Guest guest Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 May I share this one with my groups? Blessings of the Goddess, Cathie In a message dated 10/4/2004 9:00:31 AM Mountain Daylight Time, devi_bhakta writes: > Hi Cathie: > > These are the three gunas, or types of quantum particles the > constitute all aspects of the manifest Cosmos. You could (and many > people have, throughout history) fill books on the subtleties of the > concept, but in simplest terms, I'd note that Shakta cosmology posits > a "Big Bang"-type genesis for the Universe. Which is the Union of > Shakti and Shiva. > > The material Universe, which is Shakti (Divine Energy) animated by > Shiva (Divine Consciousness) expanded outward from that central point, > or MahaBindu. The three gunas, constituting the substance of this > material expansion, were/are: > > * SATTVA - the tendency upward, or inward, toward the Source (Shakti > and Shiva in Union). > > * TAMAS - the tendency downward, or outward, away from the Source. > > * RAJAS - the neutral dynamic principle, enabling motion in either > direction. > > That's why I provisionally defined "Tamasic" as "Earthy/ > Material-Oriented" in my last post. In light of the fast-n-loose way > terms like "Tamasic" have been tossed around the board lately, I'd > hasten to clarify that there is no good/evil parallel at work here. > > In other words, it is not accurate to conceive Tamas as "BAD", Rajas > as "BETTER", and "Sattva" as "BEST." That is to say, the Union of > Shakti in Shiva is not perfect, pure Sattva. It is the perfect, pure > balance of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. > > Hope that helps > > DB > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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