--- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > > If Brahman is One without a second, how can it > > > be said to have a POV? Having a POV implies > > > the existence of a *different* POV, which would > > > in turn imply something other than Brahman ("a > > > second") to hold that different POV. > > > > > > You could say Brahman encompasses *all* POVs, I > > > guess. But not only would that flummox your > > > point, you would get into the Four Negations, in > > > which Brahman cannot be said either (1) to have > a > > > POV or (2) no POV, nor (3) all POVs, nor (4) > > > neither a POV nor no POV. (With apologies to > > > Nagarjuna.) > > > > And in the forgoing koan the mind must stop in the > > impossibility of comprehending that which is > utterly > > outside of its capacity to recognize. > > What's interesting (to me, anyway) is that the > mind is perfectly capable of recognizing the > logic that puts Brahman beyond its capacity > to recognize, but cannot, of its own accord, > take it the next step and shut the hell up. > > Or mine can't, anyway... Isn't that amazing? Curse of the mind. It says, yeah, yeah, I know, but.......yada, yada, yada. A petty tyrant. It can bring you to the door, but it can't enter.This is why sustained experiences of Brahman (as Atman) "blow" the mind. The mind looses the stranglehood it used to have and can't function in the same way. > > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
