I thought you had a more abstract World-View..??
qntmpkt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 01:22:36 -0000
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Visualizing the E8 root system
--Right, very eloquent; but I see no evidence that Krishna is the
Lord of the Universe, in a relative sense. My candidate: The
Scientology God, Xenu.
- "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .> wrote:
>
> > > Isn't the Absolute Being synonymous with Natural Law,
> > > the Creator of an Intelligent Design?
> > >
> > MMY wrote a book called "The Science of Being and
> > the Art of Living" that should be helpful to you in
> > understanding the basics of what he teaches.
> >
> So, there is a Science of Being and Intelligent Design
> which MMY wants to teach in public schools. Now I'm no
> longer confused.
>
> Excerpt from Maharishi's commentary on Bhagavad Gita 4.6:
>
> "Although manifest creation, which includes men and other
> creatures, springs from the unmanfest, its manifestation
> is by virtue of prakriti. But the divine manifestation of
> the unminanifest Being, which comes to re-establish the
> forgotten wisdom of life, is by virtue of 'Lila-shakti' ,
> which is the very power of the Absolute, an integral part
> of Its transcendent divine nature.
>
> Surgery is the inseparable power of the surgeon. Sometimes
> it is active, as when the surgeon works at the operating
> table, but at other times it is latent, as when he is
> resting at home. Lila- shakti (the play-power of Brahman)
> functions in an analogous way, and by virtue of this the
> unmanifest, ever remaining in its absolute state, manifests
> into creation.
>
> The almighty nature of the eternal Being thus maintains
> Reality in both Its aspects, absolute and relative. The
> Lord says: 'remaining in My own nature I take birth' just
> as the sap in a tree appears as a leaf and a flower without
> losing its quality as sap, so the unmanifest Being, remaining
> unmanifest, imperishable and eternal, takes birth. Nothing
> happens to the Absolute, and yet the Incarnation of the
> Absolute springs up, by virtue of Its own nature.
>
> Here the Lord is saying - While remaining in My own nature
> I take birth through My power of creation, and through that
> I function; that is how I remain unbound and at the same
> time am able to restore law and order in creation."
>
> CBG p. 189
>
> "Though I am unborn and of imperishable
> nature, though Lord of all beings, yet
> remaining in My own nature I take birth
> through My own power of Creation." - BG 4.6
>
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