Sri Yantra

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Namaste,

>

> The purpose of the Sri Yantra is to meditate through the elements

of

> the universe to the Self. It is a step up from using human guru

> forms and the like, as it is quite abstract. It has the effect of

> penetrating the prana right through to the basic attributes. It

> helps in pratyahara and ekagratha, prior to dhyana and samadhi. It

> dissolves one from attaching devotion to forms of any kind,

although

> initially it is a form. It leads one to the realisation of the

> untruth and delusion of any kind of manifestation.

>

> The Higher Self has no form and it is we who give it a

> form, any form. Nir-guna cannot act at all through anything, that

is

> a contradiction in terms.

>

> 'Ramana' 'Buddha etc, cannot manifest in any form to the devotee

as

> he

> that body/mind doesn't exist. It has gone back to the elements. It

> is the devotee's subconscious that does the manifesting. Sure

Ramana

> etc

> was the Self but the body was just carrying out its predetermined

> prarabda karma unitil it dropped. During this time it went through

> the appearance of Bhakti, actions etc.

>

> Bhakti is much misunderstood. To many it is the devotion and the

> emotion they call Bhakti, but it is more than that. Being devoted

to

> the path of Jnana without any forms at all is still devotion. For

it

> is the search for the Self, which is the aim of all yogas. Most

> Yogas are about concentration and one pointedness, suitable to the

> sahdhaka.

>

> All actions are predetermined by prarabda karma, there is no 'God'

> organising our lives, the energy is provided that's all. We have

> only the choice in attitude that is all, not in the result.

>

> To a follower of Bhakti Marga this may sound dry and unspiritual,

> but to an Advaitin on the Jnana Marga, it is the essence of

Sadhana--

> --lifting the veil.

>

> Religion for example is possibly a crutch, but to a one-legged man

a

> crutch is most useful.

>

> I suppose when we realise we are just part of a dream, it

> ends.......ONS...Tony.