[Uma]

"It is the unmanifest that traps all the seeds in the manifest that is sleeping that drives the whole thing. The matrix universe, when it sleeps, those seeds are still there that drive the next cosmic cycle."
~ Sri Vasudeva

Sri Vasudeva spoke about our 4 energy bodies corresponding to the 4 states of consciousness, and 3 cosmic powers within us corresponding to the 3 knots at 3 chakra points, and how the Hindu pantheon of gods presents a metaphor of powers within us. All of this philosophy is very useful because it illustrates what's going on inside.

Each god is a metaphor for a power within us.

I like this model because it is simple to grasp, and explains to me what underlies all other models.

So before the BIG BANG of the universe there was the Rudra power saying "Time to wake up!" (because the seeds or patterns of thinking and feeling have to sprout) and the unmanifest universe exploded into manifestation for another cycle of karmic experience.

The universe is always alive.
~ Sri Vasudeva

So too in the individual. Every night we go to sleep and it is the seeds or patterns of desire (attachment) that wake us up in the morning.

So too when we shed the physical body, we live in our energy bodies and in the deepest layer are more seeds, more unfinished business, so we have to incarnate again.

Those darn seeds.

This is how we are trapped in a wheel of life, because of the seeds inside.

The greatest goal of meditation is to move into the transcendental space where those seeds can no longer affect us. In the meantime we suffer, or we learn to endure, and we keep trying to break the spiritual knots that keep us from self-mastery.

This is a theory of everything in a nutshell.