Richard, about UC being unity with God: in the Gita Maharishi writes that at a certain point it is between the devotee and God whether they become one or stay two so that there can be that flow of devotion. It is from this and many Maharishi tapes that I got the idea that UC means union with God. It is also union with everything, in my understanding. And I will temporarily agree with you that God is Purusha rather than Prakriti until I think about it a bit more (-:
On Sunday, February 9, 2014 9:45 AM, Richard J. Williams <pundits...@gmail.com> wrote: On 2/8/2014 9:21 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Neither Eastern Orthodox nor Western Christianity permit the view that humans can become ontologically one with God. That remains the "seperative divide" between Eastern and Western religions. > What "Eastern Orthodox" philosophy supports the notion that humans can ontologically be "one with God"? 1. Vedanta 2. Yoga 3. Mimamsa 4. Samkhya 5. Nyaya 6. Vaisheshika