Greetings Akshay,
How about seven rungs, and then Samadhi? Marsha At 09:51 AM 10/22/2007, you wrote: >Talking of metasouls... a Hindu school of thought (Samkhya) has a >metaphysical perspective that is somewhat close to Pirsig's, but much more >inclusive. The Samkhyans see existence (=*kshetra *or *Prakriti *= the field >or nature) as being composed of three elements (*gunas),* that of >luminosity/purity, activity/passion and inertia/ignorance (*sattwa*, *rajas*, >*tamas*). On a grand scale, humans are sattwic, all the lower orders of life >are rajasic, and inorganic matter is tamasic. But, consciousness (*atma* or >*Purusha*) is the eternal onlooker, completely free from the fundamental >qualities of nature. > >This equates to Pirsig's division of DQ and SQ. There cannot be any "DQ >patterns", because DQ is infinity/consciousness, it is attributeless; it >cannot be seen because it is that by which everything is seen. > >Hence, the concept of metasoul isn't exactly accurate according to >such metaphysics, because whatever perceived metasoul there may be is only a >modification of the qualities of nature. > >The Purpose is to realise DQ/Purusha and its freedom from the qualities of >nature. > >Akshay > >On 22/10/2007, MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At 03:12 PM 10/21/2007, you wrote: > > >Yes! Levels! > > > > > > Seven levels and seven gates... > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ---- > > >From: MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 2:19:02 AM > > >Subject: Re: [MD] The Madman: The Two Hermits > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >What matters is how quickly you do what your soul directs. > > > > > > > > >Has it ever been suggested that the soul has a soul? > > > > > >Moq_Discuss mailing list > > >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > >Archives: > > >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > >http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > >Moq_Discuss mailing list > > >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > >Archives: > > >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > >http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > >Moq_Discuss mailing list >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >Archives: >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
