The Plant of the Soul’s Light Across Cultures: the Universal Codes of Awakening
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By Dr. Pooyan Ghamari
In one of the most beautiful narratives in the history of thought, Borzūya the physician searches for a plant that can bring the dead back to life.
He travels, asks questions, speaks with many sages, yet he cannot find the plant.
Until an old Hindu tells him:
“The plant is not in the soil;
It is in the book;
It is in knowledge;
Whoever moves from ignorance to understanding will come alive.”
This story is not just a legend;
It is a model.
And this model is repeated in all cultures worldwide:
in religions, philosophies, myths, and even modern metaphysics.
This article attempts to place the original texts side by side to show how all civilizations carry a shared message:
True death is the extinction of the mind,
And true life is the awakening of the soul.
Texts from Different Religions and Cultures
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Quran
Original Text:
وَمَا هَذِهِ الْحَیَاةُ الدُّنْیَا إِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ وَإِنَّ الدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ لَهِیَ الْحَیَوَانُ
Surah Al-Ankabut, 29:44
Translation:
This worldly life is nothing but amusement and play, and true life lies elsewhere.
Analysis:
In the Quran’s perspective, true death is not the death of the body but the death of meaning.
When a person remains on the surface level, in truth, they are not alive.
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Torah
Hebrew Text:
יהי אור ויהי אור
Genesis 1:3
Translation:
Let there be light, and there was light.
Analysis:
In Jewish tradition, light signifies awareness, and darkness signifies ignorance.
Divine light is the illumination of the mind.
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Gospel (New Testament)
Greek Text:
ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς
John 8:32
Translation:
The truth will set you free.
Analysis:
Freedom here means liberation from mental death.
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Indian Upanishads
Sanskrit Text:
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad 1.3.28
Translation:
Lead me from darkness to light.
Analysis:
This phrase exactly mirrors Borzūya’s discovery.
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Buddha
Pali Text:
Avijjā paramā nidāna
Translation:
Ignorance is the root of all deaths.
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Ancient China
From Laozi:
Chinese Text:
知者不惑
Translation:
One who understands will not be confused.
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Viking Wisdom
In Scandinavian poetic expression:
He who gains wisdom has gained a life
Meaning, wisdom equals life.
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Pythagoras
He viewed the world through numbers.
Numbers mean order.
Order means meaning.
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Nietzsche
He says:
Whoever finds their reason is reborn a thousand times.
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Shams Tabrizi
He says:
If your inner self is not illuminated, your outer self cannot find meaning.
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Ferdowsi
“Powerful is he who is knowledgeable.”
All of these texts come from cultures that had no historical contact with each other;
yet their message is identical:
The light of the soul
Means being alive,
Means awakening,
Means escaping the death of ignorance.
Borzūya’s Story in the Light of Universal Codes
Borzūya was searching for the miraculous plant,
but the plant was not in the soil;
It was in awareness.
This is the same law of modern metaphysics:
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Every awareness is a vibration.
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Every new understanding is a birth.
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Every awakened human creates a new world.
In all these texts, humanity faces a command:
Know to live;
Understand to be free.
This is the message of the world,
Not the message of a single culture or religion.
A Practical Path for Awakening in Today’s World
To remain alive in a world full of meaningless noise, three exercises should be followed:
First Exercise
Understand something every day:
A page of a book, a new idea, a fresh insight.
Every understanding is a new pulse in the heart of the soul.
Second Exercise
Apply what you learn.
Knowledge that is not practiced brings no light.
Third Exercise
Surround yourself with awakened people.
The energy of awareness is transmitted.
This path gives humans power, peace, and wealth,
Because an awakened mind can see the world correctly;
And whoever sees correctly chooses correctly,
And whoever chooses correctly succeeds.
The plant Borzūya sought still exists in the world today:
Not in the soil,
But in understanding,
In books,
In experience,
In the intuition of an awakened human.
Whoever understands comes alive,
And whoever flees from understanding gradually dies.
In a world where the speed of noises is high,
The soul’s light is the only thing that saves humans.
And this plant is always accessible:
Its name is Knowledge,
Its root lies in the heart of the living human.
