Guest guest Posted June 23, 2001 Report Share Posted June 23, 2001 Go home, take charge of your father's business, look after your parents in their old age. Marry the girl who is waiting for you, be loyal, by simple, be humble. Hide your virtue, live silently. The five senses and the three qualities (gunas) are your eight steps in Yoga. And 'I am' is the Great Reminder (mahamantra). You can learn from them all you need to know. Be attentive, enquire ceaselessly. That is all. Everything is a play of ideas. In the state free from ideation (nirvikalpa samadhi) nothing is perceived. The root idea is: 'I am'. It shatters the state of pure consciousness and is followed by the innumerable sensations and perceptions, feeling and ideas, which in their totality constitute God and His world. The 'I am' remains as the witness, but it is by the will of God that everything happens. Maharaj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2001 Report Share Posted June 25, 2001 ameyhng wrote: > Go home, take charge of your father's business, look after your > parents in their old age. Marry the girl who is waiting for you, be > loyal, by simple, be humble. Hide your virtue, live silently. The > five senses and the three qualities (gunas) are your eight steps in > Yoga. And 'I am' is the Great Reminder (mahamantra). You can learn > from them all you need to know. Be attentive, enquire ceaselessly. > That is all. > > Everything is a play of ideas. In the state free from ideation > (nirvikalpa samadhi) nothing is perceived. The root idea is: 'I am'. > It shatters the state of pure consciousness and is followed by the > innumerable sensations and perceptions, feeling and ideas, which in > their totality constitute God and His world. The 'I am' remains as > the witness, but it is by the will of God that everything happens. > > Maharaj > Hi: If, in the state free from ideation nothing is perceived, how can there be the ' I am ' to remain as the witness? What is there to witness? What was Maharaj pointing to here. In ignorance, Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2001 Report Share Posted June 25, 2001 And 'I am' is the Great Reminder (mahamantra). You can learn > > from them all you need to know. Be attentive, enquire ceaselessly. > > That is all. When busy inquiring ceaselessly, how can your mind spread out in ideation? > > > > Everything is a play of ideas. In the state free from ideation > > (nirvikalpa samadhi) nothing is perceived. The root idea is: 'I am'. when repeating the mahamantra, no thought worlds come up because they are chopped down at the root. > > It shatters the state of pure consciousness and is followed by the > > innumerable sensations and perceptions, feeling and ideas, which in > > their totality constitute God and His world. The 'I am' remains as > > the witness, but it is by the will of God that everything happens. > > > > Maharaj > > > > Hi: > > If, in the state free from ideation nothing is perceived, > how can there be the ' I am ' to remain as the witness? > everything is still seen, (God and his world) just nothing (judgements, self-centered fairy tales) is added to it. > What is there to witness? all this... without thinking... > > What was Maharaj pointing to here. > > In ignorance, Mike, I don't know anything either... this is the way I read it... what do you think? > > Michael Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.