advaitin] Shri Atmananda's teachings -- 2. The three states

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Maniji,

 

advaitin, "R.S.MANI" <r_s_mani> wrote:

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> Namaste, all

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> Sri R.K.Nair wrote in one of his postings:

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> <<< There are several examples in our everyday life. For example,

I say that today I enjoyed a tasty meal. But if we investigate that

act of enjoyment, we find that at the precise moment of enjoyment

neither I, nor the meal was present in the consciousness. It was pure

bliss. But we fail to recognize this, since our focus is on the

objects that we believe to have provided that enjoyment.>>>

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> I have a serious doubt:

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> What about a painful situation? Suppose I cut my finger with a

knife, at the precise moment of pain, what existed (?) in the

consciousness? It cannot be bliss.

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> I think we should also investigate into the moments of pain

otherwise, investigation cannot lead us anywhere.

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The problem is that when we recall the experience pleasure or pain,

we do it from the standpoint of body or mind. And when viewed from

that standpoint, that pleasure seems desirable and pain seems as

something to be avoided. This makes it difficult to investigate any

painful experience.

The investigation can be done on any waking state experience. The

point is that we should not be distracted by the objects that lead to

the experience. The right questions to ask will be : "To whom did

this experience occur? " or " From where did this experience rise?".

That will lead us to the depth of our consciousness, where the

distinctions between pain and pleasure does not exist.

 

 

Pranaams,

Raj.