On May 17, 2005, at 2:59 PM, t3rinity wrote: > Too bad :-( maybe you don't like Maharishis. You like scholars.
Not particularly. > > As in many things I think Ramana is full >> of it--although I do realize he is an icon among a certain set. >> Videha-mukti is sometimes misinterpreted as being after the body goes, >> but that is an error. It refers to something entirely different. > > You say it, but I haven't seen any other interpretation yet. Ramana > was very well aware of stages with self-realization, ie. after being > liberated, according to a friend who came close to one of his very > close discoples (Annamallai Swami) Yet he sees Videha Mukti as being > after death. Yes, yes, I've heard that too. > IMO its all interpretation, and you can interpret > anything into the text you want. Unity is a term Maharishi uses. How > you know its Videha? Have you asked Maharishi? Videha is described various ways. In reference to videha it is being bodiless while still maintaining a body. Some say you retain mahat, ahamkara and mind as videhas--yet others say that videhas only maintain the linga (i.e. the mahat). If there is any controversy over videha IMO, that is the only relevant one (not whether it occurs before or after death). As I said the recent trans. by Shearer, which someone here stated M. was recommending as 'the one to use', states that this is one of the terms for unity c. (videha-mukti). My understanding is that Videha is a process and should not be thought of as a singular event. While bodily dissolution could be the end result, it is not necessarily the desired result ;-). I was taught that there were nine levels to this. 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/
