Guest guest Posted June 24, 2002 Report Share Posted June 24, 2002 advaitin, Swaminarayan T <tvswaminarayan> wrote: > > -------------------------- > The problem is that > we > > have a tendency to take samaadhi as something that we enter and > exit > > - > > something like a retiring room - and that samaadhi ceases when > > projections begin. I do think it does. That, in my humble opinion, is the root of > all > > confusion. > > ------------------------------ > > > > This is precisely when we should pause and think about "TIME". > > What really ends and what really begins and when do these activities occur? > > According to Shankara (In his Aparoksha anubhyti)-Time IS Brahman.It is in Time that the Jagrud ,Swapna and Sushupti Awasthas exist. > > So, what difference does it make to you if you are awake and kicking or dreaming to glory or are unknown to yourself ,(in Bliss) in Deep Sleep -- in this Vayavaharika samsara ? This reminds me of that Buddhist phrase nirvana is samsara, & samsara is nirvana. In my opinion turiya is the backdrop or screen of consciousness, & samadhi is when absolute & form dance together without projection. Col Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2002 Report Share Posted June 25, 2002 In a message dated 6/25/2002 7:22:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, radiantlove writes: > advaitin, Swaminarayan T <tvswaminarayan> wrote: > > > > > -------------------------- > > The problem is that > > we > > > have a tendency to take samaadhi as something that we enter and > > exit > > > - > > > something like a retiring room - and that samaadhi ceases when > > > projections begin. > > I do think it does. > > That, in my humble opinion, is the root of > > all > > > confusion. > > > ------------------------------ Yes, that is the root of all confusion. Yes, we do move in and out of samadhi. Until we first receive a good dose of samadhi, it is something that we will never really know that we have not yet experienced. Once, known, we find we do move in and out. As time goes on, it (samadhi) can and does hang around from time to time while we focus in waking (and in dreaming and sleeping). As time goes on, it hangs around more of the time, simultaneously, as we focus in activity, all the time leaving behind more comfort and joy, no matter what we are doing. And that which we are doing finds itself to be more and more closely aligned to the yajna categorizations of activity; spontaneously and automatically, not through some thought out willful program. It just happens. This has been, can be, the experience for anyone. jai guru dev, Edmond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2002 Report Share Posted June 25, 2002 --\ ------------ The problem is that we > have a tendency to take samaadhi as something that we enter and exit > -> something like a retiring room - and that samaadhi ceases when > projections begin. That, in my humble opinion, is the root of all > confusion.> ------------------------------ This is precisely when we should pause and think about "TIME".What really ends and what really begins and when do these activities occur?According to Shankara (In his Aparoksha anubhyti)-Time IS Brahman.It is in Time that the Jagrud,Swapna and Sushupti Awasthas exist.So, what difference does it make to you if you are awake and kicking or dreaming to glory orare unknown to yourself ,(in Bliss) in Deep Sleep -- in this Vayavaharika samsara ?Let us strive to be always in our natural state of "Kalaaateeta".Hari Om!Swaminarayan Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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