Could You Please Explain the Three Items That Are Part of the Process of Knowledge?

[A question by Shri Phani]

O Learned and Devoted Servants of God,

Swami replied:- Knowledge is in three parts (Triputi): 1) Jnaataa (knower) is the soul, which is knowing the spiritual knowledge from the divine preacher (Sadguru). 2) Jnaanam, the (subject of Triputi) details of the three topics as explained by the divine preacher and 3) Jneyam (the knowable or known), the ultimate goal, who is the God or the divine preacher Himself.

We can classify the knowledge in to four categories also:- 1) External knowledge (imaginable-visible and invisible)–knowledge of all the world including the human beings. The world is imaginable domain containing all the visible (matter and gross energy) along with invisible subtle energy (space) also. Even in the gross energy, the energies with higher frequences (X-rays, Gamma Rays etc.) are also invisible. 2) Internal knowledge (imaginable-visible through instruments)–The individual soul along with its modes or thoughts is visible through powerful electronic instruments only and not visible to the eyes as per the Gita. The basic essence of the individual soul is the inert energy only, which is also visible through powerful instruments. The individual soul is non-inert because it is a specific work form of inert energy only working in a specific functioning nervous system. The basic inert energy is called Atman and the specific work form of it or individual soul is called Jiiva, who is a bundle of thoughts only. 3) Knowledge about the first mediated God or Eshvara or Datta along with His energetic and human incarnations (Unimaginable God with imaginable-visible and invisible media of incarnations). This is also called as central knowledge or Kendrajnaanam. Eshvara is said to be in the centre of the universe rotating this whole creation with His unimaginable power (maayaa) as said in the Gita (Eshvarah sarvabhuutaanaam…). 4) Knowledge of the existence of ultimate unimaginable God (unimaginable and invisible) – This is also called as Turiiya Jnaanam or Muula Brahmajnaanam. There is no difference between this and the above mentioned third category because Eshvara is only the Parabrahman (unimaginable-invisible God), who is mediated through perfect merge by external energetic or human body for the sake of visibility to the energetic or human souls respectively.

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