Guest guest Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 From Padamalai P.240 49. Desiring something, imagining it to be wonderful, is the conduct of the ego ghost. 50. Those ignorant people itching with desire for this illusory life are whirling in the life of the cremation ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 On Fri, July 18, 2008 06:57, alan jacobs wrote: > From Padamalai > P.240 > > > 49. Desiring something, imagining it to be wonderful, is the conduct of > the ego ghost. 50. Those ignorant people itching with desire for this illusory life > are whirling in the life of the cremation ground. > > My comment to this would be : Ignorant people hanging on to an idea of 'having no desire for illusory life' have perhaps no idea of what they are up against And then if knowing what is real, where's the itching? I did for many years have some idea about desire, but then I did not know the nature of vrittis. Alan ******* M. Self-enquiry by following the clue of Aham-vritti is just like the dog tracing its master by his scent. The master may be at some distant,unknown place, but that does not at all stand in the way of the dog tracing him. The master's scent is an infallible clue for the animal, and nothing else, such as the dress he wears, or his build and stature etc., counts. To that scent the dog holds on undistractedly while searching for him, and finally it succeeds in tracing him. Likewise in your quest for the Self, the one infallible clue is the Aham-vritti, the 'I-am'-ness which is the primary datum of your experience. No other clue can lead you direct to Self-realization. http://nondualite.free.fr/c_rgospel.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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