Guest guest Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Forget about the Samadhi that you eternally are, and are fully Awake to each night in dreamless-sleep. Forget about the Reality you are and enjoy your show called maya. This maya we also call life, living. “Karma” and “why” and “I” and “they” are all like “reincarnation,” nothing but thoughts. Thoughts cannot be controlled. The illusion that we can control our thoughts is maya. Maya is just another word for illusion or dream and even hallucination. An illuminated-person is aware that thoughts cannot be controlled and this makes the illuminated-person into an Observer. This Observer, of thoughts, is aware that there is no doer and thus he, the Observer, has never done anything. His mind has had uncontrolled-thoughts, and his body has responded, but the illuminated-person is not the thoughts we call a mind nor its body. Thoughts are maya. The Observer of thoughts is the Self that enjoys all maya because for the Self there are no dualities, just thoughts. For the Self there are no dualities, like pain and pleasure, to dilute the JOY that is maya, entertainment, Lila. Identify with the thoughts and the mind is what it thinks, maya. Identify with the Observer and maya is the JOY of entertainment. This Joy is the same we get from reading a novel, listening to music, or watching a movie. This Joy is the Self itself. Today we have the perfect analogy we need to visualize or imagine maya. This analogy the likes of Shankara never had: movies. Maya is exactly like a movie in which the Self plays all the roles. The movie called maya has already been made; all the characters -- that the Self is playing on the movie-screen -- are just going through the motions. And only thoughts – the imaginary characters on the movie-screen – can think differently. gp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 Hello GP and all, interesting your message.... a question appeared in mind... The "observer called Self" could ever observe something "new" ..... something what would have been "created"...just now....or recently....? could "something" have been created what Is not already Brahman since endless times?.... thoughts are coming and going.... maybe there will be never any "new" thoughts appearing......except in a dreaming-mind....which think that "this" thoughts are "new ones".....or "belong" only to this body-mind-intellect you wrote: " Identify with the Observer and maya is the JOY of entertainment. This Joy is the same we get from reading a novel, listening to music, or watching a movie. This Joy is the Self itself." nice words......"This Joy is the Self itself".... maybe the nature of Self (in us) is deep inner Joy.... indeed...."observing" with Awarness....means with the Awareness of the "Observer and maya" let one Be what one realy Is....means, .....not this body-mind-intellect......and so (at same time)....the Self, untouched by Maya it's possible to enjoy deeply the "movie"....if one still didn't "see" it before....... it's possible to enjoy the "changless" side of movies....means,the essence of being just a "movie"....which always remain same...... few points i wrote could be discussed....thanks wish you a good day....in Joy and Peace.... Marc advaitin, Gee Pee <gpalotas> wrote: > > > Forget about the Samadhi that you eternally are, and are fully Awake to each night in dreamless-sleep. Forget about the Reality you are and enjoy your show called maya. This maya we also call life, living. > > "Karma" and "why" and "I" and "they" are all like "reincarnation," nothing but thoughts. > > Thoughts cannot be controlled. The illusion that we can control our thoughts is maya. Maya is just another word for illusion or dream and even hallucination. > > An illuminated-person is aware that thoughts cannot be controlled and this makes the illuminated-person into an Observer. > > This Observer, of thoughts, is aware that there is no doer and thus he, the Observer, has never done anything. His mind has had uncontrolled-thoughts, and his body has responded, but the illuminated-person is not the thoughts we call a mind nor its body. > > Thoughts are maya. The Observer of thoughts is the Self that enjoys all maya because for the Self there are no dualities, just thoughts. For the Self there are no dualities, like pain and pleasure, to dilute the JOY that is maya, entertainment, Lila. > > Identify with the thoughts and the mind is what it thinks, maya. > > Identify with the Observer and maya is the JOY of entertainment. This Joy is the same we get from reading a novel, listening to music, or watching a movie. This Joy is the Self itself. > > Today we have the perfect analogy we need to visualize or imagine maya. This analogy the likes of Shankara never had: movies. > > Maya is exactly like a movie in which the Self plays all the roles. The movie called maya has already been made; all the characters -- that the Self is playing on the movie-screen -- are just going through the motions. And only thoughts – the imaginary characters on the movie-screen – can think differently. > > gp > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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