--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> > >wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" > > > <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Yes, that wonder can happen this way. My experience too. You > > might > > > > like this video deconstruction as it is told. Sort of an > Advaitan- > biology lesson. > > > > > > > > I had the nearly exact same kind of experience about ten years > > ago > > > > as this woman's was. I have written some things like this but > > her > > > > video presentation is much better multi-media getting at 'it', > > as > > > > in describing the larger universal 'what an i' without metaphor > > or > > > > needing folk mythos. > > > > > > > > Take a look at this video: > > > > > > > > Stroke of Insight > > > > > > > > http://www.ted.com:80/talks/view/id/229 > > > > > > > FWIW, the second to last of Shiva-suutras (Kashmir Shaivism) > > goes like this: > > > > nAsikAntarmadhyasaMyamAt kimatra > > savyApasavyasaushhumneshhu (SS III 45) > > > > Without sandhi it might be something like this: > > > > nAsikA+antar-madhya-saMyamAt kim atra savya+apasavya-sauSumneSu. > > > > An "ultraliteral", quite awkward translation could be: > > > > nose-interior-middle-sanyama-from what here left-right-relating- > > to-suSumna_s[1]-in > > > > The last compound word (savya-apasavya-sauSumneSu) seems to > > refer (at least) to the naDiis called iDaa, pin.galaa and > > suSumnaa. But I have absolutely no idea, why the last component > > of this compound is 'sauSumna'(the suffix [e]Su is that of > > locative plural) instead of 'suSumna', of which it is the > > so called vRddhi derivative, often having the meaning 'relating > > to.. ', in this case 'relating to suSumna'. > > > > One possible explanation, though prolly highly unlikely could > > be, that 'right', 'left' and 'relating-to-suSumna' don't actually > > refer (only?) to the naDiis but (also?) to the hemispheres of the > > brain and corpus callosum, the thang that connects those > > hemispheres! :0 > > > > [1] The last component is in plural, because that's the way > > things are when we are dealing with a dvandva compound of > > more than two (2) components (In which case the suffix > > would be that of words in dual number, which actually > > is quite, er, "handy", namely the fact that a language has > > a dual in addition to singular and plural. The meaning > > at least here is -- despite the fact that the ending is that > > of a plural word form -- most prolly, singular.) > > > > cardemaister > yur making my brain work hard.
No wonder! I have myself a hard time understanding what I just wrote; especially the "footnote" feels a bit like mumbo-jumbo, LOL!
