Guest guest Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Beyond yoga > > The Maharshi gave an explanation of the experience of the "blazing light" > referred to in the last chapter of "A Search in Secret India," by Paul > Brunton. > > M: It is said that during their exercises, yogis experience several fights > and colors, before they actually realize the Self. Once upon a time, > Parvati (Siva1s consort) did penance to attain the Eternal. She saw > certain lights. As they were all felt and seen by her senses, she > concluded that those lights did not constitute the eternal. After a long > penance, she saw a very powerful light. She came to the same conclusion > that this light also did not constitute the Eternal. Then, after severe > penance, she attained peace and concluded that the Self is the Eternal. > The existence of things is seen only through light. Then how can it be > wrong to say that it is by that light that one realizes the Self? The > knowledge of realizing one's Self is that light. During nirvikalpa samadhi > (the trance of pure consciousness) it exists as the knowledge by which one > sees both the light seen in samadhi and also that which is beyond that > light. It is not ignorance; how then can it be said that it is not light? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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