--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" jyouells@ wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" jflanegi@ wrote: > > > > > > > > Turq's description seems closer to an intellectual argument > > > > presented to those practicing more of a mindfulness technique while > > > > remaining in the waking state, so the challenge is constantly to the > > > > waking state ego, stated in terms of the waking state ego. Without > > > > the unwinding that continual transcending brings about, this > > > > technique seems most useful if practiced in direct proximity to an > > > > enlightened Master. Otherwise, there is no opportunity for the > > > > required purification to take place in order to experience > > > > Realization. > > > > > > No "purification" is required to experience realization. > > > Realization is present at every moment and has always > > > been present at every moment of one's life. There was > > > no moment in which one was ever *not* realized. > > > > > > Not realizing one's enlightenment is a choice, not a > > > matter of a "clogged" or "impure" nervous system. > > > > > > IMO, of course. Your mileage may vary. > > > > > > > "Whether pure or impure." - It's right up front and in the open as the > > first statement in the puja... > > > > JohnY > > > > This is from Sanskritdocuments.org: > > AUM apavitraH pavitro vaa sarvaasthaaM gato 'pi vaa . > yaH smaretpuNDariikaakShaM sa baahyaabhyantaraH shuchiH .. > > Perhaps that means something like: > > Whether (vaa) impure (apavitraH) or ( - ) pure (pavitraH), > he who (yaH) - being (lit: gone) in any condition (sarva-avasthaaM > gataH + api)- remembers (smaret) the Lotus-eyed One > (puNDariika-akSam), he (sa) [is] pure (shuchiH) [both] outside(baahya) > [and] inside (abhyantaraH). >
whoever opens himself to the 1000 eyed Lord (to the expanded vision of unbounded awareness), gains inner and outer purity.
