What you have beneath you is the earth. You have the world of the stars above you. That which brings these two together is the wind, and after bringing together thus, that which takes the form is the sky. Earth is one, which is at the beginning, and these stars come at the second place. But then there is a force of attraction between the earth and the world of the stars. We could say that the earth is attracting the stars above or the nether worlds below. So, that which has got a greater capacity to attract and wield its course is what attracts the second body.

Between the earth and the nether worlds there are seven types of winds:

The first is called Navaha, the second is called Pravaha, the third is called Anuvaham, the fourth is called Samham, the fifth is called Vivaham, the sixth is Pravaham, the seventh is Praviham.

The first lesson given to student is that it is these categories of winds, which link the earth below to the stars above. By seeing the stars and the clouds it is said that the sky goes into ecstasy and she basks in the rays of the Sun. The first lesson contained in the Sikshavalli is that there is link between earth and the stars.

The second is called Aloka Samhita. This is also called Jyoti Samhita. Below you, you have fire. Above you, you have the Sun. The link between the fire and the Sun is water, and in this light of the Sun you have the lightning. The fire and the earth and this lightning streaks emanating from the Sun, there again is a link between the two. Thereby you have water. One who gets to know the nature of this water would certainly understand the nature of the world around us. It also says that one who has grasped this water would have grasped the world itself. So the second lesson there is this link between the fire and the Sun and that is how the human existence also comes into being. In the Vedas we have references to the fact that the moon in linked to the mind and the heart, and the Sun is linked to the eyes.

The third Samhita is called Vijnana Samhita. Here the Guru is the first entity. The pupil is called Uttara. There is this link, the relationship between the Guru and the Shishya, because the pupil and the teacher come together and what emanates is Vidya . It also proves that for a human being it is not merely the worldly skills that are important, rather it is the knowledge of the Atma that is truly important. It also cautions that in addition to the worldly knowledge, what is of paramount importance is the spiritual knowledge. It also tells us that through this process of education an individual could transform himself or herself into a lighthouse so as to dispel the darkness around his or her. (BA, pp. 43-45)