Guest guest Posted October 28, 2003 Report Share Posted October 28, 2003 Why does Chandi tear apart thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2003 Report Share Posted October 28, 2003 In a message dated 10/28/2003 1:35:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, dsjames (AT) pghmail (DOT) com writes: Why does Chandi tear apart thought? To get to the other side, of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2003 Report Share Posted October 28, 2003 Namaste, We all come from a deluded perspective that thought is real, solid, and relevant. Thought is considered philosophically as a reflection of karmas within the element of mind. So Devi tears apart our confidence in the illusion of permanence and conceptual duality (as reality). Jesse Arana (Kailash) www.meditationinfocus.com pr2maa [dsjames (AT) pghmail (DOT) com] Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:42 AMTo: Subject: definitions and clarificationsWhy does Chandi tear apart thought?To from this group, send an email to:Your use of is subject to the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2003 Report Share Posted October 28, 2003 Chand means to tear and Chandi is She who tears apart all of the thoughts(or asuras) that keep us away from realizing our own divinity. All of the thoughts that say that you are a seperate individual apart from God. There is a great description of how this works in Swamiji's introduction to his Chandi Path translation. , "pr2maa" <dsjames@p...> wrote: > Why does Chandi tear apart thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2003 Report Share Posted October 28, 2003 , "Sarada" <sarada_saraswati> wrote: > > Chand means to tear and Chandi is She who tears apart all of the > thoughts(or asuras) that keep us away from realizing our own > divinity. All of the thoughts that say that you are a seperate > individual apart from God. There is a great description of how this > works in Swamiji's introduction to his Chandi Path translation. "tear/chand" seems to describe something really dynamic and business like on the part of the Devi- even autonomous. How does it differ from the classic and ubiquitous exercise of offering ourselves, our thoughts, etc., at the feet of God? As you point out, Swamiji alludes to this in the intro. There, he seems to describe the more familiar practice of surrender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 Hi, I hope it's alright if I add my two cents. When we surrender to the deity of a mantra, our devotion becomes a force which fuels the growth of one-pointed concentration on the mantra as we chant. Concentration effectively obliterates all other thought. Chris , "pr2maa" <dsjames@p...> wrote: > Why does Chandi tear apart thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 She doesn't just tear them apart...She pulverizes them! , "pr2maa" <dsjames@p...> wrote: > Why does Chandi tear apart thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 Namaste, I had an conversation with my Guru about this last January. I was telling him that I could get all the way down to a very subtle point of concentration. But he pointed out that there was still something there, call it concentration, call it a point... something there as a duality.... that last point has to also disappear. Perhaps that is the hardest part. Jesse Arana (Kailash) www.meditationinfocus.com Chris Kirner [chriskirner1956 ] Wednesday, October 29, 2003 6:33 AMSubject: Re: definitions and clarificationsHi,I hope it's alright if I add my two cents.When we surrender to the deity of a mantra, our devotion becomes a force which fuels the growth of one-pointed concentration on the mantra as we chant. Concentration effectively obliterates all other thought.Chris, "pr2maa" <dsjames@p...> wrote:> Why does Chandi tear apart thought?To from this group, send an email to:Your use of is subject to the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 , "pr2maa" <dsjames@p...> wrote: > Why does Chandi tear apart thought? Chandi tears apart thought to expose us to that which is well beyond thought. It is wonderous and beyond concept. On it we grow and grow. We become her sons and daughters. From that point onward our lives in the external world become ever more invigorated. Come what may, we then ride to victory again and again. This is not unlike riding on the back of an elegant tiger or heavy sure footed lion ready to leap. I hope Boppie continues to do well in his cultivations too. It is wonderful to hear him join in with recitations and invocations. He is a great pal and most certainly an efficient one. We can learn in observing him. He is an excellent teacher. He has come along way spiritually since crawling up from under the bridge with his litter mates. He is good at putting a tooth and claw to a fine rudrasha bead too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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