Guest guest Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 Yes, Benjamin-ji, I totally agree with the benefits of seeing all as consciousness. Even the decision to see everything as consciousness, even the reasoning that consciousness is all there can be, even the faith in the scriptures that it is so, even the confidence in teachers' testimony, even the inspiration of reading Krishna proclaim this in the Bhagavad Gita -- all this helps too! The mind becomes more sattvic, less tamasic, less rajasic, more pliable, more flexible -- more transparent. The heart becomes lighter and more joyous -- even if this is not approached as an exercise in bhakti yoga, it happens that way nevertheless. Because of the great unity between the jnana and the bhakti approaches. Like Flannery O'Connor's story title, "Everything That Rises Must Converge." Pranams, --Greg On 12/23/03 05:21 pm Benjamin (orion777ben) wrote: Namaste Greg-ji. By the way, I want to add something else to what I said in my previous message. There I said that even if our understanding of Advaita is limited in some way, I still think that it is spiritually beneficial to try to see everything as consciousness, in some sense. I would add that seeing everything as consciousness makes our consciousness more *sattvic* (pure and luminous). This has been my experience, even though the sattva be slight. It just works that way. Hari Om! Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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