I second that! Welcome back, Rory!
--- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Rory, > What a delight to hear from you. I miss you! > > > on 3/22/05 10:51 AM, Rory Goff at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "Beyond the senses there are the objects, beyond > the objects there > > is > >> mind, beyond the mind there is the intellect, the > Infinite Mind > > (Mahat) > >> is beyond the > >> intellect. Beyond the Great (Mahat) is the > Avyakta (the silent, > >> unmanifest), beyond the > >> Avyakta there is the Purusha. Beyond the Purusha > there is nothing - > > > >> this is the > >> goal, the highest path" Katha Up. I.3.10-11. > > > > Thanks for posting this! > > > > Based roughly on the Katha Upanishad, we can > perhaps posit a general > > sketch of our divine anatomy as follows (the > standard caveats apply > > that this is only a map): > > > > Crown = Purusha (Cosmic Person; supreme Self; > Subtle Spirit) > > Brow = Avyakta (unmanifest; Middle Spirit) > > Throat = Mahat-Atman (great mind; individual Self; > Dense Spirit) > > Heart = Buddhi (intuition; Subtle Soul) > > Solar Plexus = Ahamkara (human self; Middle Soul) > > Navel = Manas (mind; Dense Soul) > > Sex = Indriyas (senses/sense objects; Subtle Body) > > Base = Karmendriyas (organs of action; Middle > Body) > > Feet = Prakriti (Divine Matter; Dense Body) > > > > From this sketch, we could posit a standard ascent > through 9 states > > of consciousness from Coma/Death (Feet), to Sleep > (Base; mineral > > consciousness), to Dream (Sex; vegetable > consciousness), to Waking > > (Navel; animal consciousness), to Transcendence > (Solar Plexus, human > > consciousness), to Cosmic Consciousness (Heart, > ancestor > > consciousness), to God Consciousness (Throat, > deva/gandharva > > consciousness), to Unity Consciousness (Brow, > Brahma consciousness) > > to Brahman (crown; Purusha). (Please note that > this map is distorted > > in that each of these states actually enlivens the > entire > > body/bodies.) > > > > However, as noted last year in conversations with > OMG, I also rather > > like a model of the higher states of consciousness > arising from the > > mutual attraction of Purusha (Spirit) and Prakriti > (Divine Matter), > > and their gradual approach and mergence through > the body's 9 chakras > > given above. From this model we could posit: > > > > Threshold or Transcendental Consciousness when we > become aware of > > Purusha as being somewhere "above" us (in the > crown) and > > Prakriti "below" us (at our feet); > > > > Birth or Cosmic Consciousness when Purusha moves > down into our Brow > > as the consciousness of the pleroma or unmanifest > Avyakta, and > > Prakriti moves up into our Base as divinely > enlivened and automatic > > organs of action; the absolute Purusha now > witnesses the relative > > Prakriti; > > > > Baptism or God Consciousness when Purusha moves > down through our > > Throat as the vibrant bliss of devic/gandharvic > Mahat-Atman and > > Prakriti moves up through our Sex as divine > enlivenment of the > > senses; > > > > Transfiguration or Unity Consciousness when > Purusha moves down > > through our Heart as the awakened pitris of Buddha > and Prakriti > > moves up through our Navel as divinely enlivened > Mind, culminating > > in perfect Unity when Purusha and Prakriti first > touch at Solar > > Plexus � the human "I AM" or Ahamkara; > > > > Crucifixion or Brahman Consciousness when Purusha > and Prakriti cross > > into each other for the first time, with Purusha > reaching down into > > the Navel and Prakriti reaching up into the Heart; > thus > > extinguishing the need for the intermediary > Ahamkara; the small > > human ego and individual Soul now "dies," as there > is no longer > > complete distinction between Spirit and Matter, > absolute and > > relative, inner and outer, self and other; > everywhere there is only > > THAT; > > > > Mastery or Krishna Consciousness when Purusha > moves down through the > > Sex and Prakriti reaches up into the Throat, > enlivening the > > realization that the immense emptiful void or THAT > of Brahman can > > now collapse and manifest fully as and into the > Atman or bliss-point > > (s) of individuality; > > > > Ascension or Shiva Consciousness when Purusha > moves down through the > > Base and Prakriti reaches up through the Brow, > eventually resulting > > in the complete mergence of Purusha and Prakriti, > with each > > occupying the entire body: Absolute Spirit and > Relative Matter are > > one and the same. > > > > Again, this is just a map, a rough sketch. It > certainly doesn't > > account for everything or every experience. If any > of it fits, > > enjoy; if not, throw it out. No strings attached! > :-) > > > > Also, I am a little unclear on the Katha > Upanishad's placement of > > the objects "above" or beyond the senses -- this > seems to contradict > > the general flow from denser objectivity to > subtler subjectivity, > > unless I am missing something. > > > > R. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!' > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Rick Archer > SearchSummit > 1108 South B Street > Fairfield, IA 52556 > Phone: 641-472-9336 > > http://searchsummit.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! 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