Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 Namaste all, During the introduction to the Vedas I complained that my English childhood had left me with nonsensical rhymes as my heritage while others on this site had the Vedas. And yet... Early this morning I found myself wandering around the garden chanting: 'One is one and all alone and ever more shall be so.' Which is the refrain from some strange chant about green rushes and rivals. I cannot remember any more of it. So there is hope for we English yet. Kaivalya indeed was being taught at my mother's knee.. Still would have preferred the Rgveda though. Ken Knight ===== ‘From this Supreme Self are all these, indeed, breathed forth.’ Mail is new and improved - Check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 Kenji... are these the Lines in this song? This song is an old English counting song, in the manner of "The Twelve Days of Christmas," although it has a different tune. The first verse includes a line for the number one; the second verse includes the line for two and then the line for one; and so on. There are twelve verses in all. I'll sing you one, oh; Green grow the rushes, oh! What is your one, oh? One is one and all alone and ever more shall be so. Green grow the rushes, oh! Repeat for each line below. ("What is your two, oh?" and so on.) After each numbered line, sing the previous numbered lines, counting down to one, and then end with the refrain. One is one and all alone and ever more shall be so. Two, two, the lily-white boys, dresséd all in green, oh. Three, three, the rivals. Four for the Gospel makers. Five for the symbols at your door. Six for the six proud walkers. Seven for the seven stars in the sky. Eight for the April rainers. Nine for the nine bright shiners. Ten for the Ten Commandments. Eleven for eleven who went to Heaven. Twelve for the twelve Apostles. (weaned from the web) "kaivalya was being taught at my mother's knee" -what profound words ... Well, please read the following words of wisdom from Sree ANANDMAYEE MAA herself, divine mother incarnate under whose lotus feet Kenji took refuge ... "Whether you say it exists or does not exist, or that it is beyond both existence and non-existence, or even beyond that, as you please." "whether you call it the One, the Two, or the Infinite, whatever anyone may say, all is well." "When this is possible the wall is not there although it exists and even if no wall exists, yet it is there." "For the Supreme it is possible to be everything and yet nothing." "A state of being exists where it is immaterial whether He assumes a form or not what is, is He, In this state of complete poise nothing at all is any longer apart from Him, what is, is the Thing Itself." This shows that in it, there is no difference at all – not even between Being and Non-Being, between Light and Darkness, between Good and Evil, between Motion and Rest and between Person and Impersonal. All is one - one is all. Even the equation is not possible, for True One is where there is no sense of the one. All this sounds paradoxical, but it is the highest truth. visit http://www.anandamayi.org/books/masbhd.htm - 440k - Cached with warmest regards advaitin, ken knight <anirvacaniya> wrote: > Namaste all, > During the introduction to the Vedas I complained that > my English childhood had left me with nonsensical > rhymes as my heritage while others on this site had > the Vedas. > And yet... > Early this morning I found myself wandering around the > garden chanting: > 'One is one and all alone and ever more shall be so.' > Which is the refrain from some strange chant about > green rushes and rivals. I cannot remember any more of > it. > So there is hope for we English yet. > > Kaivalya indeed was being taught at my mother's knee.. > > Still would have preferred the Rgveda though. > > Ken Knight > > > > > > ===== > `From this Supreme Self are all these, indeed, breathed forth.' > > > > > > Mail is new and improved - Check it out! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 --- adi_shakthi16 <adi_shakthi16 wrote: Good Evening Adi-ji, That was indeed the song. As you can see it is very weird but must mean something.> (weaned from the web) > Well, please read the following words of wisdom from > Sree ANANDMAYEE > MAA herself, divine mother incarnate under whose > lotus feet Kenji > took refuge ... > > "whether you call it the One, the Two, or the > Infinite, whatever > anyone may say, all is well." > Thanks for the link and the quotes. That ending 'all is well'; three simple words that appear in many traditions. Most notably, the Christian mystic, Julian of Norwich...another lady....used it when describing her visions. Another little Anandamayee tale: When she signed her name for children she would often just put a dot and say, 'All is there.' have kindly upped the storage on this site from 6 to 100 but it is giving me much hassle today. Slow loading and keeps closing on me. Anybody else having the same touble with ? My other address, with a much fuller daily activity is running OK. Yet another mystery. ken Knight ===== ‘From this Supreme Self are all these, indeed, breathed forth.’ New and Improved Mail - Send 10MB messages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 > have kindly upped the storage on this site from > 6 to 100 but it is giving me much hassle today. Slow > loading and keeps closing on me. > Anybody else having the same touble with ? > My other address, with a much fuller daily > activity is running OK. > Yet another mystery. Hi Ken, The net suffered an attack today. Big sites like and Google were particularly affected. http://www.local10.com/technology/3421420/detail.html Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 thank you ! ken-ji! YES ! all words have meanings - in fact, literal and esotric meanings. I don't know if you are a fan of mystery novels by Agatha christie and this great writer of detective novels always used popular nursey rhymes around which she built her crime plots. on another note, someone asked me off list why you sign off your posts with this quotation ... and what it means.. `From this Supreme Self are all these, indeed, breathed forth.' If i am not mistaken, is this not a powerful sentence taken from the Brihadaranyaka upanishad? in fact, from that famous dialogue between Sage Yajnavalkya and his wife Maiteyee? "Just as when a drum is being beaten, one would not be able to grasp the sound emitted[1], but by grasping the drum or the beater of the drum the sound is grasped. Just as when a conch-shell is being blown, one would not be able to grasp the sound emitted, but by grasping the conch-shell or the blower of the conch-shell the sound is grasped. Just as, when a vina is being played, one would not be able to grasp the sound emitted, but by grasping the vina or the player of the vina the sound is grasped. Just as from a fire laid with damp fuel, different kinds of smoke issue forth, so too *from this great being are breathed forth* Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, Hymns of the Atharvans and Angirases, history, legend, learning, upanishad,Verses, Aphorisms, Explanations, and Commentaries." Please let us know! Aum shanti! shanti ! shantihi! ps -btw, thanks to yaduji for that wonderful explanation on the verses from katha upanishad . love and regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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