<snip> I still remain tamasic without the emotions of anger, guilt, shame, self-centeredness which are predominant weaknesses of Tamas.
Damn, I have all those weaknesses. You are enlightened in my book, Ravi. Maybe if I watch more BatGap interviews the heavens will open up and shine a ray of light on my head (how self-centered is that?). I started the latest one today. I should have meditated today...am stuck in the aftermath of this year's Thanksgiving battle and am dreading Christmas. Nite. >________________________________ > From: Ravi Yogi <raviy...@att.net> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 11:06 PM >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vag worse than just dishonest,much worse > > > >"What the hell does purity mean anyway?" > > >As in Satva (clarity, equanimity) seems an inner quality and Tamas, Rajas >outer manifestations of it somehow. I still remain tamasic without the >emotions of anger, guilt, shame, self-centeredness which are predominant >weaknesses of Tamas as opposed to say pride, greed, power/domination, >jealousy, selfishness which could be the weaknesses of Rajas. > > > >________________________________ >From: Ravi Yogi <raviy...@att.net> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Mon, November 28, 2011 10:55:11 PM >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vag worse than just dishonest,much worse > > >Yep - Rajas for activity and Tamas for inertia. > > >For me Sattva is something that pervades both - so you can be satva-tmas or >satva-rajas. I don't really buy the dictionary, scriptural references. What >the hell does purity mean anyway? > > >For people with predominant tamas, tantra - indulge with awareness - no goal >to be reached. > > >For one with Rajas - yoga, path of perfection, goals to be reached - >suppression with awareness. > > >I was pretty tamasic, and like I said I could indulge in my 3 S's of >spirituality any time of the day. My struggle most of my life was with my >energy, no issues with restless mind, no need for any goals, need to quieten >my mind. If I didn't have existence doing everything for me I would have ended >up as the most laziest loser on this planet. > > > >________________________________ >From: Emily Reyn <emilymae.r...@yahoo.com> >To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Mon, November 28, 2011 10:49:01 PM >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vag worse than just dishonest,much worse > > >Huh? I have to look everything up. Today I learned some latin from >Judy..."casus belli"....justification for war. Now.... > >Darkness, inertia and resistance to action---praying to fulfill base desires? >I need context :) > >* In the Samkhya school of philosophy, tamas (Sanskrit / तमस् tamas >"darkness") is one of the three gunas (or qualities), the other two being >rajas (passion and activity) and sattva or purity). Tamas is the template for >inertia or resistance to action. ... >en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamasic > >* Tamasic desire resulting in worship typically has the worshiper praying to >fulfill base desires and dispel fear. >www.hindupedia.com/en/Worship > >>________________________________ >> From: Ravi Yogi <raviy...@att.net> >>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >>Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 10:44 PM >>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vag worse than just dishonest,much worse >> >> >> >>Oops..yes as in I can smoke, have sex and sleep at any time of the day >>effortlessly, I'm utterly tamasic. Blessed are the tamasics, with awareness >>they can transcend faster. >> >> >>Cursed are the rajasic who need to quiet their restless minds with sadhana, >>seva and satsang. >> >> >> >>________________________________ >>From: Emily Reyn <emilymae.r...@yahoo.com> >>To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> >>Sent: Mon, November 28, 2011 10:40:10 PM >>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vag worse than just dishonest,much worse >> >> >>"and I could these any time of the day effortlessly and didn't need any >>mantra for that." >> >>And you could _____(fill in the blank) these any time of the day.....? >> >>>________________________________ >>> From: Ravi Yogi <raviy...@att.net> >>>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >>>Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 10:34 PM >>>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vag worse than just dishonest,much worse >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>________________________________ >>>From: authfriend <jst...@panix.com> >>>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >>>Sent: Mon, November 28, 2011 10:22:48 PM >>>Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vag worse than just dishonest,much worse >>> >>> >>>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi <raviyogi@...> wrote: >>>> >>>> Right.. Not the linguistic origins, scriptural authority or >>>> caste but the pure shakti infused by a self realized master. >>>> >>>> Personally mantra chanting made me sleepy and bored, so even >>>> though I got a mantra from my Guru during my first meeting >>>> upon the insistence of my ex I never chanted it for too long >>>> and discontinued it soon after. >>> >>>For the record, with TM one doesn't chant the mantra but >>>entertains it mentally. (But some TMers say even that makes >>>them sleepy and bored...) >>> >>> >>>Yes of course, you have clarified that before - I wouldn't have known >>>otherwise. I was never restless so mantras or chanting them made me pretty >>>sleepy. As I have said before for fools the 3 S's of spirituality are >>>Sadhana, Satsang and Seva. Mine were Sex, Sleep and Smoke and I could these >>>any time of the day effortlessly and didn't need any mantra for that. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > >
