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Default Re: conch shell - 11-11-2000, 08:30 PM

--- In advaitin (AT) egroups (DOT) com, "jody " <jodyrrr@h...> wrote:
> --- In advaitin (AT) egroups (DOT) com, "jennifer macdonald" <jetanoir@h...>
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >Hi all...

> >
> > I was thinking that the conch sybolized the call of the

absolute...
> >
> > Blessings, jen

>
> Hey Jen.
>
> The call of the Absolute. I believe that according to Advaita,
> the Absolute makes no calls. That is, there is only the One,

without
> a second, and therefore there is nobody for the Absolute to call.


?

>
> To put it another way, from the "regard" of the Absolute, there is
> only the Absolute. It doesn't "see" anything other than Its
> undifferentiated Self.
>
> Now, the Atman resides in that secret chamber of the heart, and
> deep within, your heart may be calling, telling you that the Atman
> lies there.


Isn't Atman, the Brahman EVERYTHING.
The call & the caller & the one called.
Absolute Is the relative.

IMO

Colette

So by all means hear the call and dive deep into your
> own heart. There you will find yourself as the One, and realize
> that you were never anything else to begin with.


>
> --jody.
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