Guest guest Posted November 14, 1999 Report Share Posted November 14, 1999 >Tony O'Clery <aoclery > > >Sai Ram Brothers and Sisters, > >Awareness is related to sensitivity, which in turn is >the daughter of compassion. Intelligence is not >awareness for it is of the mind, manomaya kosa. True >awareness is the vijnanamaya kosa or awareness sheath. > You are smart Tony! How do you know so much? A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 1999 Report Share Posted November 14, 1999 Sai Ram Brothers and Sisters, Awareness is related to sensitivity, which in turn is the daughter of compassion. Intelligence is not awareness for it is of the mind, manomaya kosa. True awareness is the vijnanamaya kosa or awareness sheath. In practice you can see this in the personality of the hunter and the adult meat-eater. They break the connection between the suffering of the animal and their own ego satisfaction. Ego desire is so powerful an illusion for it is turned outward. How does this happen? Swami says that there is no mind other than a bundle of thoughts. It is the ego that is the string of those desires and thoughts. Built on the tendencies and impressions of infinite lifetimes. It is a programme that we play, it is the only one we have, so it overwhelms us. Transformation is the way out and that requires destroying the existing programmes and building another more compassionate one. One whose connecting thread is Ahimsa or non-violence, Daya, compassion and not ego-desire. However we have to live through the destruction of the present/old programme and it's future, whilst the new future programme starts to manifest. This is called 'Pain'. However hold in there when the new programme plays it will be beautiful. However it will be a gossamer thread and one pull will undo the whole thread of mind. So ending the division, always illusory, between Human and the divine. Love and Sai Ram, Tony. ===== http://members.xoom.com/aoclery/ (glossary incl?) Keep on truckin-Chant the Gayatri! Breathe So----Ham! "God is formless. In order to merge in the formless God, you have to give up identification with the body." "There is only one 'Soul' and 'That' is God." Sai Baba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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