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Pranams to Pai-ji,

 

Very nicely put.

This post helps us to understand one more discipline we need to

inculcate - avoidance of superimposition.

Already we are dealing with superimposition of the ego on the true

self.

What is worse is to add another bundle of superimposition over and

above that - i refer to our minds tendency to superimpose its own

impressions to anything we see or hear.

 

We do this all the time - superimpose our own underlying

thoughts/fears/ideas/complexes/raga-dveshas/ on to others - so when

they say one thing we hear one thing PLUS ten other things.

 

Let us take an example:

 

Someone, maybe our boss, says to us - good job.

 

What should a nonreacting nonsuperimposing mind hear - "good job"

and take that for what its worth.

 

What we actually *hear* - "its not a greeaat job, it is certainly

not as nice a job as my colleague Mr.ABC has done, it is certainly

not a knockout winner, it is "just" a good job" and further ....

"perhaps it is not even a good job but is only a polite "good job"

because if it had actually been a good job he should have

said "great job" because why should anyone say good job to what

should be just a good job, and plus, does he mean to tell me the

other times he did not say good job, i really did a lousy job? does

he think i dont work hard all the time? does he mean to tell me I am

lazy? I, who works a 14 hr day?! He told good job twice to Mr.ABC

yesterday? Just because ....etc etc"

 

Avoiding this is an important discipline for a spiritual aspirant.

Only then does one's mind become more steady and more available for

vedantic study.

 

A mind that readily *creates* superimposed thoughts and ideas is not

an aware mind - it is a reacting mind. Ultimately our ego is one big

bundle of superimpositions. Part of the process of thinning the ego

is then to try to let go of this reactive impulse we possess, to the

best we can,(without of course being harsh on ourselves in the

process).

 

Hari OM

Shyam

 

advaitin, ram mohan anantha pai

<pairamblr wrote:

> Dear, Dear Sunderji...

we are all talking about " i" the me who feels always why me?, or

who thinks I am a self made man ( or woman) etc.And by being harsh,

one is not going to cause a hurt to any one ( if the one towards

whom this is directed is a little more knowledgable ). So why even

to try that?

 

> Sundar Rajan <avsundarrajan wrote:

> " harsh statments need harsh response"

> I am curious - What are you implying with the above statement,

> Bhaskar-ji. Are you implying that the esteemed members of this

list

> such as Sunder Hattangadi-ji, Harsha-ji, Subbu-ji, Nair-ji DO NOT

> have a shrotrIya brahmanishTa guru and you ALONE have a shrotrIya

> brahmanishTa guru?

>

> or are you implying they have NOT studied Shankara properly and

you have a 'purer' understanding of advaita and Shankara?