Doing - me or God

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Just a brief reply to Greg's last post.

 

Yes, The organisation that I was in is the parent of the School of Practical

Philosophy. In fact, although the emphasis is on karma yoga to begin with,

and this remains a key element, it does become principally jnana later on.

Strangely, though, after you have been there more than 10 years (don't

remember exactly how long), they introduce some bhakti aspects. I found this

very jarring at the time and did not cope well with it at all.

 

Yes, I'm quite happy with the concept of sublation. It's interesting that

you mention it in connection with the previous comment about bhakti. The

school justified the introduction on the grounds that the ego-ridden mind

had to learn to recognise its lower status in the scheme of things and look

to the Self with the right attitude of respect and awe. Whilst I appreciated

this from the theoretical point of view, the actual practice seemed to go

against the accepted truths of the teaching.

 

Dennis