Guest guest Posted November 1, 1999 Report Share Posted November 1, 1999 > The idea is get oneself in a perfect state of Sattwa > by spiritual practice and staying off rajasic and > tamasic foods like meat, onions, spice, fermented, > preserved etc, for example. The Vedas say only when > man has overcome the three gunas that he would be able > to get rid of the Maya which makes one see the unreal > as real, (or gives one the illusion). Maya is the > 'creative' principle or primal illusion. > > Love Tony. > > The ancient teachings do not universally apply to our present evolutionary condition. These days the Real is being recognized by many without having achieved a purified state. The idea of getting rid of Maya can keep one in a loop of practices and effort for a very long time. When it is accepted that the simple truth of beingness is available here and now as one's own awareness there is often a very big laugh at how complicated we made spirituality for ourselves all this time. This is the age of Come As You Are. love xan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 1999 Report Share Posted November 1, 1999 The ancient teachings do not universally apply to our present evolutionary condition. These days the Real is being recognized by many without having achieved a purified state. The idea of getting rid of Maya can keep one in a loop of practices and effort for a very long time. When it is accepted that the simple truth of beingness is available here and now as one's own awareness there is often a very big laugh at how complicated we made spirituality for ourselves all this time. This is the age of Come As You Are. love xan Thank you sweet xan, thank you. All ages are like that perhaps. People are always overdressed. I come as I am. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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