Hey Rory, What a delight to hear from you. I miss you!
on 3/22/05 10:51 AM, Rory Goff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> "Beyond the senses there are the objects, beyond the objects there > is >> mind, beyond the mind there is the intellect, the Infinite Mind > (Mahat) >> is beyond the >> intellect. Beyond the Great (Mahat) is the Avyakta (the silent, >> unmanifest), beyond the >> Avyakta there is the Purusha. Beyond the Purusha there is nothing - > >> this is the >> goal, the highest path" Katha Up. I.3.10-11. > > Thanks for posting this! > > Based roughly on the Katha Upanishad, we can perhaps posit a general > sketch of our divine anatomy as follows (the standard caveats apply > that this is only a map): > > Crown = Purusha (Cosmic Person; supreme Self; Subtle Spirit) > Brow = Avyakta (unmanifest; Middle Spirit) > Throat = Mahat-Atman (great mind; individual Self; Dense Spirit) > Heart = Buddhi (intuition; Subtle Soul) > Solar Plexus = Ahamkara (human self; Middle Soul) > Navel = Manas (mind; Dense Soul) > Sex = Indriyas (senses/sense objects; Subtle Body) > Base = Karmendriyas (organs of action; Middle Body) > Feet = Prakriti (Divine Matter; Dense Body) > > From this sketch, we could posit a standard ascent through 9 states > of consciousness from Coma/Death (Feet), to Sleep (Base; mineral > consciousness), to Dream (Sex; vegetable consciousness), to Waking > (Navel; animal consciousness), to Transcendence (Solar Plexus, human > consciousness), to Cosmic Consciousness (Heart, ancestor > consciousness), to God Consciousness (Throat, deva/gandharva > consciousness), to Unity Consciousness (Brow, Brahma consciousness) > to Brahman (crown; Purusha). (Please note that this map is distorted > in that each of these states actually enlivens the entire > body/bodies.) > > However, as noted last year in conversations with OMG, I also rather > like a model of the higher states of consciousness arising from the > mutual attraction of Purusha (Spirit) and Prakriti (Divine Matter), > and their gradual approach and mergence through the body's 9 chakras > given above. From this model we could posit: > > Threshold or Transcendental Consciousness when we become aware of > Purusha as being somewhere "above" us (in the crown) and > Prakriti "below" us (at our feet); > > Birth or Cosmic Consciousness when Purusha moves down into our Brow > as the consciousness of the pleroma or unmanifest Avyakta, and > Prakriti moves up into our Base as divinely enlivened and automatic > organs of action; the absolute Purusha now witnesses the relative > Prakriti; > > Baptism or God Consciousness when Purusha moves down through our > Throat as the vibrant bliss of devic/gandharvic Mahat-Atman and > Prakriti moves up through our Sex as divine enlivenment of the > senses; > > Transfiguration or Unity Consciousness when Purusha moves down > through our Heart as the awakened pitris of Buddha and Prakriti > moves up through our Navel as divinely enlivened Mind, culminating > in perfect Unity when Purusha and Prakriti first touch at Solar > Plexus – the human "I AM" or Ahamkara; > > Crucifixion or Brahman Consciousness when Purusha and Prakriti cross > into each other for the first time, with Purusha reaching down into > the Navel and Prakriti reaching up into the Heart; thus > extinguishing the need for the intermediary Ahamkara; the small > human ego and individual Soul now "dies," as there is no longer > complete distinction between Spirit and Matter, absolute and > relative, inner and outer, self and other; everywhere there is only > THAT; > > Mastery or Krishna Consciousness when Purusha moves down through the > Sex and Prakriti reaches up into the Throat, enlivening the > realization that the immense emptiful void or THAT of Brahman can > now collapse and manifest fully as and into the Atman or bliss-point > (s) of individuality; > > Ascension or Shiva Consciousness when Purusha moves down through the > Base and Prakriti reaches up through the Brow, eventually resulting > in the complete mergence of Purusha and Prakriti, with each > occupying the entire body: Absolute Spirit and Relative Matter are > one and the same. > > Again, this is just a map, a rough sketch. It certainly doesn't > account for everything or every experience. If any of it fits, > enjoy; if not, throw it out. No strings attached! :-) > > Also, I am a little unclear on the Katha Upanishad's placement of > the objects "above" or beyond the senses -- this seems to contradict > the general flow from denser objectivity to subtler subjectivity, > unless I am missing something. > > R. > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- Rick Archer SearchSummit 1108 South B Street Fairfield, IA 52556 Phone: 641-472-9336 http://searchsummit.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! 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