Negative Power (Kal)
Naam Simran Shabad
The Supreme Lord is self-existent and self-sustaining. He is the cause of all. He is neither real nor non-real. He is beyond them both. He cannot be reached by mind or speech. That which was and is, is neither darkness nor light. There was motion in Him, which we can describe as a wave. By this wave both the True Lord (Sat Purush or Akal) and the Negative Power (Kal Purush) were born. From the Negative Power the creation originated. He has two powers, namely, Time and Space. These provide the warp and woof of the creation. Space helps in spreading the creation, and time is ever bringing about changes.
The cycle of the "eighty-four" is under the Negative Power. All the lower regions such as Brahm Lok (the region of Brahma), Rudra Lok (the Region of Shankar), Inder Lok (The region of Indra), Shiv Puri (the Region of Shiva) and Vishnu Puri (the Region of Vishnu) which people try to reach after death by doing meritorious deeds and giving alms and charities and so forth, are under the governance of Kal. These regions are not everlasting or imperishable, but are destroyed after an allotted period.
All gods and goddesses are under the control of Kal.
While living within the sphere of Kal we have to still the mind and with the power of the Lord's Name obtained from the Master, we have to rise above Kal's domain, to the regions where both Kal and Maya become powerless and ineffective.
The Negative Power and the True Lord have their own spheres of work. Kal creates the nether worlds and upper worlds, sustains them, and then destroys them.
The main work of the Negative Power is to allow no one to escape from its domain. He has, as if by magic and deceit, obtained control over all living beings. We have forgotten our original home and we are now destined to wander from door to door.
Kabir Sahib says in 'Anurag Sagar' that the power of Kal originated from Sat Purush (the True Being) and spread downwards from Sach Khand (the True Region). Kal, however, is not allowed to go to Sach Khand. This means that Kal cannot penetrate into the sphere of Akal. Akal is real. Kal is merely His reflection. The reflection is sustained by the original. Just as the moon receives light from the sun and is illuminated by it, similarly Kal is sustained by Akal. Kal is an activated shadow of Akal. The world is sustained by him.
Vedas and other Hindy scriptures consider this "Shadow Being" (Chhaya Purush) to be the all-in-all and the highest power. But he is described by the Saints as Kal Purush or the Negative Power.
Kal is highly praised in the Vedas. ("Hymns originated from Kal and so did religious rites", "Kal has created the Universe; In Kal does the sun rise; All creatures live in Kal", "Kal has created the bodies of all living beings. And has then imprisoned them in his dominions" - Sukt 53 and 54 Atharva Veda).
Truth - Philosophy of the Masters - Baba Sawan Singh