he could have said "Shakti", with one word. Shakti performs the actions before, after, and in-between. Koan: a dirt clod = the Buddha; of course, on the level of emptiness, but what differentiates a mere Neo-Advaitin from somebody like Guru Dev? Shakti. He radiated more of it, before and after his departure from the physical, since the images associated with him act as vehicles for the transmission of Shakti. Unfortunately, most of the Neo-Advaitins sever their ties with the transmission of Shakti, merely saying: "Being, Being,...." Andrew Jones is no help with his "Evolutionary Consciousness". That's just an expression he came up with and he offers nothing beyond Gangaji, Adyashanti, Flanegin, etc.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony...@...> wrote: > > "That is `The department of the Almighty does it`. > It is not the individual - it is the department. And it is only one way, it > is not two ways. The help is not given, it is received. It is received by our > ability to attune with that. > > And that ability develops with devotion, surrender and service. These three > things - automatically one is elevated to that level. And help doesn`t come > from outside, it comes from right were we are, from our own being. > > But those unaware of one`s own being have this mechanics to help them. And > this is true for all the saints in all the times through out the world."` > > Question: Guru Dev must have been fully enlightened. Now after leaving the > body nothing remains in the relative - just absolute. Then how do we invoke > and to whom? And if there is nobody to be invoked, then what is the use? > > MAHARISHI: Some such similar question I asked Guru Dev once. What happened > was, naturally people came to the ashram from all over India to pay respect > to Guru Dev, once or twice a year according to their own convenience. And > when they were come, they were narrating all sorts of stories: the child was > sick, they had a lawsuit, all sorts of difficulties. And then, thinking of > Guru Dev, that thing disappeared. > > Hearing all these things for a long time one night I asked Guru Dev: `What is > this? These people don`t even write to Guru Dev. Guru Dev doesn`t know they > are in difficulty on the surface of life. And then, how do they report they > had a vision or some thought of Guru Dev and from that time everything > started to be smooth? If they wrote a letter and the difficulty came to the > notice of Guru Dev and then they got out of their difficulties, I could > understand it. But they don`t write letters, they just have the devotion to > Guru Dev and they have some thought of Guru Dev.` > And Guru Dev`s reply was: `It`s the department of the Almighty, and he does > it.` > > It took me about two years to understand - because I quite remember the time > - what was meant by `It is the department of the Almighty`. > How I understand it was this: We have the picture of Guru Dev as when we do > Puja. That form, that photo, that picture is the physical expression of the > form which had a mind which was fully enlightened and omnipresent. > > So once we see the form, our eyes associate with the form very naturally, > because the physical and the mental run parallel. And once the form is in our > vision, in our awareness, then naturally our mind gets in tune with the mind > which occupied that form once upon a time. > The form was occupied by a mind, that mind is an all time reality, eternal. > The barriers of time are no barrier for it - continuum. > The body is no more, but the form is there. > And once we tune our eyes, perception, vision and cognition to that - because > that was held up by a mind that was enlightened - naturally our mind gets in > tune. > > And because that mind was and is and will for ever be omnipresent, > immediately our mind gets in tune with the omnipresent. And right away the > help comes from where we are. Help comes from absolute being, which is the > nature of our own mind. > > But that image, that picture becomes a positive and concrete medium to have > that mechanics performed for our mind. So help comes from our own being > because it comes through that form naturally our devotion to that. That is > `The department of the Almighty does it`. > It is not the individual - it is the department. And it is only one way, it > is not two ways. The help is not given, it is received. It is received by our > ability to attune with that. > > And that ability develops with devotion, surrender and service. These three > things - automatically one is elevated to that level. And help doesn`t come > from outside, it comes from right were we are, from our own being. > But those unaware of one`s own being have this mechanics to help them. And > this is true for all the saints in all the times through out the world.` > > Maharishi, Vlodrop 12.1.09 >
