Demystifying Spiritual phrases - 1 - Beyond all qualities

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Dear All,

 

There are some aspects of spirituality (notably Vedanta and its

close cousins non-duality and Advaita ) that frankly stump me.

 

Something like - do seva to the Guru, earn his compassion and

grace ... now THAT I can understand.

 

Fall in love with the Goddess - do the sadhana out of that love and

inspiration ... now THAT I can connect with and sigh over ...

 

But ... any talk of non-duality, "beyond all qualities" , etc just

terrify me and leave me vaguely uneasy and a wish to be elsewhere.

 

So this is where I am enlisting the support of you ... my extended

satsang family ... to help out a gal that is trying to demystify

some aspects of spirituality.

 

For a start ... Verse 59 of the Guru Gita says "He strives after

that which is beyond all qualities"

 

What does that mean ? What does it mean to be beyond all qualities ?

Can one know the meaning without actually experiencing the state of

being beyond all qualities ? Can someone give an example from a book

or the life of a saint or even their own lives where this phrase

applies ?

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Jai Guru

Nanda