--- In [email protected], "BillyG." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > 271:5 ... That future life is reached by two roads; p. 272 one, the > > Devapatha, leading to the world of Brahman (the conditioned), > > That would be the path of the Devas/Gods/Angels/Shining Ones or the > *dynamism* MMY talks about, conditioned..by space and time. > > > > beyond > > which there lies one other stage only, represented by knowledge of and > > identity with the unconditioned Brahman; > > The 'unconditioned' Brahman is the *Silence* part of the two fold > transcendental absolute, Cosmic Consciousness or Nirvikalpa Samadhi. > > > > > > > the other leading to the world of the fathers, and from thence, after > > the reward of good works has been consumed, back to a new round of > > mundane existence. > > That is the heaven world where one is rewarded for good karma, but not > freedom for Samsara, (the wheel of rebirth). > > > There is a third road for creatures which live and die, worms, > > insects, and creeping things, but they are of little consequence. > > > Of little consequence.... > > > Now it is quite clear that the knowledge which king Kitra possesses, > > and which Svetaketu does not possess, is that of the two roads after > > death, sometimes called the right and the left, or the southern and > > northern roads. These roads are fully described in the > > Khândogya-upanishad and in the Brihad-âranyaka, with certain > > variations, yet on the whole with the same purpose. > > The Northern road is the upward path of the prana leading to the 7th > chakra or spiritual illumination and freedom from rebirth. > > > The northern or left road, called also the path of the Devas, passes > > on from light and day to the bright half of the moon; > > Up the spine to the brain. > > the southern or > > right road, called also the path of the fathers, passes on from smoke > > and night to the dark half of the moon. > > Back to rebirth due to unworked out karma. > > > > Both roads therefore meet in the moon, but diverge afterwards. While > > the northern road passes by the six months when the sun moves towards > > the north, through the sun, (moon,) and the lightning to the world of > > Brahman, the southern passes by the six months when the sun moves > > towards the south, to the world of the fathers, the ether, and the > moon. > > One is temporary enlightenment (return to rebirth) and one is > permanent (no return). > > > The great difference, however, between the two roads is, that while > > those who travel on the former do not return again to a new life on > > earth, but reach in the end a true knowledge of the unconditioned > > Brahman, those who pass on to the world of the fathers and the moon > > return to earth to be born again and again. > > Until they take the Northern path.... > > > http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe01/sbe01239.htm > > The northern and southern paths are symbolic of the two directions of > the kundalini shakti, Northern going up towards Cosmic Consciousness > or the brain and Southern coming downwards towards the body or > reincarnation.
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