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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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