--Everything is already Absolute Being, so there's no "more" Being. Must refer to a type of Rainbow Light Body, enabling the physical body to translate into pure Light at or near death. (supposedly what happened with Chaitanya, the inventor of the Hare Krishna Movement).
- In [email protected], bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "at_man_and_brahman" > <at_man_and_brahman@> wrote: > > > > Are these points attributed to Maharishi? > > > > ********* > > Looks authentic -- but would certainly be the first time I have ever > heard of the 8th and 9th states of consciousness delineated by the > TMO: > > "9. State: Krishna Consciousness. Pure consciousness does not only now > prevail in > the body, but it has transformed every last trace of the eight > elements in the > body into absolute Being. Maharishi: " This is the body made of > absolute Being." > Starting with the all-knowingness of Brahman Consciousness we now > also add > physical omnipresence and omnipotence, however, there is no being that > could > ever be completely equal to God. Even in Krishna Consciousness, on the > absolute > pinnacle of any developmental possibility, one is still an individual, > who can > think "only one thought at a time" (although with maximum speed). Only > God alone > can think infinitely many thoughts at a time, however, we human > individuals can > transcend (in the end) even our individual personality and in > Mahasamadhi become > one with God, as Guru Dev before us has done. Then we are again > completely one > with the source of all beings. - 5200 years ago in Vrindavan, in His > terrestrial > incarnation, as the ninth avatar, > Krishna had an absolute body and Krishna Consciousness and was revered > as the > embodiment of transcendence and as the incarnation of Vishnu's > transcendental > aspect - > > Finally a word on the heavenly body (which we humans also can attain > in the 8th > state, before the "second level of Brahman Consciousness"). The devas > under > Indra, the king of the Gods, have a heavenly body which is without > boundaries, > so that they can watch over and administer their own law of nature > everywhere in > the universe simultaneously. In this body the element Akasha becomes > prevalent, > and the four low elements: earth, water, fire and air are completely > refined and > only " available in seed form"... this last trace of the relative > world is > necessary so that the devas are able to be active in the world. > Infinite harmony > and pure Sattwa are prevalent in them, but Moksha, spiritual > liberation or > complete enlightenment is not available for the devas. They sometimes > therefore > accept a human birth in order to disseminate the highest knowledge > (as did > Bhishma, the Eights of the Vasu Devas, the son of Ganga Devi, or the > five > Pandawas: Yudhishthira, Arjuna, Bhima, Nakula and > Sahadeva, each of whom, in ancient times, all already reined once as > Indra over > the devas). >
