Sorry. The Absolute state is not a belief. Who told you it is a belief ? It is not an experience. It is an eternal state in which you are all the time. Have you gone beyond the "I am" ? If not agree that you are ignorant and dwell in the "I am" until it disappears and the Absolute is reached.
--------------------------------------------- In this Brahman, everything is illusion, but who understands that ? The principle that understands, realizes, and witnesses is the Parabrahman. Witnessing happens to the Parabrahman. In this manifest state, everything is ever-changing, nothing is permanent and all is illusion. - Nisargadatta (Seeds of Consciousness) ------------------------------------------------ On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Mark Ty-Wharton <[email protected]>wrote: > a personal opinion > > I think advaita has a concept about what exists prior to "I am" which in > itself is dogmatic and I invite you not to let it become a 'belief' > > an experience that we are all one is simply an experience > > there is something else to get when you don't know > > not knowing is paradoxical > > like the concept of anti-finite is more accurate than zero or infinite > > anti-matter may be a more accurate description than no thing > > I am NOT that that I am NOT > > in the end there is no 'real' me > > hope that clears that up :) > > On 21 March 2011 17:03, roomsearching <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The message "I Am" is time bound. The principle to which "I Am" refers to >> is beyond time, timeless, eternal. >> The witnessing of the manifest world happens to that Ultimate principle. >> When you observe something, you receive it, record it and deliberate over >> it; therefore you are involved in it. >> The Ultimate does not receive or record the passing show. >> >> - Nisargadatta Maharaj (from Seeds of Consciousness) >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> What you people are calling as real is just the manifest world. >> Manifestation is observed by the manifest "I am". >> But the Absolute which supports the "I am" is unmanifested. The ego itself >> is a manifestation and your egos think that the illusion is real. >> Manifestation = illusion = unreal. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>
