--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Billy wrote:
> > As man has freewill, once he harnesses it effectively
> > by dynamic meditation (TM) the arrow of self discipline
> > finally reaches it mark.
> >
> There are a few important things to consider, Billy,
> about the notion that we have free will:
>
> Firstly, we either have free will or we are bound;
> you can't have free will and be bound at the same
> time - that would be a contradction in terms.
>
> If we are free, then there would be no need for
> yoga or a path.
>
> If bound, then by what means can we free ourselves?
>
> Secondly, the world of prakriti is governed by the
> three gunas, born of nature. The law of causation
> states that for every action there is an equal and
> opposite reaction. In other words, things happen
> for a reason - things don't happen due to chance
> events. The gunas represent the law of cause and
> effect.
>
> In the world of prakriti, everthing happesn due to
> the fact that other things happen, that is, Causation.
> "Because of this - that occurs"; all human excrement
> flows downstream.
>
> But the world of change, that is, prakriti, is
> totally separate from the Absolute, the unchanging.
> In order to go beyond the three gunas, all you need
> to do is *isolate* the Purusha.
Whoa! Of course! That's obviously why "liberation" is
called "kaivalyam", which word is a vRddhi derivative
from the adjective "kevala" (guNa-grade: ke- > vRddhi: kai-).
sattva-puruSayoH shuddhi-saamye kaivalyam
(sattva-puruSa's [sattva and puruSa's] purity-equality-in kaivalya)
The "normal" grade (kiva; cf: div - deva - daivya)
doesn't seem to appear in Sanskrit, but in Finnish
"kiva" means 'nice', and "kivi" means 'stone', which
is kinda "isolated", one might perhaps say (ugh!)... :0
Furthermore, the *verb* "kaivaa" means 'to dig', but
"kaivata" means 'to miss'(someone or something).
Mä kaivan ojas. (o-yass) -- I dig yer ditch.
Ma kaipaan sua, Lorna! -- I miss you, Lorna!
kevala m. (nom. pl. %{e} RV. x , 51 , 9) f. (%{I} RV. x , 73 , 6
AV. S3Br. ; %{A} Mn. &c. see Pa1n2. 4-1 , 30)n. (in comp. Pa1n2. 2-
1 , 49) exclusively one's own (not common to others) RV. AV. ;
alone , only , mere , sole , one , excluding others RV. AV. TS.
&c. ; not connected with anything else , isolated , abstract ,
absolute
