Guest guest Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 Hi Dennis, Well, I guess I'm becoming talkative again. I work for the Government, and it is closed due to the coming hurricane. Nothing to do yet while waiting for the onslaught. Dennis, you once gave me a 'Mt. Rushmore' analogy for Advaita. You said that consciousness is like the rock in the faces. This is also reminiscent of the classical gold and rings analogy of Advaita. On my list, someone quoted a passage from Krishna Menon (guru of Ananda Wood) saying the same thing. I just thought I'd pass it along. I guess Krishna Menon is another clear, modern Advaitin to add to the ranks of Ramana and Nisargadatta. Nobody can accuse us Advaitins of believing in mumbo-jumbo! We're just a wee bit trans-rational, that's all! > Let me quote Sri. Atmananda Krishna Menon again: > > He whose mind is captivated by the beauty of a figure > sculptured in a piece of rock, forgets even the fact > of the rock being its background. > > When he rises above this captivation and looks at the > figure, he sees the background, rock, which supports > the figure. > > When the rock thus receives attention, rock is seen also > in the figure, and later on the figure is seen as nothing > other than rock. > > Enlightenment of truth also comes in this manner. > > Consciousness becomes dimmed chiefly through one's > captivation and abiding interest in external objects. > > When one outgrows this interest and looks at the objects > it will be found that they rise and abide in Consciousness > alone. > > When Consciousness thus begins to receive due attention, > it becomes revealed in the objects as well, and they > themselves will in due course become transformed > into Consciousness. > > It is the realisation of oneself and the entire world > as one Consciousness that is known as realisation of Truth. > - From AtmaDarshan You really can't top this for clarity. No excuses now for not becoming enlightened! Hari Om! Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 At 09:46 AM 9/18/2003 -0400, Benjamin Root wrote: >I guess Krishna Menon is another clear, modern Advaitin to add to the >ranks of Ramana and Nisargadatta. Nobody can accuse us Advaitins of >believing in mumbo-jumbo! We're just a wee bit trans-rational, >that's all! Hi Benjamin, I agree. Krishna Menon is my sat-guru. --Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 advaitin, Benjamin Root <orion777ben> wrote: ! > > > > Let me quote Sri. Atmananda Krishna Menon again: > > > > He whose mind is captivated by the beauty of a figure > > sculptured in a piece of rock, forgets even the fact > > of the rock being its background. > > > > When he rises above this captivation and looks at the > > figure, he sees the background, rock, which supports > > the figure. Namaste IMO, It seems to me that realisation happens in two spontaneous instanteous events. The first step is we become to realise that we are the Praneaswara or manifestation-sakti itself. At this stage the Nirguna is realised for Saguna in association with Sakti is aware of the Truth...This is similar to Ramana's realisng the 'I' it is the 'I' of Saguna Brahman of course, the next step is not necessary for realisation of Nirguna is there as well. The body drops eventually for the Jivanmukta and so does the world and Saguna.....ONS....Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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