Interesting. More proof of the Borg-like assimilation of what is considered true knowledge by the Vedic culture. Just like Maharishi today, saying Lao Tzu's Tao te Ching is one of the books of the Vedic literature . Assimilation.
--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > from the Agamic psychology list. > > Bhagavath Gita as Archaic Tamil: 8-12&13- :� The Essence of Yoga > > The recovery of the Tamil Basis of these two slokas and� which also > shows how deeply it is also SumeroTamil is not only of linguistic > importance but also cultural. For in the recovery of the roots, we also > retrieve the original meanings of words that have come to prevail with > secondary meanings burying the primordial meanings in that process. We > have seen how the important psychological terms like manam, aathmana , > teekam have been generated and have provided very useful insights into > the TRUTHS pertaining to these concepts. > > Now we shall take up the Meaning of Yoga as such also contained in the > retrieved Tamil Basis. So for easy of reference let me reproduce the > original and retrieved forms of these two important slokas > > >>> > > 8-12 > > sarva thvaaraaNi samyamya manoo hruti niruthya ca/ > > muurthn yaathaa-yaatmana:� piraaNa-maastitoo yooka-thaaraNaam// > > 8-13 > > oomithyeekaaksaram brahma vyaaharan maamanusmaran/ > > yaa:� pirayaati thyajan teeham sa yaati paramaam� gatim// > > Meaning: > > Anyone who blocks off all the sensory channels and keeps the mind on > the heart,� raises the breath to the head and establishes his soul in > yogic meditation, and keeps on reciting the Logos Om thinking of only > Me,� and in this� if he leaves behind the body and travels further ( in > the metaphysical realms)� , he will attain the higher kind existence > > The recovered forms are as follows > > 8-12 > > sar-ra tuvaaraNi sam-yam-ya mana-u iruti niruttiya sam/ > muurtinee yaata-a aathimana pira-aaNam aastitu-oo ooka taaraNam// > > Om itu-ee eeka aksaram baramam vaay-a-karan� maam unu-suvaran/ > Yaa parayaati ti-ejen ti-akam saan aati param aam katim// > > The Meaning is : > > Having disciplined all the senses (the orifices of the body) and > keeping the mind on the heart , one must keep the soul firmly on� > whatever icon ( one fancies). Then the soul must be kept in the > meditation of the celestial world so that it can be united with the > starry� heavens. One must recite the Logos Om, keeping the mind fixed > to an Icon Form and� thinking of Me as a Radiant Reality, meditate upon > the sound ( of the mantra). Whoever travels thus in the metaphysical > journey becoming forgetful of the body,� will attain and become one who > lives out the highest form of existence possible > > >>>>>>>>>>> > > Yoga ThaaraNam > > Here let us take the recovery of `yooka-thaaraNaam' as the Tamil "ooka > taaraNam" where the meanings are quite different. The Ta. ooka also > exists as Ta. ooGku, to flourish but actually oo-ku , to rise up to > higher reaches and which can be related Su. u or e where Su. u, uu' > means the higher as ub-ba ( > Ta. uppar, umpar etc) . The `thaaraNam' > is Ta. taaraNam, tiraNam and which is related Su. ti-ra-na, the starry > heavens. Su, dar-ra and Ta. taarakai� may mean `spotted' and where the > `spots' in the sky are stars. But of course here it means the Heavenly > World and not simply the sky� filled with stars. > > Thus the basic intention in meditative practices is to REACH the starry > heavens within the mind and which requires Opening Up the metaphysical > eyes so that a darsana of such a world can be gained and the soul made > to LIVE there continuously. > > Now it may be possible that this requires intense mental concentration > and for which purpose the control of the breathing processes become > also important. Thus we have the emergence of� TaaraNai as a kind of > breathing� as a secondary meaning and which we find in many of the > treatises on Yoga. > > The original meaning however is : meditative practices where the soul, > the Aathmana, is freed from mundane and earthly and gets lodged in the > metaphysical realms of the gods > > Icon Thinking and Genuine Pilgrimage > > Now this makes the following more intelligible: muurtinee yaata-a > aathimana pira-aaNam aastitu-oo > > The Muurti is the Icon , a presentational� form of BEING that > illuminates the mind and not the `head' as interpreted� above. Even now > the word `muurtti' is used in the sense of Icon and where the root is > Su, muru and Ta. muru ; to brighten up, illuminate etc as in muru- ka.