Going beyond the scriptures?

[Guest guest]

[ Nora ] During one of my chat session a young man said this "all

these scriptures restrict your mind. If you depend on the scriptures

too much, you becomes stuck. Have you seen people who just cannot go

beyond the scriptures. They hold on to the word of the scriptures

that they can't think beyond it"… So what you think of this

statement?

 

[ Member ]

 

"It is true! see, I think all of Hinduism, including Shakta,

including Tantra is based on Sruti – revelation. Those who have

been there describe what they have seen and what they understood of

it.

 

Now -- let us say : I decide to visit you in Malaysia. I am well-

prepared I read all about the culture, people, politics, music, art

etc. I study the language and finally I arrive and I have you, a

knowledgeable guide to show and explain what I see.

 

Perhaps i even stay on for 6 months, a year or maybe ten years then I

return home and write down my impressions, I write a very good book

about Malaysia. Everything I have learned in all my study and

experience condensed into a well-written book.

 

Another person would say, "No, that is not right. It is not in the

authoritative book."

 

But of course, no matter how much I know, I am only a visitor to

Malaysia. No matter how perfect my observations and comments, I am

still limited to a certain number of pages a finite amount of time

and research, because I am human, I am finite. Maybe my book is all

good information. Maybe every word is true and accurate but it is

still only a book , and Malaysia is Malaysia.

 

So apply that to scripture. But of course, no matter how much a rishi

knows, s/he is only a visitor to the higher planes of consciousness

no matter how perfect her/his observations and comments, the rishi is

still limited to a certain number of pages, because the rishi is

human -- her/his experience might be infinite, but the ability to

express that infinity is limited by the rishi's language, culture,

time on earth -- because the rish too is finite, even if the soul is

not maybe the scripture is all good information maybe every word is

true and accurate but it is still only a book And Devi is Devi. That

would be my feeling, I think.