And I'd like to emphasize that all of this looks way more complicated than it actually Is. None of this implies we actually have to "do" anything -- this is more a(n attempt at a) description of what Is, than a prescription of what to Do...
:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nice! We can perhaps say that there are several stages of > recognition of a thought (particle)-- first, being bound into > unconscious identification with the thought (unrecognized Brahman > and particle in ignorance); second, recognition that the thought is > not the totality of Who We Are (recognized Brahman with particle in > Witness mode) (and this Understanding might correlate well with and > result from Tom's realization that "every thought is an addiction"); > third, paying loving attention to the thought, enlivening it into > its pristine devata-nature (recognized Krishna with particle in god- > conscious mode); fourth, quickening it still further until we see > ourSelf in it, and it in Us (recognized Shiva with particle in > Unity); fifth, back to center with "there is and has ever been only > One" (rishi, devata and chandas are again identical). > > As an interesting aside, we've noted that the centermost nakshatra > is Brahma-Brahma-Brahma; i.e., rishi, devata and chandas are One as > Brahma(n), the eternal Now, perceived as a kind of supernal Self- > radiance (Brahma being the Light of Consciousness). However, the > nature of consciousness is to pulsate out from this Now-point > further and further backwards (and forwards) in spacetime to embrace > more and more of not-Self into Self (thus Shiva/Unity, Krishna/G.C., > Brahman/C.C., and so on). > > Growth is built into the system, for the *only* place at which the > two ends of this pulse are as thoroughly fulfilling as the > centerpoint is when the whole of the 27 Nakshatra-states are > spanned: for the very first one, Conception, is Vishnu-Vishnu- Vishnu > (rishi, devata and chandas are One as Love-Being), and the last one, > Dissolution, is Shiva-Shiva-Shiva (rishi, devata and chandas are one > as Utter Bliss). These three points are the only ones (on this "map" > at least) where rishi, devata and chandas are identical. > > It is here we have the full embrace of Sat-Chit-Ananda or Love- Light- > Laughter, and the simultaneous Understanding of true transcendence, > that We are none of these; we are Unqualified. The "mystery of the > 28th Nakshatra"! :-D > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
