Tony/timelessness

[Guest guest]

>Tony O'Clery <aoclery

>

>Sai Ram Brothers and Sisters,

>

>The ego comes into man from outside. Notice how a

>child talks in the third person about itself. The

>mind goes out and brings in information and illusion.

>If one is hypnotised and told that a view from the

>window is a surf beach or whatever, one will see that,

>whether it is true or not. So it is our mind that sees

>not the eyes. The mind is none other than a bundle of

>thoughts. Mental illness is a point in the field where

>a contradiction breaks out. This manifests as

>schizophrenia etc. This is from my own experience of

>course, not I but family members.

>

>What we are in the body apart from the ego is the

>life-force, energy, prana, sakti. When the life-force

>leaves then we say that the body has died. This is the

>power and experiencing of the divinity within. Within

>illusion of course.

>

>The energy, including the body, is divided up into the

>concepts of sheaths or kosas. The same ONE energy has

>different names and titles, according to function. So

>when a large concentration of energy, vital sheath,

>leaves the body, permanently, it dies. The vehicles

>move on so to speak, and what takes a new body are the

>impressions and tendencies.

 

D: All of this is well and clearly stated, Tony.

>A new imaginary ego/personality develops in this new

>environment influenced by the past impressions and

>tendencies.

 

D: Also, as time is not divided, influenced by future impressions.

Interesting how "incarnation" leads to an experience of time moving

by.

>So as individuals we really don't exist,

>we are the whole Sakti/Energy/God. Even this is of

>course an illusion. This so-called human soul is just

>aggregates and energy, not really separate from the

>whole. Anymore than a whirlpool is separate from the

>sea.

 

Again, well-stated. As the categories we label

as past, present and future

are continually and infinitely interacting, time is

timeless, and there is no separate entity. Fascinating

that the workings of neurons, memories, and cognitions act

to construct a sense of time past and present with future possibilities.

Remarkable that we experience, discuss, and relate in terms

of definable time. We assume there is a defined and objective

past, a present that exists separate from the past, and a future we have

yet to experience.

>Beyond this is Bliss, if we can but 'remember'.

 

Yes. Bliss is a word that can be used for the infinite

present experienced as it is, without imposing an imagined separation.

>

>Love and Sai Ram, Tony.

>

 

And love to you --- Dan