Guest guest Posted August 21, 2002 Report Share Posted August 21, 2002 "madathilnair" <madathilnair> wrote: > > In a recent chat with a Muslim scholar, [...] > He said I sounded very much like a Muslim! > To me, Rumi is an advaitin! How much we have > in common and how much do people misunderstand still. yes! the teachings are ONE and universally accessible and, it's reasonable to say, have been sporadically found in and by *all* established cultures in all times. referred to as "the Perennial Philosophy," or "Ageless Wisdom Teachings," or [connotation of the universal meaning of the sankrit word] "Vedic Teachings," are representative of the esoteric counterpart of the *exoteric* ideologies commonly/traditionally held by the masses. and yes the misunderstanding is sustained by habit patterns of thought that are products of social conditioning, and nearly impossible to break for most. free thinkers such as yourself are rare. and free thinkers have the best chance of realizing the Self, even if they don't put it in such terms! i would remind all that ramana and ramakrishna were free thinkers (so was rumi). a way to help break the common socio-indoctrinated habit patterns of thinking along rigid ideological lines (as well as being a good corollary to the atmavichara marga) is the following observation. the greatest act of valor is the uncompromising dare to be honest *with oneself*! it is impossible to achieve perfection in such honesty; the important thing is to probe as deep as possible until you reach the place where fear lurks in your psyche, for there is precisely where the infliction is located [that is] responsible for blocking your *primal fulfilment*. (depending on the individual, there will be x number of fear dynamics to encounter, and each has to be acknowledged and overcome, by striking it with the sustained tapas based on the living fact of ahambrahmasi [the foundational non-dual principle of the Perennial Philosophy].) until this primal fulfilment is achieved, one will suffer in *what appears to be* a primal belwilderment. namaste, frank HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2002 Report Share Posted August 21, 2002 Namaste, Here is yet another expression of Frankji's point: [ http://www.interfaith-center.org/keepingfaithwithinterfaith.htm ] Abhishiktananda has said: Every dharma (we might say Every religion) is for its followers the supreme vehicle of the claims of the Absolute. However, behind the namarupa, the names and the forms, external features such as creed, rites etc., by which it is recognized and through which it is transmitted, it bears within itself an urgent call to men to pass beyond itself inasmuch as its essence is to be only the sign of the Absolute. In fact, whatever the excellence of any religion, it remains inevitably at the level of the signs and it remains on this side of the Real not only in its structure and institutional forms, but also in its attempts to formulate the inevitable Reality alike in the mythical and conceptual images. The mystery to which it points overflows its limits in every direction. Like the nucleus of the atom, the innermost core of any religion explodes when the abyss of man's consciousness is pierced to its depth by the ray of Pure Awakening. Indeed, its true greatness lies precisely in its potentiality of leading beyond itself. Regards, Sunder advaitin, f maiello <egodust> wrote: > > "madathilnair" <madathilnair> wrote: > > > > To me, Rumi is an advaitin! How much we have > > in common and how much do people misunderstand > still. > > yes! the teachings are ONE and universally accessible > and, it's reasonable to say, have been sporadically > found in and by *all* established cultures in all > times. referred to as "the Perennial Philosophy," or > "Ageless Wisdom Teachings," or [connotation of the > universal meaning of the sankrit word] "Vedic > Teachings," are representative of the esoteric > counterpart of the *exoteric* ideologies > commonly/traditionally held by the masses. > > the greatest act of valor is the uncompromising dare > to be honest *with oneself*! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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