Want to discuss to realize the meaning of Discrimination?

[Guest guest]

Om Amriteshwariye Namah,

 

During last discussion with DayaAmrita Swamiji, we were told to

you the Discrimination - so i decided to contemplate and can you

please help me in understanding its meaning further?

 

1. What do you think when someone mentions you to use discrimination?

 

2. Is discrimination same as investigation for you?

 

3. Does it involve going to the root cause as well as origin of the

subject / object in hand? How deep you go?

 

 

 

 

Thanks for your contribution,

 

Om Amriteshwariye Namah

 

:ekanath

[Guest guest]

No doubt he refers to discrimination between the Self, the

Paramatman, the Real, the unchanging and the continually changing

(everything else). If something begins and ends, it belongs in the

second category. That which is aware of what begins and ends -- look

toward That which is your real self.

 

It's the drik-srishya-viveka, discrimination between the seer and the

seen, between the self the subject and object.

 

When you notice these psychic bombardments, instead of letting your

mind go on a rampage either of emotional reaction or jumping from

task to task by "investigating," just notice that the intrusion is

something you know and is separate from you, the knower. When your

mind wants to go on a rampage of understandable emotional reaction,

just notice that the reaction is also something, an object, that you

know and see the self as distinct.

 

 

 

Aikya

 

Ammachi, "ekanath" <ekanath> wrote:

> Om Amriteshwariye Namah,

>

> During last discussion with DayaAmrita Swamiji, we were told to

> you the Discrimination - so i decided to contemplate and can you

> please help me in understanding its meaning further?

>

> 1. What do you think when someone mentions you to use

discrimination?

>

> 2. Is discrimination same as investigation for you?

>

> 3. Does it involve going to the root cause as well as origin of the

> subject / object in hand? How deep you go?

>

>

>

>

> Thanks for your contribution,

>

> Om Amriteshwariye Namah

>

> :ekanath

[Guest guest]

> No doubt he refers to discrimination between the Self

 

Discrimination, first of all, requires concentration,

or should I say "concentrated awareness", or paying

attention. Many times people don't discriminate

because they don't actually look at the facts, but

go with a "feeling". Discriminating between

more subtle levels such as the seer and the seen, etc,

assumes you're already skilled in discriminating

grosser levels. That's what I tried to show in

my taste test example, going to more subtle levels

of taste or subtle quality that would affect taste

such as temperature. Just like in meditation,

if you're unable to concentrate on gross objects

(photo, etc.) then it's harder to concentrate on

subtle objects such as sounds or concepts.

 

> 1. What do you think when someone mentions you to use

> discrimination?

 

An intellectual process comparing two or more items,

or recognizing the differences between two+ objects,

going deeper and deeper into subtle levels and

exploring necessary tangents. It takes more

energy to discriminate than to wait for

guidance or to go with a feeling.

 

> 2. Is discrimination same as investigation for you?

 

Investigation can involve discrimination, but usually

consists more of fact-finding rather than decision

making, of which discrimination is mostly used for.

Investigation can be a part of disrimination,

if you're "investigating" the possible results

of a pending action.

 

> 3. Does it involve going to the root cause as well as origin of the

> subject / object in hand? How deep you go?

 

It all depends on what the goal of your discrimination

is, and your level of committment to getting the best

result. Watching a movie 100 times, you'll obviously

discriminate more subtle details than just watching

it a few times, although someone paying more attention

may notice more details than others having watched the

movie the same number of times. Good discrimination

also involves knowledge. In the movie example, someone

with more experience with story-writing or the techiques

of filming may discriminate more details, thus, making

a more informed decision about the film.