--- In [email protected], "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >snip >The > word transcendental in the Upanishads means "beyond the > material world". >snip
An Important point often lost in TM circles...when we 'transcend' we first achieve awareness of the SELF which is the anandamaya kosha (bliss/ananda covering/kosha), which is still the material world or part of the three worlds (high causal). Once we transcend that, we realize the immanent (omnipresent and the spiritual foundation of the material world but still manifest) Purusha or Soul of the Personal God, MMY's God Consciousness. After we realize the immanent Purusha, (GC) the "all pervading Brahma" or whatever you wish to call it (Krishna, Christ, Buddhic, etc.) THEN we transcend that and achieve the Nirvana or the Absolute Brahman *Unmanifest*. Three levels of unfoldment..."and NO man cometh unto the Father (Brahman) except thru me", which is the God consciousness foundation of the *material* universe as distinct from Brahman the *unmanifest* foundation of ALL Universes! MMY defines the transcendent as beyond the three worlds (physical, astral causal). Remember there is the jiva/individual soul, the greater jiva (or soul of the material world, Brahman's reflection in matter limited by time and space, the personal God consciousness) or the Atman, and then finally there is *unmanifest* Brahman the foundation of all worlds.
