--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tom T: > From the shiva sutras third awakening > > 24. When a yogi, after developing awareness of God Consciousness, > transcends the state of Turiya, he enters into Transcendental God > Consciousness. > > 25. Such a yogi becomes one with Shiva. > > 26. For him the austerity is nothing else than the normal routine of > physical life. > > 27. And for such a yogi the daily routine talk becomes the recitation > of real mantra. > > 28. Such a yogi gives as alms to humanity his own knowledge of the Self. > > 29. The yogi, who commands the entire wheel of cognitive and active > organs, is the only means of attaining knowledge of Transcendental God > Consciousness. > > 30. For him the whole universe is the totality of his own energies. > > 31. Living in this world of ignorance or remaining in the > Transcendental God Consciousness is the totality of one's own energies > of consciousness. > > 32. Such a yogi, though apparently engrossed in the daily routine of > life, is in no way separated from God Consciousness. > > 33. Because such a yogi perceives the states of pain and pleasure only > superficially, they, in no case, affect his state of > Supreme-Being-Consciousness. > > 34. Hence he is liberated from the states of pain and pleasure and is > uniquely established in his own nature. > > 35. On the contrary, the one who feels the absence of God > Consciousness in the states of pain and pleasure, is an individual > soul and a victim of recurring births and deaths. > > 36. The one who stands aloof from differentiatedness becomes the > creator and destroyer of the entire universe. > > 37. The energy of creating and destroying the whole universe comes > within the experience of such a yogi just as an ordinary soul > possesses the power to create and destroy during his dreaming state. > > 38. The state of Turiya God Consciousness, that comes into experience > in the beginning and at the end of the other three states (waking, > dreaming, and deep sleep), should be infused and transmitted into > these three states by firmly establishing one's own awareness during > these intervals - beginning and end thereof. > > 39. And by developing such a process, a yogi must transmit the God > Consciousness not only into the three states of individuality but into > the entire universe. > > 40. By the slight appearance of individual desire, one is carried far > away from the state of God Consciousness. > > 41. By firmly establishing one's own Self in the state of Turiya, all > desires disappear and individuality is lost into universality. > > 42. Such a yogi is liberated in life and as his body still exists, his > is called bhuta-kanchuki - having his physical body as a mere covering > just like an ordinary blanket. Hence he is supreme and one with the > universal Self. > > 43. After remaining in this state of universal Transcendental God > Consciousness, the functions of inhalation and exhalation > automatically take place with the object that this whole universe of > action and cognition is united in God Consciousness. > > 44. When one contemplates on the center of Universal Consciousness, > what else remains there to be sought in the practice of prana, apana, > and sushumna? > > 45. When a Shiva-yogi is completely established in God Consciousness, > he experiences this state spontaneously within and without or both. > The End.. > **** There are a few serious defects in perception and understanding of higher states of consciousness and human evolving in points 35 and 36 in these sutras. According to # 35 becoming an individual soul means falling away from the grace of God Consciousness. Development in modern societies has been going towards greater individuation and towards relying on own judgement and discrimination . The modern welfare is based on this shift. Not becoming an individual soul has meant unquestioningly following the group and its traditions and following an absolute ruler. It has meant also the soothing experience of symbiosis and lack of responsibility of one's actions. Democracy isn't an option without individual souls. According to # 36 the one , who stays away from differentiatedness becomes the creator and destroyer of the entire universe. The creator of this point has clearly had a condition that we in modern times with our new discriminative capacity call megalomaniac. The evolving nature goes toward greater differentiatedness in spite of some groupsouls trying to resist this natural law that is the driving force of the manifest phenomenal world. Retranslation #36 to be more according the laws of nature would sound maybe something like this: The one who stays aloof from differetiatedness becomes a preserving force preventing too fast differentiation, and if this force becomes too strong it can destroy the world the person or group has influence over. Also the force of differentiation, if it becomes too strong can destroy the world. The key here is the balance between forces. Evolution, also human consciousness evolution, goes through cycles of differentiation and integration. Modern societies have been for a while intensely focused on differentiation, which has meant individualization and democracy. The release or differentiation of our thinking from the givens set by religious dogma has made it possible for science to flourish etc. It is possible that we have gone too far in the direction of differentiation. We haven't learned yet how to integrate the new level of differentiation to a whole. Many are seeking salvation to this malady from even more differentiation and many take the opposite direction by abandoning the newest level of differentiation and regress back to fundamentalist group thinking. It is much easier to experience the reality as holy, as a vibrant whole, from a lower level of differentiation and discrimination. When reality is perceived as holy, it is called God Consciousness. Many of the gurus who claim themselves being enlightened, have actually this kind reality. They have been capable of integrating to a vibrant whole a lower level of consciousness, than the one many of us in modern societies live. MMY is a prime example of such enlightenment. One serious problem here is that this kind of enlightenment with regression compared to the surrounding society is very difficult to live with in the society. It can be uphold mostly only inside cults. The people inside the cult see the solution to their difficulties and malaise with modern world to be to proselytise the whole nation or world to their group consciousness. Iran is a good example of this kind of experiment and its results. The gate to a new level of enlightenment and God Consciousness is through learning to integrate the present individuated level of consciousness to a new whole, without regressing to group thinking, manipulation, unquestioningly following a megalomaniac charismatic leader. It is a much more demanding task, but something that our world needs now. Irmeli ------------------------ Yahoo! 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