AW: Light in the eye...

[Guest guest]

Well said! Light! that is what has to be understood... Sri

Ramakrishnaparamahamsa used to see this light. I think these days, I heard

there are people who do commercial business in reading the light called

Aura. But the Aura helps you in keeping in the good satsang of people. The

moment someone comes infront of you, you can see from the light whether they

are thinking good or bad, whether they are really serious in their spiritual

approach or just to timepass! Sri Ramakrishnaparamahamsa used to get

pained and could not stand in front of such people. Even the thoughts!

Many people write many questions, but the thoughts behind them also pass

some light (of knowledge) if those thoughts were not serious, one will never

get an answer...

 

It is a pain to live in the middle of people who think evil, who write evil;

and in the middle of people who think evil but write sweet to deceive the

world... Pain is inevitable as long as the siddhapurusha is breathing in his

physical body.

 

Yours,

Madhava

 

 

 

 

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

> Von: Vivekananda Centre [vivekananda]

>

> Continuing with the talk by Vivekananda..

>

> The theme of the Vedanta is to see the Lord in everything, to see

> things in their real nature, not as they appear to be. Then another

> lesson is taught in the Upanishads: "He who shines through the eyes

> is Brahman; He is the Beautiful One, He is the Shining One. He shines

> in all these worlds." A certain peculiar light, a commentator says,

> which comes to the pure man, is what is meant by the light in the

> eyes, and it is said that when a man is pure such a light will shine

> in his eyes, and that light belongs really to the Soul within, which

> is everywhere. It is the same light which shines in the planets, in

> the stars, and suns.

>

[Guest guest]

--- "Madhava K. Turumella" <madhava wrote:

Namaste Madhava,

> Sri Ramakrishnaparamahamsa used to see this light.

 

In research into the spiritual experiences of people

who have had no background training (that they are

aware of), light is a common feature. What is also

common is the surprise these people express when they

describe the changing quality of the light in the

atmosphere , getting brighter and realising that they

are the centre of that light; the sense of the small

ego disappears and a new vision and knowledge arises

that is familiar. I could quote many examples from the

archives of the Alister Hardy Society here in the UK.

Chapter 12 of Upadesha Sahasri deals with this in

relation to the Tat tvam asi discussion.

 

 

> The moment someone comes in front of you, you can

see

> from the light whether they

> are thinking good or bad, whether they are really

> serious in their spiritual

> approach or just to timepass!

 

Intention, tatparya, provides the context; neti neti

dissolves the shadows cast by our intentions blocking

the Light, prakasa.

>Pain is inevitable as long as the

> siddhapurusha is breathing in his

> physical body.

 

May I please give my own comment on 'pain'.

 

Absolute, That One, desires to become many, desires to

experience Itself through the many.

(I do not want to get into a discussion here on how

adhyasa and avidya arise.)

Anything that blocks the realisation, the fulfilment

of

this impulse or vibration, must be dissolved. The

agents of this process which occurs in the apparent

world of duality are essentially the same but appear

as opposites: pain of separation healed with love in

union. Grace, anugraha, is a natural appearance in

response to the original vibration. The apparent

separation and re-union all take place in that One

Light.

For the last few weeks I have been visiting friends

whose bodies are dying. With one friend, whose funeral

I attend today, the last few weeks have been a delight

to be with him as he was able to give up his claims

and rest in his Self ( he was a Catholic Christian

who practised meditation and would understood that

expression although he held onto his dvaitin views).

The increase in Light in his room over the weeks was

obvious.

The other friend is convinced that he is the 'Doer'

and as the body can no longer fulfil his dream's

demands (intentions), the manas has been going berserk

running around looking for things to do. Fantasies

about people being against him are rampant because of

his characteristically critical nature. Nurses and

visitors leave as soon as possible but the closer he

gets in time to the moment of the body's death the

quieter he is becoming. So, where is this pain?

It has no place in the placeless and no path in the

pathless.

 

To paraphrase one of our other contributers, that is

my 2p worth.

 

Om sri ram

 

Ken Knight>

> Yours,

> Madhava

>

>

>

>

>

> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

> > Von: Vivekananda Centre

> [vivekananda]

> >

> > Continuing with the talk by Vivekananda..

> >

> > The theme of the Vedanta is to see the Lord in

> everything, to see

> > things in their real nature, not as they appear to

> be. Then another

> > lesson is taught in the Upanishads: "He who shines

> through the eyes

> > is Brahman; He is the Beautiful One, He is the

> Shining One. He shines

> > in all these worlds." A certain peculiar light, a

> commentator says,

> > which comes to the pure man, is what is meant by

> the light in the

> > eyes, and it is said that when a man is pure such

> a light will shine

> > in his eyes, and that light belongs really to the

> Soul within, which

> > is everywhere. It is the same light which shines

> in the planets, in

> > the stars, and suns.

> >

>

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