Journey from one

Mayanglambam Twinkle *

The ancient Meeteis of Kangleipak never realized of vacuum, nothingness, void, zero condition of the universe from the beginning. Emptiness as a human condition is a sense of generalized boredom, social alienation, and apathy. Feelings of emptiness often accompany many mental/emotional disorders. So, psychologists view a state of emptiness as negativity.

Emptiness is not possible to start something. Like, there is no answer without a question. “One” is every initial to start something.

According to Puya (ancient sacred book of meetei), after the creation of the space (nongthou) and earth (Malem) the universal lord (Eepung Loinapa Apakpa or Ama or One) incarnates all forms of things combining fire, water and air which were there primordially in Talang Malang state (Talang Malang which is a spiritual form).

As Eepungloi Loinapa Apakpa cannot remain alone, he suddenly moved with loud sounds
‘Hung l Hung’ resulting to sound waves ‘Eewai Eenin’ which become solidified as ‘Laisa’ (Lai- God, Sa- body or animal body).

The Eepung Loinapa Apakpa lifted up the ‘Laisa’ from the inside of himself and then the Malem (earth) with fire, water, air came into existence.

So, he realized that he can't live alone in the whole universe which came to the idea of consciousness that an individual is not enough to make a social order and that led to the collective consciousness.

The kanglei numerical (Ama or one) is the first appearance of the universal God as a visible form. The (.) on the head of the symbol is called ‘Eelik’ which means blood drop in the puya. This symbol (Ama or one) is also called ‘Sanamahi’ or ‘Sana Ee Mahi’ as an agent of the universal God Father.

Living like this, his son (Sanamahi) became manhood. His father told his son in pursuance to the voice from space to start the duty to create man, accordingly, his son began to create man.

For the first time, his son Sanamahi put before his father what he created, easily it can’t be a man, his father gave soul to what his son created, giving the name as Namma Mitam Nga, and it was sent to the water. Like this Sanamahi created many things, everything was wrong to be a man.

After being rejected of what he has created, Sanamahi became very hopeless in his mission to create a human being. He surrendered completely to his god father and said to him that he could not create a human being. Then his God father, Salailel Sitapa advised Sanamahi lainingthou to create a human being imitating his own image in his eyes.

In this, the god father intrinsically motivated Sanamahi from being hopeless. It says, that the God father has no form (invisible) but still told his son to create like him. It says that self-identity is very important to know “who I am” and “where I belong”.

The imagination is the cognitive process in which imagination helps in making knowledge applicable to solve problems and is fundamental to the learning process.

From the imaginary, it came to a flow state, also known colloquially as being in the zone, which is the mental state in which one performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.

The God father didn’t mention where to start the creation but still, the Sanamahi started the creation from the head. It means that cognition is very important in mankind.

At last Sanamahi created man according to the advice of his father, put it before his father. His father examined what Sanamahi has created and told his son, “My son ị” [the symbol of “End is ị which means what you have created is the end.

Reference
“The Wakoklon Heelel Thilel Salai Ama-Ilon Pukok and The Modern Science” - Wanglhemcha Chingtamlen.