� > The phrase `muurttinee yaata-a' means whatever icon and which shows > that there was an OPENNES with regard to Icon Worship and > contemplation. B.G did not focus only on the meditation of VishNu to > the exclusion of other deities. There is recognition of the fact that > different individuals may feel attracted to different icons and that > all such icons are quite effective in their own way. Now what is > important is that the soul (athamana) must be firmly established ( > aastitu) in divine pilgrimage ( para-aaNam). Part of original yoga was > keeping the mind firmly fixed to an Icon one loves and� seeking its > blessing TRAVEL mentally in the realm of the gods. This is a strategy > to LIBERATE the soul from the earthly and mundane concerns� for the > icon, if well installed in the mind, will DISCLOSE the heavenly world > and the soul then could� travel quite happily in the realms the gods. > > We should recall here that this is the same as the Pilgrimage- > traveling from one sacred center to another that is prevalent in all > religions and which was put into an eloquent literary form by Nakkiirar > in the CaGkam times itself ( Tiru MurukaaRRuppadai) and interestingly > enough� in terms of visiting the various centers of Muruka . This is > the `para-aNam' (> PirayaaNam: travel ) which from being concrete at > the initial stages, becomes internalized and mental at the higher > stages. > > Reciting Om and Baramam > > This brings us to the next issue Om itu-ee eeka aksaram baramam > vaay-a-karan . Not only should the intention be to reach the heavenly > world of the gods with seeking the blessing for the mental travel of > some deities, there must also be recitation (vaay-a-karam) both loudly > and softly the eeka aksaram, the One Mantra Syllable `Om" and which is > Radiance itself (baramam) > > We have seen that the Logos "Om' is actually Su. u, uu and which means > among other things,� Radiant Light, Brightness etc as in U-dalla-e- a. > In such phrases as `u-a am-ma-idu' that we have quoted, we may have the > Om being mentioned here. The Om in its original meaning is Radiant > Metaphysical Light and which is rendered as Baramam here� where , Ta, > paru-ti means the sun but literally that which is bright etc. > > The Om is the mantra syllable, the only one which installs LIGHT of > metaphysical illuminations in the mind - as one recites it > continuously, the LIGHT deep within will emerge to the surface and > acting on the cognitive processes, ILLUMINATE the mind and purify it by > dispelling the darkness of ignorance already there. > > Yoga is Self-transformational and Evolutionary > > This brings us to the basic question: Why such a Yoga meditation > centering on Icon Thinking and the recital of Om, the Logos which is > simultaneously the Inner Light that illuminates the mind? > > We get the answer to this in the phrase `Yaa parayaati ti-ejen ti- akam > saan aati param aam katim' where the key word is `param aam katim; > attaining a transcendental way of being-in-the-world. This shows that > not only we can transform ourselves but also in that EVOLVE into being > a higher kind of species - slough off like a snake, the current body we > are wearing and acquire a new and divine body that would ensure that we > live a divine life in this world itself. > > Thus what we find here is the APPLICATOIN of the Theory of Evolution� > where it is seen that man can EVOLVE into the higher kind of species > and in that also gain a way of being Pure Clean and hence Divine in > essence. Whoever travels� (yaa parayaati) with freeing the mind from > the bodily attachments ( tii-ejen ti-akam) he would attain the higher > and noble way of being (param aam katim) > > Such a Yoga is intimately connected with Temple Worship and therefore > must have arisen within� Agamism. We can link it with > Nubian-Kementian-Sumerian cultures as all these are conditioned by the > Metaphysical Pyramids that gave concrete shape to this kind > self-evolution 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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
