Saivism and Self-enquiry

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Read this earlier and thought I would pass it on. Thanks.

 

Harsha

 

Sun, 12 Dec 1999 20:10:33 +0200

 

"Shankar" <shankar

Connection between 'Saivism' & 'Self-Enquiry'

 

According to Saivism, when the

'Serpent Energy' rises up by

the 'Pressure of the Anchored

Foot of Lord Nataraja', on the

'Right Eye',

(a) it rises up to a height

of '12 measures of the length

of one phalange of a finger'

above the head, and

(b) one experiences

'oneself' as a part of the

'River of Om' that is Lord

Shiva ('vishishtaadvaithaa'),

the Impersonal 'Sound' Source

of Creation.

 

Thus, at this stage, a trace

of 'individuality' still

remains.

 

Upon 'Self-Enquiry', the

individuality,-that had sprung

up to above the head, from the

'Heart Centre' experienced on

the Right Hand Side of the

Chest,-resolves itself back

into the 'Heart Centre', that

is 'I-I', and one becomes the

'non-dual consciousness'.

 

Incidentally, one can

understand from this that

'vishishtaadvaithaa' is a

stage on the 'path' to the

final 'advaithic' realisation,

as confirmed by Sri

Raamakrishna Paramahamsaa as

well.

 

Thus, if one is led onto the

path of 'self-enquiry' from

'Saivism',-as in the case of

one new member who joined this

list, after being a follower

of 'Kashmir Saivism' for about

20 years,- it is by the 'Grace

of Lord Shiva alone and

nothing else'.

 

Thanks and kind regards