--- In [email protected], "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unity is where ones coherence remains wakeful and includes objects one deep. And Brahmin is where one remains wakeful and their coherence includes objects three deep. This is Maharishi's definition.
I think you misunderstood his definition,or I heard a rather more elegant retelling than the original if you are correct. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: jim_flanegin > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 11:54 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dvaita Vs. Advaita - Epistimological Aspects - Which is Maharishi? > > > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > One apparently cannot determine the state of consciousness of > > another from their actions; probably given the observer/observed > > uncertainty one can never adequately determine the state of > > consciousness of another, if one is not functioning at least from > > Brahman and willing to completely "be" the other, or know the > other > > as oneself. Even in Unity there is room for inaccuracy, as one is > in > > U.C. still potentially perceiving from the POV of an unchallenged > > or "unslain" small-self. > > > > Only in Brahman is one aware of the spatio-temporal > ("impermanent") > > and egoic nature of all the standard seven SoC (and thus sees that > > there is no real difference between "ignorance" > > and "enlightenment"), and even in Brahman one is or may be > > functioning through a "resurrected" small-self, which itself still > > may be quite capable of inaccurate perception-filters and so > on. :-) > > 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. > > > > > > 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 > > a.. Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------------------ 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/
