Reply: Patency or potency

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To provide some clarity by way of example "what 'Atma Sakti' is" that is to

look at Lord Hanuman who represents as a fitting example of this potency. Here

is a story about his 'atma sakti'

 

 

Once, certain saints presented Hanuman a necklace, fully laden with costly

pearls. On getting the necklace, Hanuman plucked each pearl and cracked it with

his sharp teeth, looked inside, and threw away all the pearls, one by one, with

disappointment. The saints asked him what he was doing. Hanuman replied: ‘They

are no good. I do not see my venerable Sri Ram and Sita in any one of them.

What is the use of such necklace for me?‘

 

The saints were shocked. How was it possible to see the images of gods inside

pearls? Hanuman clarified: ‘My Sri Ram and Sita stay everywhere, in all living

and nonliving things. They are inside my heart also. Do you wish to see for

yourself?’ The saints asked for proof. Hanuman closed his eyes and prayed with

deep devotion ’Hare Ram Jai Sita Ram.’ Then, with his strong hands, he beat his

chest and opened his breast and showed them the images of Sri Ram and Sita

imprinted there!

 

The saints were wonderstruck with this miracle. They were extremely happy with

Hanuman’s devotion to Sri Ram.

 

 

All of us need to have that potency to rip our hearts apart. One clue to this

state is to be able to absorb pain and still smile.This is what Bhagavan

Ramana did when he was having cancer during his last years.

 

Ravi Sankar

Lusaka,ZambiaMiles <miles.wright (AT) btopenworld (DOT) com> wrote:

om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya

Dear All,

> M. Wherever particular objects are known it is the Self which > has known

itself in the form of those objects. For what > is known as knowledge or

awareness is only the patency of > the Self (atma sakti). The Self is the only

sentient object. If this is an English translation of 'sakti' as it seems to

show in the text, then 'potency' would seem to fit.Sakti - power, ability,

capacity, strength, potentialAtmaSakti - power/potential of the SelfAtmaSakti

might also be translated as 'one's own power' - i.e. that power which is ever

innate and never acquired ... the Self. from Sri Arunachala Ashtakam:

6. Thou art Thyself the One Being, ever aware as the self-luminous Heart! In

Thee there is a mysterious Power (Shakti) which without Thee is nothing. From

it proceeds the phantom of the mind emitting its latent subtle dark mists,

which, illumined by Thy Light (of Consciousness) reflected on them, appear

within as thoughts whirling in the vortices of prarabdha, later developing into

the psychic worlds and projected outwardly as the material world transformed

into concrete objects which are magnified by the out-going senses and move

about like pictures in a cinema show. Visible or invisible, O Hill of Grace,

without Thee they are nothing! (Collected Works, Rider, 1975; 66)However

'patency', too, has a nice ring to it, for, what is known as knowledge or

awareness is only through the 'clarity' of the Self. :)Kind

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