--- tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Peter writes: > > But there is no person to take credit for it in > > enlightenment. Prior to this there is a sense of > > ownership and responsibility for action and its > > concequences. But in enlightenment it is an absurd > > notion to talk about an individuality. None can be > > located . > > Sparegg Writes: > But the three gunas are still acting in the manner > in which the three > gunas manifest in a body with a certain genetic > makeup and history. > > Tom T writes: > Alistair Scherer tranlation of Patanjali the last > sutras in the book. > > Sutra 31 Knowledge which has been freed from the > veils of impurity is > unbounded. > Whatever can be known is insignificant in its light. > > Sutra 32 This samadhi completes the transformations > of the gunas and > fulfils the purpose of evolution. > > Sutra 33 Now the process by which evolution unfolds > through time is > understood. > > Sutra 34 The gunas, their purpose fulfilled, return > to their original > state of harmony, and pure unbounded Consciousness > remains, forever > established in its own absolute nature. > This is Enlightenment. > > One could also say there is a no longer a small > individuality but it > has merged with and become the cosmic individuality > of which there is > only one of us. Tom T SSRS introduced me to this understanding of self-realization. All experience is identified with and subsumed as "I" until no "other" exists. > > > > > > > ------------------------ 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com ------------------------ 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/
