Fwd: Advaita in Greece and Egypt

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advaitin , " Chittaranjan Naik "

<chittaranjan_naik> wrote:

 

Namaste,

 

 

ADVAITA IN GREECE

 

In the sanctum of the Oracle of Delphi was written the words: 'Know

Thyself'. The Oracle of Delphi had said that of all the people who

lived in Greece, Socrates was the wisest.

 

Socrates showed that the truth of objects lie in universals

(samanya). He said that the world, as we see it, is inexplicable

(anirvacaniya). His method was the dialectic of affirmation and

negation (adhyaropa and apavada).

 

Knowledge, said Socrates, was within one's self and it is to be

recollected by dialectic. His words were the Way of Advaita, and in

the Theaetetus and Sophist, he established Advaita without a doubt.

Socrates was an Advaita sage. But the people of Athens said that he

made the lesser truth appear the greater and the greater truth

appear

the lesser. They killed him for it. Socrates however welcomed death

because he considered philosophy as a preparation for death so that

Life may arise from its ashes.

 

In the sanctum of the Oracle of Delphi was written the words: 'Know

Thyself'. And the Oracle of Delphi had said that of all the people

who lived in Greece, Socrates was the wisest.

 

 

ADVAITA IN EGYPT

 

From 'Awakening Osiris', a new translation of 'The Egyptian Book of

the Dead' by Normandi Elis (Hanes Press)

 

Hymn to Osiris

 

The doors of perception open; what was hidden has been revealed. It

is myself I see and a thousand colours swirling in liquid light. I

am

where the sun sets below the mountains. I am in this body. I am that

star rising above clouds hung by a thread from its ocean moon. Hail

myself traversing eternity walking among gods, a shuttle flying

across the loom through the threads of time. This is all one place,

one cloth: a man's life endures. On earth flowers grow, snakes crawl

and wisdom lies in the palm of a hand. All that is will be – hawks

and sparrows, the thousand lives within.

 

I have come home. I have entered humanhood, bound to rocks and

plants, men and women, rivers and sky. I shall be with you in this

and other worlds. When the cat arches in the doorway, think of me. I

have sometimes been like that. When two men greet each other in the

street, I am there speaking to you. When you look up, know I am

there – sun and moon pouring my love around you. All these things am

I, portents, images, signs. Though apart, I am part of you. One of

the million things in the universe, I am the universe too. You think

I disguise myself as rivers and trees simply to confuse you?

Whatever

I am, woman, cat or lotus, the same God breathes in every body. You

and I together are a single creation. Neither death nor spite nor

fear nor ignorance stops my love for you.

 

May we come and go in and out of heaven through the gates of

starlight. As the houses of earth fill with dancing and song, so

filled are the houses of heaven. I come, in truth. I sail a long

river and row back again. It is joy to breathe under the stars. I am

the sojourner destined to walk a thousand years until I arrive to my

Self.

 

 

Warm regards,

Chittaranjan

 

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