Guest guest Posted February 18, 2000 Report Share Posted February 18, 2000 namaste, Hope you all enjoy this parable of Sri Ramakrishna: " How long may the noise last that is produced in a house where a feast is held to which a large party is called? Why, so long as they have not commenced to eat. When dishes are served and the guests fall to eating, three-fourths of the noise is gone. Then the course of swetmeats--the more they are dealt out, the more does the noise subside; when the the turn comes for curds(the last course) only one sound is heard, viz. 'soop-soop-'. The feast over, the next thing for the guests to do is to go to sleep! The nearer you come to God the less are you disposed to question and reason. When you come up to Him,when you behold Him as the Reality, then all noise, all disputations are at an end. Then it is time for sleep, i.e. the enjoyment which comes in Samadhi, in which one is in a state of communion with the Blessed Vision Divine. " Regards, s. >"Harsha (Dr. Harsh K. Luthar)" <hluthar >advaitin >advaitin >Re: Transmitting Consciousness - follow on >Sat, 19 Feb 2000 09:07:18 -0500 > >Dennis Waite wrote: > > > Dennis Waite <dwaite > > > > Following on from my last post, a bit more of the thread occurred to me > > > > Dennis > > > > Still one can say > > that various perceptions and experiences and understandings take place >through the medium of the mind as the mind is continually refined. All of >this is lost in the Self. So what can one really say? Other than anything >and everything! :-). > >Harsha > ____ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2000 Report Share Posted February 19, 2000 Dennis Waite wrote: > Dennis Waite <dwaite > > Following on from my last post, a bit more of the thread occurred to me > during meditation this morning (I know that's not what meditation is for > but it is difficult to ignore when something seemingly insightful happens). > > The normal state of affairs is that consciousness illuminates and reflects > off various ideas in the mind etc. (upadhis) as a result of its impurity - > rajas predominating. As the level of sattva is increased, many of these > ideas start to fall away; the mind becomes purer; more of consciousness is > transmitted. Eventually only a few of the really persistent ideas remain, > such as 'there are objects' or 'there are other persons'. Ultimately, if > purification continues, these ideas too are eventually dissolved and there > is no reflection at all. Consciousness is transmitted without any > obstruction and it is seen that there is nothing and no one other than the > Self. The Self is now seeing itSelf through the medium of the mind or, > colloquially, the mind is seeing the Self. > > Is this it? > > Dennis > > > Is What It? :-). > Self has no reference points and is Always in a state of Self Referencing :-). In Nirvikalpa Samadhi, Self Sees It Self By It Self Through It Self, there being nothing else remaining and mind having become absorbed or dormant. Still one can say > that various perceptions and experiences and understandings take place through the medium of the mind as the mind is continually refined. All of this is lost in the Self. So what can one really say? Other than anything and everything! :-). Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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