--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" <emptybill@...> wrote: > > Petty Theosophistry posturing as insight. > Saying "Taimini" says it all.
II 23 sva-svaami-shaktyoH svaruupopalabdhi-hetuH saMyogaH. Taimni's translation: "The purpose of the coming together of the /puruSa/ and /prakRti/ is gaining by the /puruSa/ of the awareness of his true nature and the unfoldment of powers inherent in him and /prakRti/." I admit that might be at least slightly erroneous translation. So, pray tell, what is the correct translation... > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > According to Patañjali, all (sarvam) is misery (duHkham) > > > to a vivekin (vivekinaH) for various reasons: > > > > > > pariNaama-taapa-saMskaara-duHkhair guNa-vRtti-virodhaac ca > > > duHkham eva sarvam vivekinaH. (II 15) > > > > > > One of the reasons is 'guNa-vRtti-virodha'. > > > > > > Taimni thinks that compound word refers to the following: > > > > > > http://ebookbrowse.com/science-of-yoga-taimni-pdf-d56350159 > > > > > > (page 152). > > > > > > > On page 259, Taimni explains, why it's "necessary" to "do" da > > saMyama_s aka siddhi_s: > > > > The /puruSa/ has first to conquer all the realms of /prakRti/ > > through /sabiija-samaadhi/, and then, after conquering these > > realms, to gain complete Self-realization which makes him not > > only the Lord of these realms but also independent of them. > > >
