RE: On drishti-shristi-vada

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Behalf Of Harsha

Sunday, November 06, 2005

5:53 AM

advaitin;

[ - Ramana

Guru] Re: On drishti-shristi-vada

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Both the past (existing in the form of memories and

impressions) and the so called "unknown" are only concepts in the

mind. There is no need to worry about whether they meet or not meet or can

co-exist, etc. That is all play of imagination and fantasy. All such notions

arise in the mind. Sri Ramana has said that the only thing we can be certain of

is that "I Exist". This is the immense clue. The notions of past, the

unknown, etc. are all byproducts of this simple fact of our innate feeling of

being and existence. Meditation on our own being is the key. Meditation on our

own existence makes us see that our existence and the Universal Existence are

identical. This is why the scriptures say, "I am That" or

"That thou are." One of Rum's poems states something like....and I

paraphrase...... "I had been knocking on the door (perhaps of God's Home),

banging on the door desperately to get in, and when it opened, I saw that I had

been knocking from the inside." It means perhaps that He was already home

with his God and had always been inside God's home but did not realize it.

Harsha

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“Meditation

on our own existence makes us see that our existence and the Universal

Existence are identical.”

Well said

Harshaji.

color:blue">The following quotation is from the Vivekacudamani of Shankara:

color:blue">Verse 227: "All this

universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else

but Brahman which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought."

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Warmest regards

to all,

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