Function of the senses.

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advaitin , " Sachin Chavan " <chavansachin@h...>

wrote:

> Please allow me to make two points with respect to your post.

>

> 1. 'Control' is an inappropriate word to use. When one understands

the

> limitations of the senses and the mind in bringing us eternal

happiness and

> also understands that running after the sense objects and mind

objects

> causes suffering in the end, this 'running after' reduces and

drops on its

> own. There is no need to exercise a restraint.

>

> 2. Its wrong to say Ramana Maharshi did not do sadhana. I would

request you

> to read his biography 'The Mind of Ramana Maharshi by Arthur

Osborne' to

> know more about him. Its true that he had a near-death experience

at a very

> young age through which he passed into Nirvikalpa Samadhi. But

that was not

> the end, but the beginning of his Sadhana. He immediately left for

> Thirvanamalai and spend a number of years in almost silence deeply

absorbed

> in Dhyaana. The intensity of his Tapas was absolute.

>

> Its not easy to understand and walk on the path of 'Self enquiry'

for most.

> It is indeed a path for few. Here, one has to question every

thought, every

> emotion and every reaction generated by the body-mind-ego-intellect

> phenomenon and ask who is generating it. This questioning has to be

> incessant. Slowly one starts realising that he/she is not the

> body-mind-ego-intellect, but is the " I " that observes all this.

This brings

> in a detachment with the phenomenon and all the desires and

aversions

> associated with it. Its a path of actively questioning and

dropping all

> associations and go to the root of 'being'... the 'source'.

>

> For me, this is not just theory. It is a path of life. I have not

spent as

> many years as you all pursuing spirituality, but the limited time

I have

> spent walking this path has led to an increased self-clarity,

detachment and

> peace.

>

> For those who find such a practice abstract, I would suggest

learning

> Vipassana (Buddha's technique, taught by Sri SN Goenka now). It

gives more

> tangible logic and practice to achieve the same goal.

>

>

> Tat tvam asi

> (You are that)

>

> Sachin

 

Namaste,

 

With regard to the function of the senses; On Moksha or dropping of

the Ego one still has to play out the last few turns of the wheel.

So the residual body/mind will continue to appear to 'enjoy' the

senses.

So the question at this point is moot.

 

The most amazing thing to me is not that there is only advaita, but

that people would think in dvaitic terms. To imagine that we are

somehow separate from our total environment and universe is patently

absurd. Even the animals with their 'group' minds don't event think

like this. It is only the insanity of the ego amongst unaware people

that can even imagine separteness...............ONS...Tony.