On Apr 11, 2006, at 6:03 PM, t3rinity wrote: > --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In this case I believe what Adi Da is referring to is "talking > > school" is the Satsang "school"--it's his choice of english words > for > > his (primarily) western audience. > > No, Vaj, thats not the point here. He was referring to two schools at > Advaita, as if one was talking (shravana) and the other one was > practising (nididhysana), but that has never been a distinction within > Advaita as 'schools' Its simply a making up by AdiDa, who really > speaking is making up his own system, is more a sort of a shaktipath > guy in the Muktananda line, and that is just a different path. >
That is the point Adi Da is making irregardless of what you or I think. Adi Di, in some peoples estimation, is one of the first Non-Dual adepts in America, possibly the west, to lay out the possibility of that transmission to those who were ready. Most were/are not. So he developed a graduated path till people were ready for what came to teach, what he came to transmit. According to his spiritual autobiography, he went beyond Muktananda. Did he? I cannot say. Actually Muktananda's one successor is an old friend of mine. He is an adept in Advaita Vedanta, trained and tested by a close friend of Mukti's who was a realizer of that path. You've never seen everything. Appearances aren't always what they seem. > > It is also interesting because it > > brings into play the role of *intellectual illumination* which is a > > style of realization often ignored in the satsang/Neo-advaita > > setting. I have a wonderful example of this of a Christian > meditator, > > where the entire group shared the experience. It is temporary, > > although deeply illuminating. > > > > "minimal, weak, superficial, temporary, and merely mental (or > > intellectual)" as he puts it. > > Well, if it was merely mental, then it simply didn't refer to the goal > of the Advaitic teaching. Yes. But it gave a taste and an illumination of sorts that illuminates that path. I posted the video, watch it--I'd love to hear your comments. > That may use the mind, but necessarily goes > beyond it. And unfortunately for you, Christians are not really the > authorities on Jnana Yoga or immediate enlightenment. Well this particluar person was familiar with the non-dual path of the east. Are they precisely the same? No. > Otherwise they > wouldn't be Christians anymore. They are Bhakti yogis of some sort, > and as such he simply told his opinion. Well we all have hearts. :-) > > > We should not overlook this experience of super-subtle thought. > > Which? 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/
