Guest guest Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Beyond yoga > > Q: Through poetry or music, one sometimes experiences a sense of deep > bliss. Will practice of this lead to a deeper samadhi and ultimately to a > full vision of the Real? > > M: There is happiness at agreeable sights. It is the happiness inherent in > the Self. That happiness is not alien or distant. On those occasions, > which you consider pleasurable, you are diving into the pure Self. That > diving results in Self-existent bliss, but it is the association of ideas > that is responsible for foisting this bliss on other things or happenings. > In fact, it is within you. On these occasions you are plunging into the > Self, albeit unconsciously. If you do so consciously, you call it > realization. I want you to dive consciously into the Self, i.e. into the > Heart. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > From the book, "Conscious Immortality" by Paul Brunton and Munagala > Venkataramiah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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