"What the hell does purity mean anyway?" As in Satva (clarity, equanimity) seems an inner quality and Tamas, Rajas outer manifestations of it somehow. I still remain tamasic without the emotions of anger, guilt, shame, self-centeredness which are predominant weaknesses of Tamas as opposed to say pride, greed, power/domination, jealousy, selfishness which could be the weaknesses of Rajas.
________________________________ From: Ravi Yogi <raviy...@att.net> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, November 28, 2011 10:55:11 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vag worse than just dishonest,much worse Yep - Rajas for activity and Tamas for inertia. For me Sattva is something that pervades both - so you can be satva-tmas or satva-rajas. I don't really buy the dictionary, scriptural references. What the hell does purity mean anyway? For people with predominant tamas, tantra - indulge with awareness - no goal to be reached. For one with Rajas - yoga, path of perfection, goals to be reached - suppression with awareness. I was pretty tamasic, and like I said I could indulge in my 3 S's of spirituality any time of the day. My struggle most of my life was with my energy, no issues with restless mind, no need for any goals, need to quieten my mind. If I didn't have existence doing everything for me I would have ended up as the most laziest loser on this planet. ________________________________ From: Emily Reyn <emilymae.r...@yahoo.com> To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Mon, November 28, 2011 10:49:01 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vag worse than just dishonest,much worse Huh? I have to look everything up. Today I learned some latin from Judy..."casus belli"....justification for war. Now.... Darkness, inertia and resistance to action---praying to fulfill base desires? I need context :) * In the Samkhya school of philosophy, tamas (Sanskrit / तमस् tamas "darkness") is one of the three gunas (or qualities), the other two being rajas (passion and activity) and sattva or purity). Tamas is the template for inertia or resistance to action. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamasic * Tamasic desire resulting in worship typically has the worshiper praying to fulfill base desires and dispel fear. www.hindupedia.com/en/Worship >________________________________ > From: Ravi Yogi <raviy...@att.net> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 10:44 PM >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vag worse than just dishonest,much worse > > > >Oops..yes as in I can smoke, have sex and sleep at any time of the day >effortlessly, I'm utterly tamasic. Blessed are the tamasics, with awareness >they >can transcend faster. > > >Cursed are the rajasic who need to quiet their restless minds with sadhana, >seva >and satsang. > > > >________________________________ >From: Emily Reyn <emilymae.r...@yahoo.com> >To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Mon, November 28, 2011 10:40:10 PM >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vag worse than just dishonest,much worse > > >"and I could these any time of the day effortlessly and didn't need any mantra >for that." > >And you could _____(fill in the blank) these any time of the day.....? > >>________________________________ >> From: Ravi Yogi <raviy...@att.net> >>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >>Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 10:34 PM >>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vag worse than just dishonest,much worse >> >> >> >> >> >> >>________________________________ >>From: authfriend <jst...@panix.com> >>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >>Sent: Mon, November 28, 2011 10:22:48 PM >>Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vag worse than just dishonest,much worse >> >> >>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi <raviyogi@...> wrote: >>> >>> Right.. Not the linguistic origins, scriptural authority or >>> caste but the pure shakti infused by a self realized master. >>> >>> Personally mantra chanting made me sleepy and bored, so even >>> though I got a mantra from my Guru during my first meeting >>> upon the insistence of my ex I never chanted it for too long >>> and discontinued it soon after. >> >>For the record, with TM one doesn't chant the mantra but >>entertains it mentally. (But some TMers say even that makes >>them sleepy and bored...) >> >> >>Yes of course, you have clarified that before - I wouldn't have known >>otherwise. >> I was never restless so mantras or chanting them made me pretty sleepy. As I >>have said before for fools the 3 S's of spirituality are Sadhana, Satsang and >>Seva. Mine were Sex, Sleep and Smoke and I could these any time of the day >>effortlessly and didn't need any mantra for that. >> >> >> >> >> > > > >
