Digest Number 1477

[Guest guest]

Dear Muthaiya:

 

Welcome to the Advaitin Group.

 

You have raised a very valid and common inquisitive question.

 

Spirituality is a personal and subjective experience and is not based on

objective assessment. Only a "Realized" person can realize another

"Realized" person. I cannot understand the depth of the knowledge of

Einstein, unless I have the same depth of understanding. I can only rely

on hearsay or validation from other people. For all that, a mendicant

sitting on the banks of Ganges may be a "Realized" soul enjoying the

blissful state, and we the unrealized souls can never know that. We will

only misunderstand and pity him thinking that he is a begger! It does not

matter whether somebody is Realized or not. What matters is how could I

inch further towards that goal.

 

Yes, if you are looking for authentic Knowledge and sharing of personal

experience, you will get them in plenty from our Upanishads, Gita, and

other scriptures, which are the original sources of Knowledge from which

other Realized souls also have drawn their inspiration . For ease of

reference, we have a number of books written on the subject by various

'sages' in contemporary times.

 

Hari Om!

Balan

> --- "Rajagopalan, Muthaiya (IndSys,MKT)" >

> > Dear Moderators,

> >

> > I am a novice to Advaita and I have 'n' number of

> > doubts. It is really

> > difficult for me to understand the concepts. So I am

> > looking for some real

> > life examples to experience. Could you please give

> > me the people's name who

> > got "Realization" ? And also I want to know the

> > "behaviors of Realized

> > People" - In other words - their activities.

> >

> > Thanks & Regard

> > Muthaiya

> >

> > It may sound like "non-sense". But if you could, it

> > will be helpful. I

> > wanted to post this one to the group. But I am not

> > sure how it sounds.

>

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