Time and Beyond Time

[Guest guest]

Swamiji was so inspiring the other evening--he was shining!

He talked to us again about the 5 modes of perception--

to understand further that God is beyond all of our modes of perception, and

to not get caught up in them, nor perhaps, prejudiced by them, to simply

recognize them for what they are.

The modes of perception are:

 

Time (kaal)

Space (niyat, I believe)

Attribute (kalaa)

Acting/Behavior (raaga)

Knowledge (vidya)

 

He particularly paid attention to Time as a mode of perceiving, and to

understand Time not as a thing in itself, but only a way we perceive;

and in that understanding, we can come to know that past, present and

future are all happening at the same time;

God is both Time and beyond time, because God is eternal, but

since Maya comes into being after Shiva opens His eyes, we utilize our

5 (kanshuktas?) to deal with the limited world.

 

Maa pointed out that aim hrim klim--which are the bija mantras for each of the

three episodes of the Chandi--are corresponding to present, past (prarabdha

karma) and future (what is to come).

That is, after putting Too Much and Too Little into balance, (through Mahakali)

then prarabdha karma (the fruits of previous action) come to "attack" in the

middle episode--

the Generals of the army of the Ego (for instance, Memories and Anxiety!)

arrive

and Mahalakshmi manifests to fight with this army.

We are about to study the middle episode, having just completed study of the

first episode (chapter one).

Jai Maa, Jai Mahalakshmi!

OM. we all bow to aim hrim klim.

Nitya

[Guest guest]

This is really nice. Thanks for this post!

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nitya_ma

Friday, December 12, 2003 7:29 AM

Time and Beyond Time

Swamiji was so inspiring the other evening--he was shining!He talked

to us again about the 5 modes of perception--to understand further

that God is beyond all of our modes of perception, and to not get

caught up in them, nor perhaps, prejudiced by them, to simply

recognize them for what they are.The modes of perception are:Time

(kaal)Space (niyat, I believe)Attribute (kalaa)Acting/Behavior

(raaga)Knowledge (vidya)He particularly paid attention to Time as a

mode of perceiving, and to understand Time not as a thing in itself,

but only a way we perceive;and in that understanding, we can come to

know that past, present andfuture are all happening at the same

time;God is both Time and beyond time, because God is eternal,

butsince Maya comes into being after Shiva opens His eyes, we utilize

our 5 (kanshuktas?) to deal with the limited world.Maa pointed out

that aim hrim klim--which are the bija mantras for each of the three

episodes of the Chandi--are corresponding to present, past (prarabdha

karma) and future (what is to come).That is, after putting Too Much

and Too Little into balance, (through Mahakali) then prarabdha karma

(the fruits of previous action) come to "attack" in the middle

episode--the Generals of the army of the Ego (for instance, Memories

and Anxiety!) arriveand Mahalakshmi manifests to fight with this

army.We are about to study the middle episode, having just completed

study of the first episode (chapter one).Jai Maa, Jai Mahalakshmi!OM.

we all bow to aim hrim klim.NityaTo from this group, send

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[Guest guest]

Namaste Nitya,

Thank you for another great post. Can you please elaborate on how "we

can come to know that past, present and future are all happening at

the same time".Thanks very much.

With love

Latha

 

 

 

, "nitya_ma" <nitya_ma> wrote:

> Swamiji was so inspiring the other evening--he was shining!

> He talked to us again about the 5 modes of perception--

> to understand further that God is beyond all of our modes of

perception, and

> to not get caught up in them, nor perhaps, prejudiced by them, to

simply

> recognize them for what they are.

> The modes of perception are:

>

> Time (kaal)

> Space (niyat, I believe)

> Attribute (kalaa)

> Acting/Behavior (raaga)

> Knowledge (vidya)

>

> He particularly paid attention to Time as a mode of perceiving, and

to

> understand Time not as a thing in itself, but only a way we

perceive;

> and in that understanding, we can come to know that past, present

and

> future are all happening at the same time;

> God is both Time and beyond time, because God is eternal, but

> since Maya comes into being after Shiva opens His eyes, we utilize

our

> 5 (kanshuktas?) to deal with the limited world.

>

> Maa pointed out that aim hrim klim--which are the bija mantras for

each of the

> three episodes of the Chandi--are corresponding to present, past

(prarabdha

> karma) and future (what is to come).

> That is, after putting Too Much and Too Little into balance,

(through Mahakali)

> then prarabdha karma (the fruits of previous action) come

to "attack" in the

> middle episode--

> the Generals of the army of the Ego (for instance, Memories and

Anxiety!)

> arrive

> and Mahalakshmi manifests to fight with this army.

> We are about to study the middle episode, having just completed

study of the

> first episode (chapter one).

> Jai Maa, Jai Mahalakshmi!

> OM. we all bow to aim hrim klim.

> Nitya