Guest guest Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 EXCERPTS FROM The Eternal Now by Paul Tillich Loneliness and Solitude And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. Matthew 14:23 "He was there, alone." So are we. Man is alone because he is man! In some way every creature is alone. In majestic isolation every star travels through the darkness of endless space. Each tree grows according to its own law, fulfilling its unique possibilities. Animals live, fight and die for themselves alone, confined to the limitations of their bodies. Certainly, they also appear as male and female, in families and in flocks. Some of them are gregarious. But all of them are alone! Being alive means being in a body -- a body separated from all other bodies. And being separated means being alone. This is true of every creature, and it is more true of man than of any other creature. He is not only alone; he also knows that he is alone. Aware of what he is, he asks the question of his aloneness. He asks why he is alone, and how he can triumph over his being alone. For this aloneness he cannot endure. Neither can he escape it. It is his destiny to be alone and to be aware of it. Not even God can take this destiny away from him. SANKARRAMAN Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 advaitin, Ganesan Sankarraman <shnkaran> wrote: > > EXCERPTS FROM > The Eternal Now by Paul Tillich > > > Loneliness and Solitude > > And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. Matthew 14:23 > > > "He was there, alone." So are we. Man is alone because he is man! In some way every creature is alone. In majestic isolation every star travels through the darkness of endless space. Each tree grows according to its own law, fulfilling its unique possibilities. Animals live, fight and die for themselves alone, confined to the limitations of their bodies. Certainly, they also appear as male and female, in families and in flocks. Some of them are gregarious. But all of them are alone! Being alive means being in a body -- a body separated from all other bodies. And being separated means being alone. > This is true of every creature, and it is more true of man than of any other creature. He is not only alone; he also knows that he is alone. Aware of what he is, he asks the question of his aloneness. He asks why he is alone, and how he can triumph over his being alone. For this aloneness he cannot endure. Neither can he escape it. It is his destiny to be alone and to be aware of it. Not even God can take this destiny away from him. > SANKARRAMAN .....Brahman is alone too..... .........Self is alone..... many appearences.....one bliss Namaste Marc > > > > > > > Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 dennis_travis33 <dennis_travis33 wrote: --- In advaitin, Ganesan Sankarraman <shnkaran> wrote: > > EXCERPTS FROM > The Eternal Now by Paul Tillich > > > Loneliness and Solitude > > And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. Matthew 14:23 > > > "He was there, alone." So are we. Man is alone because he is man! In some way every creature is alone. In majestic isolation every star travels through the darkness of endless space. Each tree grows according to its own law, fulfilling its unique possibilities. Animals live, fight and die for themselves alone, confined to the limitations of their bodies. Certainly, they also appear as male and female, in families and in flocks. Some of them are gregarious. But all of them are alone! Being alive means being in a body -- a body separated from all other bodies. And being separated means being alone. > This is true of every creature, and it is more true of man than of any other creature. He is not only alone; he also knows that he is alone. Aware of what he is, he asks the question of his aloneness. He asks why he is alone, and how he can triumph over his being alone. For this aloneness he cannot endure. Neither can he escape it. It is his destiny to be alone and to be aware of it. Not even God can take this destiny away from him. > SANKARRAMAN ....Brahman is alone too..... ........Self is alone..... many appearences.....one bliss Namaste Marc Sankarraman The aloneness of Brahman is different. Actually, man is lonely, but not alone, the latter being different from the former. Paul Tillich has used a different word to use the predicament of the homosapiens. Loneliness is different from Aloneness; in the former even though you are left to yourself, you are companioned by thoughts finding yourself different from those thoughts, there by feeling the pain of lonelines; whereas if you know that you are not different from that loneliness, and do not pursue thought to escape from the loneliness, you find you are that, and in the ashes of the emptiness of that loneliness is born Aloneness, which means all is one. This is the approach of Krishnamurthy. sankarraman > > > > > > > Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > > > Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ To Post a message send an email to : advaitin Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages Visit your group "advaitin" on the web. advaitin Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 >> Sankarraman > > The aloneness of Brahman is different. Actually, man is lonely, but not alone, the latter being different from the former. Paul Tillich has used a different word to use the predicament of the homosapiens. Loneliness is different from Aloneness; in the former even though you are left to yourself, you are companioned by thoughts finding yourself different from those thoughts, there by feeling the pain of lonelines; whereas if you know that you are not different from that loneliness, and do not pursue thought to escape from the loneliness, you find you are that, and in the ashes of the emptiness of that loneliness is born Aloneness, which means all is one. This is the approach of Krishnamurthy. > > sankarraman > .....yes, thank you the message and this words of truth... some people reach this "aloneness" ....after having gone throught the "fire" of loneliness..... it's difficult to go through this.....and i imagine....some get lost in it...... but to use it as a kind of technique....means, in being on spiritual search by consciousness....... loneliness brings out some fruits....for sure... Regards and love Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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