> > Who among you does-not exist. > All those who do-not raise your right hand ????
> “Who is it who finds or does not find meaning, What is the purpose of > Advaita” > > Advaita is an idea, an invitation. > Recorded for posterity. > > There to help those generations to come, so when they like ourselves > eventually ask the three oldest and ultimate questions of all. > They might see the light. > > Where did I come from? > Why am I here? > Where do I go too? Advaita fails to answer any one of those questions! It just gives an alternative point of view about consciousness that is no more likely than believing I exist within the body (I am in here looking out vs. I am all that is) > Advaita is one of many ideas, to help you answer your ultimate human challenge. Just like your forefathers who also needed to know. If > you suggest you don’t need to know then congratulations, your at the > top of your game. Supreme peace is the simple daily celebration of > what is. Purpose fulfilled. > There are plenty of people who suggest they don't need to know who are miserably unhappy and seeking salvation through drugs, sex, theft and violence. I respectfully suggest they are barely in the game and certainly not at the top of it. > Purpose only exists because this very question exists. Advaita exists > as one of many choices to help you understand you. Self exists to > enable you. This universe exists as the cradle of circumstance to > enable this now. > Unless it can be asserted the universe exists for no other reason than it exists. All apparent events of this now are the results of all past events. > All future events must emerge from the events of this now. > If you exist in this now, then you are acting out your role > accordingly. If you do nothing, or set light to the Queen of > England. You are wholly destine as instrumental to the whole, by > being present in the now. > Your illusion is free will. But it’s a very good illusion and well > worth using. > Is that the purpose of Advaita? > The intentions of the universe have got it all covered ……………… Just > enjoy the adventure ... Okay Here is how I see it. The purpose of Advaita is to invite the listener or seeker to look beyond the sense of I, an egocentric world view and to recognise that their physical form is simply a part of what is happening on a universal scale. It can then be seen that what is considered an individual life force is present in all things. It can also be seen that the "I" is a pseudo subjective view point taken on by the observer to create relationships between what is happening out there in order to aid survival. Ultimately in switching from one viewpoint to another a whole load of meaning about an "I" and a whole load of self importance can drop away in the process. The Advaita position seems to be one of responsibility for one's environment such that the environment is the "one" and all aspects of it will enhance the well being of it. In a sense Advaita expands and softens the ego. But this doesn't really get at the purpose. Is it to enhance experience? Is it to bring about peace? The purpose of a toothbrush is to clean teeth. The purpose of a motor car is transportation. The purpose of a cherry is? To grow cherry trees? Is it simply a choice? And if so, then who is choosing? And why? (playing with words) Your turn Mark
