Purna Madha, Purna Idam - Ideas, Explained

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In the Īśa and Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishads of the Vedas, we have one of the deepest mantras in Hinduism:

ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात् पूर्णमुदच्यते।

पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते॥

ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥

(Om Purnam Adah, Purnam Idam, Purnaat Purnam Udachyate,

Purnasya Purnam Aadaya, Purnam Eva Avashishyate,

Om Shantih Shantih Shantih)

It translates to:

"That is complete, this is complete.

From that completeness, this completeness has emerged.

Even after taking away completeness from completeness,

Completeness still remains."

It indirectly says you are not broken. You are not a lost, separate fragment. You - and everyone and everything around you - are one single, infinite completeness.

You are Brahman itself. Even though you seem to have 'come into' this universe, you have not left that completeness.

You are still that fullness. Think of it like the ocean and a wave. A wave rises, and for a moment, it looks separate - but it is still the ocean, never apart. So the idea of an individual 'you' is the illusion. You are not a lonely fragment.

You are the One entire Super-Being, pretending to be many. Think about how profound that is.

Even meditating on this thought for just 10–15 minutes a day can melt feelings of loneliness and isolation - because you realise, at the deepest level, you were never alone.

You were always everything.

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