Yes; many thanks! This evokes several other good points for me -- (1) "dying" is indeed simply transcendence, as we lift the finger of our awareness out of one density of Us to surrender into and remember another simpler, pre-existent one, (2) The "void" is not empty but emptiful; it is shining with the infinite light of self-awareness; (3) The meaning of everything is in our own simple Being; (4) That Love is the binding force of our Self-knowledge; (5) the end of one cycle is always the beginning of another :-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@...> wrote: > > or put another way ;-) : > > Turn off your mind, relax > and float down stream > It is not dying > It is not dying > > Lay down all thought > Surrender to the void > It is shining > It is shining > > That you may see > The meaning of within > It is being > It is being > > That love is all > And love is everyone > It is knowing > It is knowing > > That ignorance and hate > May mourn the dead > It is believing > It is believing > > But listen to the > color of your dreams > It is not living > It is not living > > Or play the game of > existence to the end > Of the beginning > Of the beginning > Of the beginning > Of the beginning > Of the beginning > Of the beginning > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mleroygoffiv" <rorygoff@> wrote: > > > > * * * Beautiful, many thanks! > > > > I love those first few lines: "When I get to the bottom > > > I go back to the top of the slide > > > Where I stop and turn > > > and I go for a ride > > > Till I get to the bottom and I see you again" -- > > > > That really evokes our "progress" around and through the > > black-hole/white-hole torus of awareness :-) > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Rory for sharing your 'map'. That jigsaw nature of the puzzle, > > > also called, The Rise and Fall of the wave in the ocean', reminds me of > > > these poetic verses of our favorate sing-songwriter: > > > > > > > > > When I get to the bottom > > > I go back to the top of the slide > > > Where I stop and turn > > > and I go for a ride > > > Till I get to the bottom and I see you again > > > Yeah, yeah, yeah > > > Do you don't you want me to love you > > > I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you > > > Tell me tell me come on tell me the answer > > > and you may be a lover but you ain't no dancer > > > > > > I will you won't you want me to make you > > > I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you > > > Tell me tell me tell me the answer > > > You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4WoTOX8Lt4 > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@> wrote: > > > > > * * * Experientially, though, it is quite correct; that is, it > > > > > describes a legitimate aspect of Awakening, in which one feels > > > > > gut-deep as if one has lost one's old I-point; the separate wave has > > > > > utterly dissolved into the ocean. When one looks inside immediately > > > > > after Awakening, there is Nothing there. No center, no self, no > > > > > private I-ness. Eventually one rummages around and produces the > > > > > remnants of an I and puts it on, like an old wrinkled shirt, so we > > > > > can continue the drama, but never again "are" we that I, not in any > > > > > conventional sense of the word, anyhow. And that I is now or soon > > > > > appreciated as a charming collapse of the Whole, containing the Whole > > > > > together with all of its particles or "other" I's. > > > > > > > > > Here is how I interpret this "No-self" experience: The so-called states > > > > of TC, CC, GC, and UC describe an ever-closer approach between Purusha > > > > and Prakriti, or the Absolute and the Relative, or Father Spirit and > > > > Mother Matter. Kundalini, both from below and from above, acts as a > > > > kind of more-or-less constant conductor or tunneler to effect their > > > > approach and eventual marriage. > > > > > > > > Using a "Cosmic Body" as a map of their progress, we can posit that > > > > Transcendental Consciousness (TC) activates the Crown Chakra (Shiva; > > > > Purusha) and the Foot Chakra (Shakti; Prakriti); Cosmic Consciousness > > > > (CC) moves down into the Brow (Witness) and up into the Base (Organs of > > > > action; Physical plane) to effect a witnessing of activity; > > > > God-Consciousness (GC) moves down into the Throat (Space; bliss) and up > > > > into the Sex (Senses; Astral-emotional) to structure blissful senses > > > > and subtle-body experiences; and Unity Consciousness (UC) moves down > > > > into the Heart (Buddhic intuition; finest feeling) and up into the > > > > Navel (Manas or animal mind) to move beyond the senses into an > > > > intuitive grasp of One-ness. > > > > > > > > What has intermediated between these poles of Absolute and Relative, > > > > both binding them in a relationship and yet keeping them apart, is the > > > > I AM, the Soul or the Mind, the separate Ego. As these poles approach > > > > each other, the intermediary Soul "shrinks" until it occupies only our > > > > Sacred Heart or Solar Plexus point. At this moment, the Soul becomes > > > > Self-aware; we merge with our golden Soul as our own Solar Angel, and > > > > find ourselves at the paradise-center of the universe, in a place of > > > > utter love and at-homeness, beyond spacetime -- what could be called > > > > the culmination of UC, or the beginnings of Brahman. > > > > > > > > But the marriage is not yet complete, and soon after this Soul-merge, > > > > our Father-Spirit and Mother-Matter actually meet and overlap across > > > > our Solar-Plexus or Sacred Heart, and this eclipses our Soul or > > > > separate Self, which is no longer required as an intermediary between > > > > Spirit and Matter. The result could variously be called Nirvana -- the > > > > blowing out of the candle -- or Awakening into the direct Understanding > > > > of the the emptiful paradox of Brahman, or the Crucifixion of our Inner > > > > Christ, depending upon our framework. > > > > > > > > Beyond this point, there are a number of additional stages as > > > > Father-Spirit and Mother-Matter overlap more and more, expanding from > > > > the Solar Plexus both upward and downward to reactivate all the chakras > > > > again, only now in terms of Us, of Wholeness. We might call these > > > > various stages Krishna-I and -II (the fip-sides of UC and GC) and > > > > Shiva-I and -II (the flip-sides of CC and TC). > > > > > > > > But this is only a map, not the multidimensional reality of Us; and > > > > even on its own terms it is not really or necessarily a linear sequence > > > > but more of a jigsaw puzzle, and we all may experience any or all of > > > > its pieces or aspects essentially in any order we wish -- or none of > > > > the above, if we prefer. > > > > > > > > > >
