--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So I have apparently confused myself on this > > distinction. It appears > > that in Unity we see everything in terms of > > ourselves, and in > > Brahman, there is fundamentally no 'our self'. Or > > alternatively, > > there is one Self: Brahman. Period. The creation has > > the > > overwhelming characteristic of Wholeness and > > perfection. > > > > So what is Unity? Paradoxically, there appears to be > > a duality in > > Unity because of *the sense of perception of > > Oneness*, the > > perception of Unity. > > > > Whereas in Brahman, there is no perception of Unity, > > there is just > > *being* Brahman. > > > > Is that correct? Although I have experienced Unity > > several times, I > > am not 100% clear about the distinction of Unity and > > Brahman. > > On my TTC in LaAntilla MMY started talking alot about > BC. A distinction he made between UC and BC was that > UC was a state of consciousness and BC was not a > state, but the "wholeness" of consciousness. How this > translates experientially, I do not know! > OK, that jibes with what I thought, and my experience. There *does* appear to be a subtle duality present in UC (despite the name) becuase it is experienced as a distinct SoC. Whereas in Brahman, there is nothing else, and it never changes to something else.
So in my experience, all the other relatively higher states of consciousness come and go, where Brahman is constant. Brahman is the starting point. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
