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Dear Friends,

 

I am new to the group. Hello every one. I am in Tacoma,Washington.

 

Now,I am new to the group,but I already I have a question.

 

I am reading this book an autobiography of Rev. Moon,you may have heard of Rev.

Moon,he is the Christian Rev. of South Korea,leader of the Unification

Church,the one who is always in the Press,performing marriages for scores of

couples,sometimes hundreds of couples.

 

Anyway,this Rev, is writing his autobiography,and as I was reading it I came

across this sentence; " Even now I close my eyes and enter a state in which I am

one with nature.Some refer to this as 'anatman',or 'not-self',but to me it is

more than that,because nature enters and settles into the place that has been

made empty. While in that state,I listen to the sounds nature hands to me-the

sounds of the pine trees,the sound of the bugs-and we become friends. I could go

to a village and know,without meeting anyone,the disposition of the minds of the

people living there.I would go into the meadow of a village and spend the night

there,then listen to what the crops in the fields would tell me. I could see

whether the crops were sad or happy and that would tell me the kind of people

who lived there.''

 

I have quoted this at lenght,so that we can see what kind of state it is that

he has called the 'anatman' state.

 

But then,this does not make much sense to me. Because I think what the Rev. is

talking about here is a state of transcending the atma,and experiencing the

Brahman. So,I remembered as my eye was roving over the introduction, the

translators of this work had said this was a copy for review,'this edition is

not considered final.'

 

So,since I am staying here at the house of this person who is a dsiciple of

this Rev..I would like to ask your opinion about this.

 

How would you write this sentence for Rev. Moon'' Some refer to this as

anatman,or not-self''

 

And who are these 'some'' who are being reffered to,can we call them vedantists

or advaita vedantists.'

 

I am right,am I not,when I say that the word that the Rev. was seeking for was

''Brahman,and not anatman''?

 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

I am Andrew.

 

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