concept.
Aleph is the first letter in Hebrew alphabet. The Jewish prayer (beli reshit, beli tachlit) - meaning no beginning with no end. George cantor, a 19th century mathematician, who defined infinity sets (and infinity of infinities) named Aleph to symbolize the transfinite numbers. The book is quite fascinating, it goes back to the history and how infinity was discussed and integrated to our mathematics (sometimes it is a hard read).
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Aleph is the beginning with no end. It represents past, present and future. It is like AUM - the first sound according to Vedas. It is Infinite. We all need to experience the "Aleph" moment -the infinite.
A friend of mine who read the Aleph book said, "Aleph reminded me of What Arjuna saw in Krishna's Biswa Roopa - the past present future everything everywhere. It also reminded me of Alekh or Alekha and Alekhya. Alekh - something that cannot be written - same as Alekhya - usually described as amazing - also described as the beauty of creation that cannot be written or described."
To me, Aleph represents the experience (the moment) in which one experiences the "infinity”. The experience can not be described (“Aleka”). When Buddha obtained Nirvana, the moment of his experience is the Alpeh but what he experienced is beyond description… Buddha showed us the path but never descibed what actually he experienced - the eternal knowledge, unknown or “Alekh”.
We may experience the Aleph moments once or many times in our lives. It may happen when you something in nature which transforms you to a place which is not describable or when you look at someone’s eyes and feel the deep love or... Each of these Aleph moments prepares us to the next bigger one until u reach the “Aleph” which is the undesirable (“Alekh”) moment.
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Let us close our eye and look
Lets us cover our ears and listen
Let us feel the touch without touching
Let us experience an aleph moment
Let us feel the bliss of Infinite
It is there ... feel it!
Prasanta
11/18/15
Aleph - Paulo Cohelo
I am in Aleph, the point at which everything is in the same place at the same time. When you are in Aleph, eyes becomes mirrors of our souls, mirrors not only of our souls, perhaps, of all the souls of all the people on this planet who are at this moment walking, talking ...
Aleph - Borges
According to Borges, another Brazilian author .. "Aleph is a point in space that contains all other points. Anyone who gazes into it can see everything in the universe from every angle simultaneously, without distortion, overlapping or confusion."
The "Mystery of the Aleph" book is the search for Infinity. This book describes the history for the search for infinity going back to 5th century BC to using Infinity as a important mathematical concept.
Aleph is the first letter in Hebrew alphabet. The Jewish prayer (beli reshit, beli tachlit) - meaning no beginning with no end. George cantor, a 19th century mathematician, who defined infinity sets (and infinity of infinities) named Aleph to symbolize the transfinite numbers. The book is quite fascinating, it goes back to the history and how infinity was discussed and integrated to our mathematics (sometimes it is a hard read).
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Aleph is the beginning with no end. It represents past, present and future. It is like AUM - the first sound according to Vedas. It is Infinite. We all need to experience the "Aleph" moment -the infinite.
A friend of mine who read the Aleph book said, "Aleph reminded me of What Arjuna saw in Krishna's Biswa Roopa - the past present future everything everywhere. It also reminded me of Alekh or Alekha and Alekhya. Alekh - something that cannot be written - same as Alekhya - usually described as amazing - also described as the beauty of creation that cannot be written or described."
To me, Aleph represents the experience (the moment) in which one experiences the "infinity”. The experience can not be described (“Aleka”). When Buddha obtained Nirvana, the moment of his experience is the Alpeh but what he experienced is beyond description… Buddha showed us the path but never descibed what actually he experienced - the eternal knowledge, unknown or “Alekh”.
We may experience the Aleph moments once or many times in our lives. It may happen when you something in nature which transforms you to a place which is not describable or when you look at someone’s eyes and feel the deep love or... Each of these Aleph moments prepares us to the next bigger one until u reach the “Aleph” which is the undesirable (“Alekh”) moment.
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Let us close our eye and look
Lets us cover our ears and listen
Let us feel the touch without touching
Let us experience an aleph moment
Let us feel the bliss of Infinite
It is there ... feel it!
Prasanta
11/18/15
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