Guest guest Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 Thankyou for your comments. Can someone tell which way is the correct way of meditation ? will it be search for Self or search for God ? Is self one with the God or not ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 Hari Om There are numerous ways of meditation, numerous paths to follow. Yoga itself has so many different types and methods of meditation that one can really become confused. I believe its essential firstly to find the method that suits one most, and secondly to find a guru. The techniques are all written in the yogic books, one can find meditational methods in many books of all esoteric kinds, a guru will give a different boost to the disciple's sadhana though. Self and God are just two words that are trying to symbolize something. One could as well express the idea of God as "greatest source of energy", "the perfected self". I dont think God is entity like the deities we are familiar with. I think, in the proccess of evolution, every "self" can become "Self" or "God" or whatever you choose to call the perfected state of existence. The search of the self will automatically lead you to god, as god is within, in your being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2004 Report Share Posted October 29, 2004 It needs a little bit of more explanation. Is self other than God ? Is God Other than pure potentiality and pure consciousness? Can we safely say self is god himself encircled in Maya? Can we assume Pure consciousness, when differentiates becomes God? And lastly, if self in us is already a part of liberalised pure Soul then who is it who needs liberation? who is suffering ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2004 Report Share Posted October 29, 2004 Jai Krsna,Srila Prabhupada's Srimad BhagavatamClass,I sent in,answers this question very nicely, Your servant Jaya Kesava Dasa - "beirut_ka_baba" <no_reply> <> Thursday, October 28, 2004 11:20 PM Re: Meditation > > > It needs a little bit of more explanation. > > Is self other than God ? > Is God Other than pure potentiality and pure consciousness? > > Can we safely say self is god himself encircled in Maya? > Can we assume Pure consciousness, when differentiates becomes God? > > And lastly, if self in us is already a part of liberalised pure > Soul then who is it who needs liberation? who is suffering ? > > > > > > Links > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 "Is self other than God ? Is God Other than pure potentiality and pure consciousness? Can we safely say self is god himself encircled in Maya? Can we assume Pure consciousness, when differentiates becomes God? And lastly, if self in us is already a part of liberalised pure Soul then who is it who needs liberation? who is suffering ?" For a student of Vedanta these are very standard questions and standard answers are available in plenty. In any case here are some Vedantic thoughts on the subject. It is the Jiva or the ego who is suffering and is covering the Self in the form of ignorance. This veil of ignorance needs to be removed to bring out the immaculate ever shining Self and that is liberation. Then what is Jiva? Jiva is a reflection of pure Aatma through the instrument of the intellect, which gives rise to the wrong notion that I am the body, also known as ego or more correctly the false ego. How can the pure Aatma give rise the wrong notion that "I am the body"? It is because the reflection takes place through intellect, which is a part of the subtle body and here we the accumulated experiences stored of our past millions and billions of incarnations through 8.4 M species of life forms. Therefore there is a very strong inherent conviction within us that "I am the body". By God's grace human incarnation is a rare opportunity where efforts can be undertaken to break down this ignorance that "I am the body". Please don't lose this God given opportunity to shed this ignorance. We cannot be sure of our next birth, what form it might take? Gita says it is the last thought that determines our next formation, for example if we have an attachment to the pet in the house and the thought of that pet came in front of us just before death, it is easy enough to imagine, what might happen and there are instances of such happenings given in the Hindu Scriptures. God, Self, Aatma, Consciousness, Awareness, Brahman, Krishna are all synonymous terms. It is the greatness of Hinduism that it gives us a choice. Hari Om, Hare Krishna, radhakutir *********************************************************************** "The Supreme Reality stands revealed in the consciousness of those who have conquered themselves. They live in peace, alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, praise and blame..." ~The Bhagavad Gita - Please visit our website on Vedanta: http://www.geocities.com/radhakutir and also http://www.geocities.com/vedicfoundation ********************************************************************** Quotation "Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps" Quentin Crisp (b. 1908), British author. The Naked Civil Servant, ch. 2 (1968). The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations is licensed from Columbia University Press. 1993, 1995 by Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 God, Self, Aatma, Consciousness, Awareness, Brahman, Krishna are all synonymous terms. It is the greatness of Hinduism that it gives us a choice. ya namasivayam --- SRI RADHA KUTIR <radhaktr wrote: > > "Is self other than God ? > Is God Other than pure potentiality and pure > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2004 Report Share Posted November 7, 2004 - In , beirut_ka_baba <no_reply> wrote: > > Thankyou for your comments. > > Can someone tell which way is the correct way of meditation ? > will it be search for Self or search for God ? Is self one with the > God or not ? Hello, Search for self means search for spirit Is it possible to go near the spirit? How many of us think about it? normally we remeber one's spirit after his death to be in peace. namasivayam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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