--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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.
What, that RM spoke of levels after liberation? <snip> > 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 You mean without physical bodies? Thats what I was saying. --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). But with or without physical body? > > 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). Maybe he did. I don't know. But in that case we should know how he - Maharishi interprets the same text. > > 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 ;-). Bodily dissolution is inevitable for the physical body. Except if you want to dissolve your body into a statue, like Meera did, or close yourself into a room and dissappear, like it is said of Ramalinga Swami > > I was taught that there were nine levels to this. And I heard there are twelve ;-) 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/
