Energy and Vedantic traditions

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On Mon, 3 Apr 2000 06:45:42 MHortling wrote:

>Yeah, as we said before, the secret seems to lie in the process of

>identification - we consciously or unconsciously become whatever we identify

>with over time.

 

And especially that which we find attractive

and desirable.

>This is probably how the ego or personality becomes fixed - inner energy

>identifies with certain traits of character and labels

 

That's a thought !

Hadn't seen that before.

So when the labels start to go, the inner energy

can more easily flow, right ?

>By focussing on a deity, visualizing it, making it the center of

>consciousness so to speak, shakti is withdrawn from the the previous labels

and begins to identify with

>the object of meditation instead.

 

Nice way of describing it. I was too focused on

the energy going the other way around, the

shakti in the individual reaching out to the

deity and then the self drawing this to itself

more and more firmly..

But your image of it makes a lot of sense too.

Shakti going from the useless labels to

the big useful label and then finding the

source of all labels.

Thanks for contributing. I guess it is as they

say, two heads think better than one.

>And, as you said, ultimately, at the end of all this identifying and

>unidentifying business, we'll probably become the source instead of the

>manifestation.

 

Let's indeed hope so. )

Unidentifying business, I like that.

Maybe we can start selling unlabel machines,

machines that work the opposite of those

electronic labeling machines, to unidentify

you...

"Please show me your unidentification papers..."

 

 

Love,

 

Amanda.

 

 

 

 

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