--- In [email protected], "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. Yes, sounds good. > 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. Yes, there is still potentially a duality in Unity. The Unity is (or can be) strictly between the perceiver and the specific object of perception, with the surrounding ambience not being particuarly enlivened or recognized. Hence the four phrases of Mahavakya: I am THAT (C.C.), Thou art THAT (G.C.), All this is THAT (U.C.), and finally THAT ALONE IS (Brahman). To use my old Purusha-Prakriti model, in U.C. Purusha has descended as far down through the (cosmic) body as the Solar Plexus (where the small "I" hangs out), and Prakriti has ascended up through the body to the same spot, but as they have not yet overlapped, the small "I" still subtly thinks it exists and is holding everything together; is actually experiencing these things :-) > Whereas in Brahman, there is no perception of Unity, there is just > *being* Brahman. Yes, Brahman is not really a specific state of consciousness like the standard seven; it is merely perfection now. To use the above model, the time-space existence of or identification through the small self is finally "extinguished" as Purusha and Prakriti overlap, so that "Brahman" is neither absolute nor relative, nor both together, nor neither, and so on. There can be perception of (or via) Unity, G.C., or C.C., or waking, or dreaming, or sleeping, or perhaps more accurately all of these will be going on simultaneously, and where one "is" is simply a question of focus in this moment -- on which aspect of oneself one is attending to and through. In Brahman, the double-cone of consciousness has realized itself alone, and that all the beloved states of consciousness are merely conic sections of itself: point (sleep), line (dream), plane (waking), circle (TC), ellipse (CC), parabola (GC), hyperbola (UC). > Is that correct? Although I have experienced Unity several times, I > am not 100% clear about the distinction of Unity and Brahman. Yes, you can "experience" Unity, but you cannot "experience" Brahman -- Brahman experiences you :-) ------------------------ 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/
