Guest guest Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 > From "The Garland of Guru's Sayings" > > Part I - The Quest > > 1. Reality of the World (Cont'd) > > 31) Just as the spider is possessed of the unique capacity of weaving a web > from out of itself, and withdrawing it into itself, this mind also, through > its illusive power, projects this world from out of it, and withdraws it > into itself. > > 32) When the mind gets manifested through the brain and the five senses, > the world of names and forms is projected. When the mind inheres in the > Heart, the world of names and forms too, gets merged in the Heart. > > 33) The universe of names and forms appearing in duality, on eradication of > this delusion, will remain only as Brahman. The dull-witted cover up this > reality by the illusory construction of names and forms; and, confounding > it to be the real world, get bewildered by their desire and fear. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > From the book, "The Garland of Guru's Sayings" by Sri Muruganar, Sri Sadhu Om Trans. __________ Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger./download/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 > > > > From "The Garland of Guru's Sayings" > > > > Part I - The Quest > > > > 1. Reality of the World (Cont'd) > > > > 34) This deceitful conceit of the ego identifying itself with the body, > > foisting reality on the illusory construction of names and forms, creates > > desire for it, and gets incarcerated in this powerful net of attachment. > > Oh! What a great deception! > > > > 35) Know the activity called the world, having sustenance only in the dyads > > and triads, is totally non-existent in the light of pure Consciousness of > > the Self; it is only a vibration of the false knowledge of the mind, like > > the ring of fire formed by the swirling of a lighted incense stick. > > > > 36) Oh, men of the world, unfit to grasp the wisdom of the great knowers of > > truth! This world, a mere projection of the dense cloud of > > misapprehension, on proper inquiry, will be known to be a false creation of > > the deceitful habits of the mind. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > From the book, "The Garland of Guru's Sayings" by Sri Muruganar, Sri Sadhu Om translation. > > > > > > __________ > Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" > your friends today! Download Messenger Now > http://uk.messenger./download/index.html > __________ Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger./download/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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