The Lover's Life - 6b/silentsoul

[Guest guest]

Dear Silentsoul,Thank You for sharing your

understanding on this subject and I do agree with what you have

said for the most part except for this one

sentence'But the Big Leap'towards the truth is only possible

if we have transcended sex and the desire for

it'<br>I dont agree that is true.<br>Im not affiliated

with any organized religious group but I have joined

several to find out more about different

religions.<br>This word'samadhi'..could you please give me a better

understanding of what this word means;<br>does it mean self

realization,or enlightenment or christ consciousness.<br>So many

words so little time*grin*<br>Peace be with

You,wakeinbliss

[Guest guest]

Yes dear Samadhi means the state of

super-consciuosness, where one is merged with the supreme

consciousness.<br><br> As per Hindu philosophy, there are two types of

samadhis, one is Savikalpa samadhi (samadhi in which

duality remains) and Nirvikalpa samadhi (where duality

vanishes)....and it is Nirvikalapa samadhi, which is a point of

no-return ! where one is merged into the supreme

bliss.<br><br> We are anxious to know your views.<br><br>silent

soul

[Guest guest]

"the desire for it (sex)" is very true...if we desire, we cannot and will not in

all good conscious go further in the path......in love, mirabai

[Guest guest]

Dear silent Soul,<br>Thank You for your

clarification on the meaning of samadhi,of course opening up

several other questions in its wake!*grin*<br>Im unsure

as to how you are using the word'merging'its context

is unclear.<br>Merge as to mean'connected

too'?<br>when You say'point of no return'<br>what do You

mean<br>when the 'duality'of what disappears.<br>Of course I

have my own understanding of what you

mean!*grin*<br>Do Hindu's work at a certain set of meditative

exercises to achieve this state of consciousness.<br>What

does it mean to You,to hear the sound of God?<br>In

temples around the world it seems people hum.Are they

trying to attune to God via the vibration of the sound

?<br>Do Hindu's study the gospel of Thomas at all?<br>Ive

only briefly scanned through the net and looked at a

few different religions.Theres alot about the Hindu

religion that I would like to understand more.<br>I

certainly Love the colors!!*grin*<br>Silent Soul,disciple

Paul once said that the Spirit gives life and the

letter kills,what means this to you do you

suppose?<br>Peace and Joy*

[Guest guest]

Mirabai has so beautifully written <if we

desire, we cannot and will not in all good conscious go

further in the path......in love, mirabai> How true it

is our desire which has brought us down to human

consciousness from supreme!<br><br>Dear wakeinbliss:

Unfortunately i have no knowledge about christian philosophy

though i love Christ very much. Perhaps one of our

learned friend will answer the questions. <br><br> As

regards different meanings, only while discussing will we

be able to explore further depths of our

philosophy.<br><br> Hinduism has different paths of Bhakti,Kundalini

yogas, Karma, Tantra and Advaita (non-duality) and each

has its own definitions of Moksha (enlightenment) but

the final goal in paths is same.<br><br> In very

general terms, Hinduism says that One Supreme soul (call

it god), by his own Maya (illusion power),

apparantely covers itself by ignorance and sees itself as

many (as universe). Human life is a journey back to

the Truth where we by chosing either of the paths,

remove our ignorance and find out the eternal truth

about ourselves that we are in fact a spark of that

supreme soul and our ego mind and body are nothing but an

illusion.<br><br> We do have a separate philosophy on the Sound

energy and we call if Shabda Brahma (the God as sound

energy) about which i am giving a small description in my

next post.<br><br>Hari Aum