Which comes first, the 'Soul' or the 'Body'?... Do you remember being in the 'Womb'? Where were you between 'Lives'...? When you drop the body, will you still 'Exist'? Does your body know it 'Exists'... Or is 'Consciousness' the 'First Cause'?
--- In [email protected], cardemaister <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > "Every experience has its level of physiology, and so unbounded awareness > > has its own level of physiology which can be measured. Every aspect of life > > is integrated and connected with every other phase. When we talk of > > scientific measurements, it does not take away from the spiritual > > experience. We are not responsible for those times when spiritual > > experience was thought of as metaphysical. Everything is physical. > > Consciousness is the product of the functioning of the brain. Talking of > > scientific measurements is no damage to that wholeness of life which is > > present everywhere and which begins to be lived when the physiology is > > taking on a particular form. This is our understanding about spirituality: > > it is not on the level of faith --it is on the level of blood and bone and > > flesh and activity. It is measurable." > > > > -Maharishi Mahesh Yogi > > > > Well, actualla, one of the "nicknames" of Vedaanta-suutra > is 'shaariiraka-suutra': > > zArIraka mfn. bodily , corporeal &c. (= %{zArIra}) ; n. the soul or > embodied spirit or the doctrine inquiring into its nature MW. ; = %{-sUtra} > Veda7ntas. ; N. of an Upanishad (cf. %{-ko7paniSad}) and of a medical wk. by > S3ri1-mukha ; du. bodily joy and pain BhP. >
