RE: question for the group-absolute and relative truth

[Guest guest]

>>"Dear All esp Sadhviji,

 

I deeply appreciate Sadhviji's post above. So my question is - how

does one apply absolute truths to the relative world ? How does one

translate one's actions in the world to reflect the absolute

truths ? Or

is that even doable ?

 

I would love to know of your well thought out and intuitive

responses.

 

JAI MAA

Nanda"<<

 

Dear Nanda,

I used to think I knew the answer to this..."oh just follow the

Yamas and Niyamas" or "act always from a place of Love" or "try to

hold your attention on what is BENEATH the relative world of form

and manifestation....the pure consciousness of God"...but then I

began to contemplate the fact that EVERYTHING is a manifestation of

Divine Consciousness..the world, as it IS, is Devi...all of the

seeming "mistakes" are part of the scheme of things...it is all

happening as it is supposed to, even the worst disasters.

Understanding this made me realize how people could so easily

justify doing things that are harmful or simply turning away from

the suffering of others because it's all "unfolding as it should"

and who am "I" to interfere. For me, then, this thought of the world

of Absolute Truth, where everything is unfolding as it should and

the relative world of Maya, where we are all called upon to make

decisions about our ethical behavior, was the only thing that made

any sense. On one level, Hurricane Katrina CAN'T be "wrong" or

a "mistake" or "evil" or even "bad". On the level of the Absolute

that manifests as "the world", disasters are not "mistakes" but may

serve many functions: a cleansing of the Earth, a release of

energetic tension, who really knows? But on the relative level

within which we live, Hurricane Katrina caused alot of suffering,

personal suffering. The Absolute Good may not translate into the

Personal Good. And we have to live within the relative world with

all of its personal suffering. If we are fortunate enough to be

among the people on the planet who KNOW, through our own experience,

that these "Absolute Truths" exist and we also know, through our own

experience, the freedom and bliss that can begin to emerge through

this awareness AND we are fortunate enough to actually know human

beings who live in this state of awareness all the time and are

guiding US towards that state, then I think the amazement and

gratitude that arises naturally results in a desire to help others,

to alleviate suffering and,most importantly, to work on ourselves

so we don't cause more suffering for others through our own

samskaras or blindness. Just even beginning to see the EDGES of

Truth creates so much longing to live in that state, that I think

our actions become more and more naturally attuned to that Truth.

so, personally, I don't think it's so much "applying absolute truths

to the relative world" as it is ALLOWING the truth that is always

present to have enough space to arise naturally...and that happens

through sadhana and through Grace.

best love,

sadhvi