classical questions

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hariH OM! dearest friends,

 

whatever follows below could very well be be wrong, as in fact

anything i may *ever* say could be wrong. this is not itself being

said for any effect, but it is something i've recognized that keeps

the ego-Mind fluid and free of judgmental categorizations. it allows

the "sthithi" of chidakasa (i.e. the Mind to be sunk in the Mystery

in the Heart).

 

the past few years i've been periodically reading various posts and

generally the same classic questions and doubts are predictably

raised. this is unavoidable and usually even vital (unless of course

one is ready, in which case continuing such is not only

counterproductive, but leads to the vasana of churning endlessly in

the vortex of mind games), since we as humans are prone to resist

change...and in the case of advaita, to release our adherence and

dependance on and to our adopted ideas/concepts/precepts.

 

regarding sat and asat (what is vs. what is not; or what is real vs.

what is unreal), the only thing we can say that isn't real is the

idea that anything exists unto itself and apart from the substratum

brahman. thus the saguna brahman as maya or leela or shakthi or

manvantara or idam (world) is quite real, as it is the manifestation

and projection of that which lies as an eternal seed in brahman (the

early passages of rig veda reveals this in no uncertain terms).

 

and as jagatgurus adi sankara and sri ramana have said, maya is not

simply unreal, but *anirvachaniya* (lit. indescribable...thus

unknowable, ineffable and inscrutable). therefore it is an eternal

Mystery.

 

after its indeterminable (beyond space-time continuum) maha pralaya

(great rest), the Absolute I AM (parabrahmam) projects Itself into

Relativity (as the inescapable arrangement of gunas), and affords the

only conceivable essence of Existence: [poetic] Mystery. since, like

love, or isvara, or jivanmukthi...if these were definable they would

have no place in the Heart of the Self!

 

one of my favorite quotes [by a toltec shaman, don juan matus] is "we

are surrounded by pure Mystery; anything we think we know of it is

sheer folly."

 

to me, the best of all teachers (especially applicable to modern

language and thought) is guru ramana. aside from his incomparable

love and compassion, amazingly coupled with radical vairagya, to my

knowledge he was the most eclectic of all, paying notable homage to

buddha, jesus, and many others. for many reasons, the importance of

this is inestimable! (to my understanding, and according to his

sanskrit scholar devotee sri ganapati muni, he was an avatar of siva,

being in the lineage of reincarnations of dakshinamoorthi, lord

subrahmanya, tirujnaana sambandar, as well as adi shankara!)

 

next in line is the controversial osho (aka sri bhagwan rajneesh),

who had an uncanny knack of addressing philosophical logjambs and

existential riddles concerning our practical human dilemma. and

despite his apparent mischievous lifestyle, he was genius in opening

new realms of thought and creative insight into applied psychology.

his BOOK OF SECRETS, being a commentary on the 112 verses of siva's

vigyan bhairav tantra, will likely establish him as a monumentally

important teacher for many.

 

OM ramanarpanamasthu!

 

namaskaar,

frank