How you implement and use these Sutras? do you use the Sidhis technique for each sutra?
Thanks --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Dean Goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Fairfield Lifers, > > Here is a copy of the Shiva Sutras that I just came across, trans- > lated by Maharishi's honored friend, Swami Lakshman-Joo. It offers > some more interesting commentaries on questions that have been > raised on this list. > > Be aware that his language differs from the 7-states language that > we're familiar with. For example, he calls the 4th state (Turiya > or Transcendental Consciousness) 'God Consciousness', a title we > reserve for the 6th state. He seems to call the 6th state 'Tran- > scendental God Consciousness'. > > Remember these are sutras - shorthand hints at much deeper, richer > knowledge - and can resonate with that deep Truth if you read them > in a settled, open state. > > > > Shiva Sutras > Translated by Lakshman Joo > > > First Awakening > > 1. Universal Consciousness is one's own nature. > > 2. Knowing the individual consciousness as one's own nature and not knowing > the Universal Consciousness as one's own nature is bondage. > > 3. Differentiated perception and the field of individual activities are also > bondage. > > [Editor's note: #2 & #3 seem to refer to rishi, devatta, and chhandas in > their non-samhita, differentiated, individual state.] > > 4. This threefold bondage is attributable to and commanded by the Universal > Mother while She remains unknown. Hence the field of ignorance comes into ex- > istence through Her and not through any other agency. > > 5. To get rid of this triple bondage, such effort constitutes (the) means, > which is identical with Bhairava [Lord Shiva]. > > 6. With deep contemplation on the wheel of energies, the whole differen- > tiated universe comes to an end. > > [Editor: Transcendental Consciousness.] > > 7. Such a yogi, who has accomplished this stage, experiences Turiya (Transcen- > dental God Consciousness) in the other three states also - jagrat (wakeful- > ness), swapna (dream) and sushupti (deep sleep). > > [Editor: Cosmic Consciousness.] > > 8. Common knowledge (arising out of differentiation) constitutes jagrat (wake- > fulness). > > 9. Individual differentiated knowledge in the recess of one's own mind is > swapna (dream). > > 10. Loss of discrimination in the field of unawareness is sushupti (deep > sleep). > > 11. The one who has digested (assimilated) all these three states in God Con- > sciousness (Turiya) is the Lord of heroes. > > [Editor: Cosmic Consciousness.] > > 12. The yogic powers here (in the state of Being) comprises indescribable as- > tonishment (wonder). > > [Editor: practice of the siddhis.] > > 13. For such a yogi, any desire is identical with the Supreme Energy (Parvati) > of Lord Shiva and hence his desire cannot be checked by any power. > > [Editor: ultimate/end of the siddhis - omnipotence.] > > 14. For such a yogi, even the body becomes an extraneous object, or the total- > ity of extraneous objects is (constitutes) his own universal body. > > [Editor: God Consciousness.] > > 15. By establishing one's mind in the heart - the Universal Consciousness - > the whole world of perception appears as one's own nature. > > [Editor: Unity Consciousness.] > > 16. Or, by establishing uninterrupted awareness of pure supreme Nature, the > energy of Shiva is experienced. > > 17. For such a realized soul, any ordinary thought becomes the means of real- > izing one's own Self. > > [Editor: The growth of Brahman. See last sukta of Rig Veda - "By virtue of > unitedness, and by means of that which remains to be united, I perform action > to generate Wholeness of life."] > > 18. His being in the ecstatic state of samadhi bestows bliss and happiness to > the whole humanity or the totality of enjoyment in the universe constitutes > (or comprises) his ecstatic state of samadhi. > > [Editor: Brahman.] > > 19. By putting one's mind on universal energy, any body, internal or external, > is formed by his mere will. (Such power is attainable by him in the two other > states also - dream and deep sleep). > > 20. Such a yogi is capable of: > > a. helping humanity unbounded by space and time, > b. casting off his body for specified time periods, > c. manifesting his body at various places simultaneously by remaining in > God Consciousness. > > 21. When such a yogi abstains from such powers, he attains lordship over the > wheel of universal energies through the rise of pure knowledge. > > 22. [The great lake (of space-time) is experienced through the power of > mantra.] > > [Editor: The number '22' appears, but it's followed by a blank space in > the printed copy of Lakshman-Joo's translation. These words are from > another translator.] > > > Second Awakening > > 1. Here the mind of a yogi becomes mantra. > > 2. The cause of attaining this mantra is one's own effort. > > 3. The state of totality of knowledge is the secret of mantra. > > 4. When a yogi's mind remains satisfied in cosmic powers, his samadhi is as > good as ordinary dreaming. > > 5. At the rise of natural (pure) supreme knowledge, the state of Shiva, re- > siding in the ether of God Consciousness, is attained. > > 6. For such attainment, the means is the Master - the Guru. > > 7. When the Master is pleased, the disciple attains the knowledge of the wheel > of Universal Mother. > > 8. For such attainment a yogi has to offer all his three bodies of wakeful- > ness, dreaming, and dreamlessness [deep sleep] as oblations into the fire of > universal God Consciousness. > > 9. For him the differentiated knowledge is the food he assimilates into un- > differentiated knowledge or the undifferentiated knowledge constitutes his > food yielding him fullness and peace in his own nature. > > 10. By out-stepping his own nature of True Knowledge, at the time of entering > into God Consciousness - Turiya, he ill-fatedly enters into dreaming state. > > > Third Awakening > > 1. Here the mind is the nature of individual being. > > 2. Differentiated knowledge of pain and pleasure is bondage. > > 3. Ignorance of the essence of universal action and universal knowledge is > illusion - maya. > > 4. So one has to absorb the individuality of principles (tattvas) in one's own > body successively - absorb