On Feb 28, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Tom Pall wrote:
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Vaj <[email protected]> wrote:
but I think—let us just speak figuratively here—the gates of heaven
were closed to him when his body and soul were rent asunder.
So he attained the ultimate Nirvana, no?
No, at least that's my take on what the author of the previous
comment (Robin Carlsen?) is trying to say.
He merged back with the Absolute. Complete freedom from the
cycle of birth and death. What's wrong with that?
How do you get that out of "the gates of heaven were closed to him"?
He stormed the fort and went Wily Coyote splat.
Clearly in M's fav. Vedic quote the "highest heaven", parame vyoman =
the unified field = atman = brahman. So therefore being closed off
from heaven equals "negative enlightenment"?