--is there a better K explanation than this?

September 18, 2009

I have been doing some research, and this is what I found out it is, alalthough

I am lost on the heads of the serpent and what they rerepresent, and nowhere

does it say " kundalini " :

Lord Vishnu, the Preserver and Protector Of the Hindu gods and goddesses, Lord

Vishnu embodies goodness and mercy. He is represented seated on the serpent

Shesha. Vishnu never sleeps and is the Hindu deity of Shanti, peace. He has four

weapons or attributes: the conch, disc, club and lotus. In the cosmos, good and

evil forces are balanced. When this balance is disrupted, Vishnu takes a human

form to set it right. There are nine avatars or incarnations of Vishnu. These

are Matsya (fish), Kurma (turtle), Varaha (boar), Narasingha (lion), Vamana

(dwarf), Parasurama, Ram, Krishna, Buddha. Kalki is the future incarnation which

is to come at the end of Kaliyuga.

Lord Vishnu is the all-pervasive Lord who expands into everything. He is the

maintainer of the universe and the complete cosmic creation. He is called Vishnu

because He overcomes all.1 He represents sattva-guna, or the mode of goodness by

which everything is sustained. He is also called Narayana, which means the

shelter, resting place or ultimate goal of all living entities. It also means

the one whose abode is the causal waters (Karana Ocean), and one who lives in

the hearts of all living beings. It is this sattva nature which gives the living

beings the tendency to grow toward a higher truth, the light, a more cohesive

and intense reality. In this sense, Lord Vishnu is also called Hari, or one who

removes the darkness of illusion. This illusion ultimately means the idea that

the living beings live separate from, or without connection to, the Lord.

Lord Vishnu is often portrayed resting on the huge serpent of Sesha. We see that

the thousand heads of Sesha are all turned inward, representing a tranquil mind,

and looking toward the Absolute Truth of Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu is also seen

in the yogic sleep called yoga-nidra. The yoga-nidra (yoga or the root yuj

meaning to connect or join) is a cosmic sleep wherein the Lord is focused on the

Infinite Reality of His own identity.

At other times Lord Vishnu is seen resting on the coils of the serpent Shesha,

also called Ananta. Sheshanaga is the expansion of Lord Balarama, Lord Krishna's

brother, and serves the Lord in this way as the Lord's support and

paraphernalia. Shesha has a thousand heads swinging to and fro over the form of

Lord Vishnu, creating a shelter and couch for the Lord. Ananta means endless,

and Ananta is endlessly singing the praises and glories of the Lord from His

thousand hoods without ever reaching the end. His hoods are also supporting the

many planetary systems in the cosmic creation that are orbiting throughout the

universe above His heads. Ananta also means endless in terms of the endlessness

of cosmic time. This is also represented by His thousand hoods as divisions of

time. The material worlds are created within the element of time, and are thus

sustained by time. During the process of the universal annihilation, time ceases

to exist, in which case the material planets are also forced into obliteration.

, " lorree000 "

<lorree000 wrote:

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> This is so funny-- I was looking at one of my small soapstone buddha type

statues I had forgotton about sitting around my house that I picked up many

years ago from a second hand store, and guess what...

>

September 18, 2009

If you are in an active appreciation of the Hindu faith then this is a fine

explanation for a portion of the cosmological understanding of certain aspects

of the excellent Hindu faith and philosophy.

For Kundalini I feel there are some very good explanations but that they must

first be in accordance with the individual belief system. All faiths have some

kind of Kundalini explanation in varying degrees of clarity.

I feel that the simpler explanations are best.

If one wishes to connect specific divinity to a certain expression of the

Kundalini this is good.

For myself the Sacred Male joining the Sacred Female in the divine marriage is

enough but thats just me. I didnt grow up Hindu or of any specific religious

view so my choices will be different than those who were raised or converted to

the Hindu or Christian or Islam or Buddhism, Jewish or any organized faith based

platform.

Really the best explanation Lorree is the one that covers the most pertinent

information pertaining to your stage of development with in your Kundalini

process. - blessings to you in the sunny southland Lorree! - chrism

September 18, 2009

Dear Loree,

There is no annihilation of universe.Of the three states of

manifestation,maintenance of manifestation and reabsorption.This is known as

srishti,sthiti and laya.Laya is not annihilation of universe but inner

assimilation.'Maintenance of the manifested and its reabsorption are also an

unfoldment of his power.Ref: Shiva sutras 31 and

38..........................shrikant

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lorree000 <lorree000

Friday, 18 September, 2009 12:03:19 PM

Chrism--is there a better K explanation

than this?