--- In [email protected], "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > (snipped the whole thing) > > First of all bear with me because I have a bad cold and my brain is > baking. > > I thought this was a great post, not all that hard to comprehend but > to keep all those ideas organized and visible in my head long enough > to write them down is a task better suited to an intellect such as > that of Akasha's. > > Here is a little piece from MMY Gita commentary, ch. 3 verse43: > > 'Having known him': this means having known the indweller of the > body in his true nature as Being, separate from the whole field of > activity of the body, senses, mind and intellect. > > It's easy to read this and ask the question, "if my true nature is > separate from the whole field of activity of the body, senses, mind > and intellect, then who or what is it that is doing the thinking?". > When we identify as or with our thoughts and someone says that "we" > are not doing the thinking, it just doesn't make any sense. But it > says clearly here in the Gita that your true nature is SEPARATE from > the mind and the intellect. > > So it seems that something else is thinking. Why is that something > else thinking? What is the driver of thought? What is a thought? > Perhaps a thought is the Light of Consciousness, that light through > which creation can exist, bound up with nature, giving life to > nature through the driving force of desire. > > Rk Ved X, 129, 11 > > "Desire in the beginning came upon that, (desire) that was the first > seed of mind. Sages seeking in their hearts with wisdom found out > the bond of the existent in the non-existent."
Sorry, that's one of my favourite verses , and at least in my book (Vedic Reader for Students, by A.A.Macdonell) that's numba 4. I find the original Vedic so kewl that it's worth presenting here: k�amas t�d �gre s�m avartat�adhi, m�naso r�taH pratham�M yad �asiit. sat� b�ndhum �sati n�r avindan hRd� prat�iSyaa kav�yo maniiS�a. Vocabulary: kaamaH desire tat that = tad ekam [...] the unevolved universe agre in the beginning adhi-sam-avartata came upon manasaH of mind retaH seed prathamam the first yat (desire) that aasiit was sataH of the existent bandhum the bond asati in the non-existent nir avindan (they) found out hRdi in (their) hearts pratiiSya seeking kavayaH sages maniiSaa with wisdom 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/