the five elements into five tanmatras, those in > turn into the five organs and finally integrate them in the supreme God Con- > sciousness. > > 5. A yogi must develop the powers of absorbing prana and apana into sushumna - > the middle path, of Lordship over five elements, of isolating one's Self from > the five elements and residing in the field beyond the five elements. > > 6. Such powers appear only when the veil of ignorance falls in the way of en- > tering into pure God Consciousness. > > 7. By obtaining victory over such an illusion of cosmic powers and by enjoying > the state of limitless being, the pure and supreme knowledge manifests. > > 8. For him the state of wakefulness (jagrat) is secondary (beam) of God Con- > sciousness. > > 9. For him, the actor, who plays in the drama of the universe, is his own > Self. > > 10. Movement attributed in this totality of cosmic dance, is nothing other > than the Supreme Being. > > 11. The spectators in this cosmic dance, are one's own cognitive and active > organs. > > 12. Purity and completion of this dance is accomplished by establishing the > supreme subtle awareness of intelligence. > > 13. For him the state of utter freedom exists spontaneously. > > 14. This kind of freedom obtains for him within and without. > > 15. Even after such achievement one has to remain aware in contemplating on > the sea of Universal Being. > > 16. So by being established in such a state one sinks into the ocean of God > Consciousness - joyously. > > 17. Such a yogi can create or destroy anything by his supreme will. > > 18. When the supreme knowledge is well established in an uninterrupted way, > the pangs of recurring births and deaths are avoided for good. > > 19. When the awareness of God Consciousness slackens a bit, the universal en- > ergy disintegrates into innumerable individual energies to carry one away from > the kingdom of universality. > > 20. So the fourth state of Universal Being - Turiya, must be made to permeate > the three other states - waking, dreaming, and dreamlessness [deep sleep]. > > 21. By developing the awareness of one's own nature, he enters and is lost > into the universal God Consciousness. > > 22. After being well established in that state he breathes out that state into > the universal activities. Hence the differentiation between the Self and the > universe is not recognized. > > 23. If one proves a failure in infusing the state of Self in the universe, he > ill-fatedly remains satisfied in his own internal nature. > > 24. When a yogi, after developing awareness of God Consciousness, transcends > the state of Turiya, he enters into Transcendental God Consciousness. > > 25. Such a yogi becomes one with Shiva. > > 26. For him the austerity is nothing else than the normal routine of physical > life. > > 27. And for such a yogi the daily routine talk becomes the recitation of real > mantra. > > 28. Such a yogi gives as alms to humanity his own knowledge of the Self. > > 29. The yogi, who commands the entire wheel of cognitive and active organs, is > the only means of attaining knowledge of Transcendental God Consciousness. > > 30. For him the whole universe is the totality of his own energies. > > 31. Living in this world of ignorance or remaining in the Transcendental God > Consciousness is the totality of one's own energies of consciousness. > > 32. Such a yogi, though apparently engrossed in the daily routine of life, is > in no way separated from God Consciousness. > > 33. Because such a yogi perceives the states of pain and pleasure only super- > ficially, they, in no case, affect his state of Supreme-Being- Consciousness. > > 34. Hence he is liberated from the states of pain and pleasure and is uniquely > established in his own nature. > > 35. On the contrary, the one who feels the absence of God Consciousness in the > states of pain and pleasure, is an individual soul and a victim of recurring > births and deaths. > > 36. The one who stands aloof from differentiatedness becomes the creator and > destroyer of the entire universe. > > 37. The energy of creating and destroying the whole universe comes within the > experience of such a yogi just as an ordinary soul possesses the power to > create and destroy during his dreaming state. > > 38. The state of Turiya God Consciousness, that comes into experience in the > beginning and at the end of the other three states (waking, dreaming, and deep > sleep), should be infused and transmitted into these three states by firmly > establishing one's own awareness during these intervals - beginning and end > thereof. > > 39. And by developing such a process, a yogi must transmit the God Conscious- > ness not only into the three states of individuality but into the entire uni- > verse. > > 40. By the slight appearance of individual desire, one is carried far away > from the state of God Consciousness. > > 41. By firmly establishing one's own Self in the state of Turiya, all desires > disappear and individuality is lost into universality. > > 42. Such a yogi is liberated in life and as his body still exists, his is > called bhuta-kanchuki - having his physical body as a mere covering just like > an ordinary blanket. Hence he is supreme and one with the universal Self. > > 43. After remaining in this state of universal Transcendental God Conscious- > ness, the functions of inhalation and exhalation automatically take place with > the object that this whole universe of action and cognition is united in God > Consciousness. > > 44. When one contemplates on the center of Universal Consciousness, what else > remains there to be sought in the practice of prana, apana, and sushumna? > > 45. When a Shiva-yogi is completely established in God Consciousness, he ex- > periences this state spontaneously within and without or both. > > Jai Guru Dev > > > > Edited and formatted by Michael Dean Goodman > > PARA - The Center for Realization > Michael Dean Goodman Ph.D., D.D., Director > Fairfield IA, Chicago IL, Washington DC, Miami FL, San Francisco CA > 641-919-3700 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Counseling * Educational Sessions * Workshops * Satsang 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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! 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