I am an ignorant idiot who wishes to remain ignorant. That is enlightenment for me. Sent via BlackBerry from Vodafone
-----Original Message----- From: roomsearching <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:24:41 To: <[email protected]> Cc: Advaita<[email protected]> Subject: Re: ignorance implies subject and object Are you saying that you do not agree with Ramana ? Then why are you interested in Advaita ? Well, then just admit that you are an ignorant idiot who wishes to remain ignorant. On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 5:16 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > There are as many selves as you want to imagine. As many as their > definitions. > > Sent via BlackBerry from Vodafone > ------------------------------ > *From: * roomsearching <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:09:58 +0100 > *To: *Advaita-Zen<[email protected]> > *Subject: *ignorance implies subject and object > > Dr. Syed: Sri Bhagavan says that the Heart is the Self. Psychology has > it that malice, envy, jealousy and all passions have their seat in the > heart. How are these two statements to be reconciled? > M.: The whole cosmos is contained in one pinhole in the Heart. These > passions are part of the cosmos. They are avidya (ignorance). > D.: How did avidya arise? > M.: Avidya is like Maya [she who is not is maya (illusion)]. Similarly > that which is not is ignorance. Therefore the question does not > arise. Nevertheless, the question is asked. Then ask, “Whose is the > avidya? Avidya is ignorance. It implies subject and object. Become > the subject and there will be no object. > D.: What is avidya? > M.: Ignorance of Self. Who is ignorant of the Self? The self must be > ignorant of Self. Are there two selves? >
