Fw: [MillionPaths] The experience of Self

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, MaharishiBingoRam

<bingoram@c...> wrote:

> Dear Sweet Child. Everyone does what makes sense to them. Although

in truth the Absolute is beyond all opposites such as good and bad,

Shastras tell us that discriminative intelligence is important on

the path.

> When the mind and the intellect are fully surrendered to the Lord,

then everything is fine.

>

> When we look at the actions of sages, they are invariably kind and

forgiving. Jesus said while he was suffering, "Forgive them Father

for they don't know what they do." So we have many indications from

scriptures regarding what is good and what is bad. Kindness,

forgiveness, charity, these are considered good because they

dissolve separation. Rage, anger, cruelty, hatred, these are

considred bad because they create separation. The truly good, whose

hearts are pure, are able to eventually take the leap into the

unknown, because they have lost their fear of being separate from

anything. That is what the sages say.

>

> There are many ways to understand all these things. Stay with what

makes sense and what feels comfortable. If you stay with good

people, love feels comfortable.

>

> Love and blessings

>

> Love, serve, and be helpful, but without getting disgusted, tired,

pessimistic, and exhausted. Blessings dear souls, blessings!

 

 

Carry on, dear chap!

 

Love,

Kheyala

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Dear Ones:

 

If we look at linguistic structures behind thought that give birth to language

we can discover the apriori relationships that mind perceives between God and

the world. Since all religions come from the mind, God is associated with

goodness. Even the term God and good are related. When people are surprised,

they exclaim, "Good God!" No one says, "Bad God!" Everyone says "Good

God!". So

in the relative perceptions associated with the mind, one is able distinguish

between good and bad but remain impartial and calm in consciousness that allows

transcendence to Sat-Chit-Ananda. If we examine carefully the language, we do

not see any bad words associated with the Absolute, only good words. How can it

be explained unless goodness is the bridge to the Absolute? Just look at

Patanjali's yoga sutras.

 

This apriori relationship between God and Good suggests that by being good, we

become Godlike. "Man was made in the image of God." By Realizing our true image,

we realize the Absolute nature as being beyond both good and bad and yet being

purely good manifesting in prakriti.

 

OK, enough of that stuff. Back to Krishna Das doing his Elvis impersonation,

"Don't be cruel, to a heart thats true."

 

Love and blessings

 

Love, serve, and be helpful, but without getting disgusted, tired, pessimistic,

and exhausted. Blessings dear souls, blessings!