--External Gods may still be worshipped after Brahman Realization
("external" as Brahman, nondifferent); since Ramakrishna was devoted
to Kali before and after Realization, and Ramana Maharshi was devoted
to Arunachala Shiva.
- In [email protected], Angela Mailander
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> My guess on love, truth, and beauty's evolutionary
> purpose (as well as the notion of God, which may be a
> synthesis of love beauty and truth) is that all of
> them have to do with right-brain activity and, more
> importantly, with uniting the two halves of the brain,
> that is, with effecting communications between the
> two halves through the mid-brain--giving a kind of
> "three-dimensionality" to our notion of being
> conscious and alive.
>
> In contrast, a fish has no mid-brain. So his notion
> that he is alive comes from the sensory input of water
> pressure as he is turning left and right slightly as
> he swims. I noted in another post that a fish out of
> water is a "Godless fish." It may be that our notion
> of an "external" God is left over from our fish days.
>
>
>
>
> --- Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> http://www.unleashingthewench.com/images/domebrdrd2.jpg
> > Don't know if
> > the image will show up for online readers, but the
> > link above leads to
> > an image that all of us are familiar with. It
> > pertains to the concepts
> > below. I've tried my best to discover the name of
> > the artist -- anyone
> > know? Edg
> > --- In [email protected], Duveyoung
> > <no_reply@> wrote:
> > >
> > > "Stu" wrote: "Love, truth and beauty is the
> > recognition of this
> > > harmony around us. They are part of nature, its
> > part of us. No
> > > supernatural stuff need apply. Even a hardened
> > materialist can
> > > appreciate the organic unity of these ideals."
> > >
> > > Edg: You know those Necker cubes where the
> > diagram of a "box" shifts
> > > perspectives back and forth before your eyes --
> > with the brain being
> > > challenged to mindfully hold one of two
> > perspectives?
> > >
> > > That's the process of enlightenment to me -- you
> > just suddenly flip to
> > > the other POV. Blake would approve, eh? And this
> > is echoed in the
> > > adages of the masses such as "Fish or cut bait,"
> > "Stand for something
> > > or fall for anything," and/or "Do you see the
> > glass as half full or
> > > half empty." Note that communal wisdom underlines
> > the natural ability
> > > of all folks to DIRECT ONE'S ATTENTION.
> > >
> > > The appreciation of beauty is obviously not so
> > hard wired that it
> > > prevents us from seeing ugliness. I remember
> > taking my children onto
> > > my lap when they were crying or pissed off, and
> > I'd usually be able to
> > > tweak their minds such that they began to laugh
> > even while their tears
> > > or their clenched fists were still griddle hot
> > processes.
> > >
> > > Like that, beauty is always there, but the secret
> > of life is that
> > > ugliness is as valuable as beauty. Yeah, Shiva's
> > needed to dance a
> > > jig -- gotta have a destruction phase to
> > progression.
> > >
> > > In Art there's photorealistic works that amaze one
> > with the exquisite
> > > gem edges, leashed iridescence, and shiny
> > glintings, and we swoon.
> > >
> > > Generally missed by all who view such an artwork
> > is that using one's
> > > eyes to see creates just such an artwork --
> > looking at the back of
> > > one's hand is just such an experience with its
> > 3000 lines per inch
> > > detail, its 10,000 hues seen, its astounding depth
> > of view, its
> > > perfect structures, anatomies, and sense of light
> > -- and, ITS REAL!
> > >
> > > Flip onto that perspective 24/7, eh? -- ya think
> > it might be a mental
> > > technique that would evolve ya? I laugh that
> > there's all these videos
> > > games out there that are straining to achieve
> > realism, yet, every kid
> > > has reality smacking his face like bugs on a
> > windshield on a dark road
> > > in mid-summer Iowa -- like Huxley's birds calling
> > "Attention!" in his
> > > dystopia "Island." Smack, smack, smack.
> > >
> > > Heaven is right there in our faces down to the
> > neenee-nana-nanosecond.
> > > Each view, each sound, each report from any sense
> > is as rich as,
> > > well, as rich as God could create. Try flipping
> > into God
> > > consciousness -- you can do it just like being
> > able to see a Necker
> > > cube change. I think anyone has this ability to
> > suddenly shift into
> > > ephiphany at ANY MOMENT, "caused" by ANY INPUT.
> > >
> > > 'Course, there's no such thing as input, but you
> > know what I mean.
> > >
> > > Edg
> > >
> >
> >
>
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