Guest guest Posted September 11, 2002 Report Share Posted September 11, 2002 If your knowledge of fire has been turned to certainty by words alone, then seek to be cooked by the fire itself. Don't abide in borrowed certainty. There is no real certainty until you burn; if you wish for this, sit down in the fire. ~ Rumi Men and women are beautiful masks. Behind them all is the same Divine Power who rises up gently through the six subtle centers of this human body, giving each person a unique flavor and intensity, unveiling through each living being a unique degree of Divine Manifestation. ~Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Iris Out of the ditchwater, tall, wild iris emerge from grey mud. Inside a sleep for eaons, i drifted to the edge of all this. A voice trailed off. Beautiful, wild iris grow tall in still water. " The dream (experience) is unreal in waking, whereas the waking (experience) is absent in dream. Both, however, are non-existent in deep sleep which, again, is not experienced in either. Thus all the three states are unreal inasmuch as they are the creation of the three Gunas (Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas); but their Witness (the Reality behind them) is beyond all Gunas, Eternal, One and is Consciousness itself. " ~Aparokshanubhuti of Sri Sankaracharya V.57 & 58 LoveAlways, Mazie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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