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[Guest guest]

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One!

Namaste my brothers and sisters of this earth,

We all are one family by virtue of birth.

Do you not see the way that we all lie?

And pretend to each other that we don't know why

This world is so torn with such suffering and strife.

We are all in confusion and we fear for our Life.

War's on the horizon, the future looks grim,

Not just for me but for you, her and him,

Yet all is not lost for the answer is here,

Disregard all religion and race, see what's near

To your Heart, even closer, and I know you will find

That not only are we similar, we are one of a kind.

That which creates Life lies un-noticed in you

And all that's required is that you know it too,

For in knowing the Truth of who you are you will see

That I create you and that you create me

And all that is missing is Love for The One

Of which each woman's a daughter and each man is a son,

In manifestation we are one family

But at source I am you and you friend are me.

 

Bodhi Avasa.

[Guest guest]

My understanding of what Ardhanari represents is but slightly altered

from what you wrote:

 

All the devis are aspects of the One Shakti; all

> the devas are aspects of the One Siva. And ... the one Shiva and

the One Shakti are ultimately but aspects of each human being, each

human being thus containing all aspects of the One Supreme

Divinity....

 

Let me know if you recognize a meaningful distinction, or if you feel

this is in keeping with your explanation and understanding of

Hinduism.

 

 

, "devi_bhakta"

<devi_bhakta> wrote:

> Hi Mary Ann:

>

All the devis are aspects of the One Shakti; all

> the devas are aspects of the One Siva. And ultimately (as your pal

> Ardhanareshwari attempts to teach us), the one Shiva and the One

> Shakti are ultimately but aspects of each other; that is, aspects

of

> the the One Supreme Divinity, which is Brahman or God.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Mary Ann

 

You wrote: *** Let me know if this is in keeping with your

explanation and understanding of Hinduism: The one Shiva and the One

Shakti are ultimately but aspects of each human being. ***

 

I'd reverse that and say: Each human being is a transient, finite

aspect of the eternal and infinite Siva-Shakti Unity.

 

And: *** each human being thus contain all aspects of the One

Supreme Divinity ***

 

Again, I would flip the phrasing and say that although we are, as

human beings, only finite and limited manifestations of the Divine

(i.e., of the Siva-Shakti Unity), we all have the *potential* to

access any and all aspects of that Unity. We do not contain it; it

contains us. Expanding beyond our human limitations and realizing the

fullness of our potential is the function of sadhana.

 

Aim MAtangyai NamaH

[Guest guest]

Hi DB:

 

Thank you for your reply. I think what you wrote below is in keeping

with my understanding.

 

My need to change the wording from what you had has to do with my

feeling that there is too much emphasis on the roles that male and

female play, or must play, in the world, in relation to each other.

If each person fully accepts all aspects of humanity within, there

would be much less dependence on/expectation of the other person to

be the "other half" or provide what's missing: there is nothing

missing, in other words. And since our world is still so full of

rules about men and women and marriage in the external sense, I think

this is an important distinction to make.

 

Mary Ann

 

 

, "devi_bhakta"

<devi_bhakta> wrote:

> Hi Mary Ann

>

> You wrote: *** Let me know if this is in keeping with your

> explanation and understanding of Hinduism: The one Shiva and the

One

> Shakti are ultimately but aspects of each human being. ***

>

> I'd reverse that and say: Each human being is a transient, finite

> aspect of the eternal and infinite Siva-Shakti Unity.

>

> And: *** each human being thus contain all aspects of the One

> Supreme Divinity ***

>

> Again, I would flip the phrasing and say that although we are, as

> human beings, only finite and limited manifestations of the Divine

> (i.e., of the Siva-Shakti Unity), we all have the *potential* to

> access any and all aspects of that Unity. We do not contain it; it

> contains us. Expanding beyond our human limitations and realizing

the

> fullness of our potential is the function of sadhana.

>

> Aim MAtangyai NamaH