advaitin] Re: Shri Atmananda's teachings -- 2. The three states

Maniji,

--- In advaitin (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "R.S.MANI" wrote:
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> Namaste, all
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> Sri R.K.Nair wrote in one of his postings:
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> <<< There are several examples in our everyday life. For example,
I say that today I enjoyed a tasty meal. But if we investigate that
act of enjoyment, we find that at the precise moment of enjoyment
neither I, nor the meal was present in the consciousness. It was pure
bliss. But we fail to recognize this, since our focus is on the
objects that we believe to have provided that enjoyment.>>>
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> I have a serious doubt:
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> What about a painful situation? Suppose I cut my finger with a
knife, at the precise moment of pain, what existed (?) in the
consciousness? It cannot be bliss.
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> I think we should also investigate into the moments of pain
otherwise, investigation cannot lead us anywhere.
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The problem is that when we recall the experience pleasure or pain,
we do it from the standpoint of body or mind. And when viewed from
that standpoint, that pleasure seems desirable and pain seems as
something to be avoided. This makes it difficult to investigate any
painful experience.
The investigation can be done on any waking state experience. The
point is that we should not be distracted by the objects that lead to
the experience. The right questions to ask will be : "To whom did
this experience occur? " or " From where did this experience rise?".
That will lead us to the depth of our consciousness, where the
distinctions between pain and pleasure does not exist.


Pranaams,
Raj.