WHY?

[Uday_Advaita]

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

More: Nothing is what it seems."

May be true!
Yet we all have to go through this life.
Explanations do provide peace of mind.
Sometimes the converse is true.
Namaskar

[Uday_Advaita]

Originally Posted by HITESH SHAH

Perhaps no one. Limited point of view does not give full view. Like sitting in earth we feel earth is flat. But when u step back to space n view it , u know its round.

The full view (?) takes you to the next Why?
Namaskar

[Uday_Advaita]

Originally Posted by snowyowl

X happens because of Y. It sounds like "why" needs a belief in the law of cause and effect, connectedness and time. Does cause and effect exist?

It is difficult for me to believe in any "belief"
There are many thing that happen without any apparent cause.
Science does provide some answers but not all.
Namaskar

[HITESH SHAH]

Originally Posted by Uday_Advaita

The full view (?) takes you to the next Why?

Then is that full view. I m not sure.
However i agree answers can lead to more questions and can eventually be disturbing or confusing.

[Miss Hepburn]

What is the spiritual meaning of Namaskar?
to bow to
With namaskar, the object of the greeting is the supreme consciousness within the other person.
Namaste, however, is typically used to bow to a divine entity, so on a spiritual level, the “you” to whom
the salutation is directed is the divine. ...
Namaskar is composed of three Sanskrit words: Nam, which means “to bow to”

[Unseeking Seeker]

As of my understanding:

God alone is, as The One, in-dwelling all forms

As such there is no separate ego (us)

Liken life to a lucid dream

Each separate entity (us) is an object, the dreamed

Each separate entity (us) is one with the subject (dreamer, God)

Love is the only true God (subject’s) energy, all else thought construct

The thoughts are borne of desires of the separate self (ego/us)

There is no good or bad, merely misalignment (from love)

Karma (suffering) ends when we align with love

Subject and object then merge.

The ego disappears (it never was)

There is no annihilation. All that happens is that we wake up from the dream.

Apart from love alignment, we need to shake off stupor

Once awareness is held in waking, dreaming, deep sleep, we become self-aware

Exiting stagnation (free from attachment, fear, desire), we vaporise

Then karma ends, the purpose of dreaming ends

We witness life in vibrancy till body shell falls

Deeds are done but we do not do them

We resonate God consciousness

[alanantic]

Originally Posted by Unseeking Seeker

As of my understanding:
God alone is, as The One, in-dwelling all forms
As such there is no separate ego (us)...

I've had the lucid experience a few times in my life. I became the Dreamer. If that dreamer is my soul, what about every other character? Do we each have a soul, or is there only...the One? I figure the Soul is just another ego that dissolves into the Infinite when one's finished with the wheel of karma. Is The Dream of consciousness a collective experience? There's a cast of thousands in the Dream. Do they all have the same dreamer? What part of us evolves through incarnations?
So, just a few simple questions... :-P

[Uday_Advaita]

[quote=Miss Hepburn]What is the spiritual meaning of Namaskar?

My understanding about the spiritual meaning of Namaskar is:

The divine in this me bows to the divine in this you.
Namaskar

[Unseeking Seeker]

@ alanantic … Sri Yukteswar Giri is quoted in ‘An Autobiography of a Yogi’ to have said that the presence of form, in any realm signals unfulfilled desire.

We may take this to mean that even though the veil thins, it does not disappear, as long as even the slightest trace of ego (identity) remains. Identity means separation from source or God.

Quite often, we confuse interconnectedness with oneness. Consciousness expansion … great but not oneness. Kundalini energy entwining polarities resulting in bliss … great but not oneness, Samadhi as one without a second … yes, that’s oneness but without awareness; we become bliss and space-time dissolves but then how do we ‘return’ if no one is there? It’s better than deep sleep because here we experience in fullness, whereas deep sleep is just blank but yet … unanswered questions remain.

Where were we? God consciousness. Well, once I experienced the one in-dwelling in all and after I was ‘shown’ this, I got back to mind-body. So, we can say, the one is in multitude forms to experience itself across all vibrations. However, at our present level of understanding, the offered glimpses by grace are experienced but not assimilated. As such, for the moment, we can celebrate our ignorance as the will of God to feel this too!

The progression from third density where we are now is about love enablement, fourth density about unity consciousness, fifth about application of wisdom ingrained (co-creation) … such is the roadmap affirmed in theosophy. As a collective, look around and within, where is love? So the journey seems to be quite long in linear time. So be it. Enjoy!

[alanantic]

[quote=Unseeking Seeker]@ alanantic …

Wow...that's kinda at another level for me. Spiritually, I figure I'm still an obnoxious adolescent in high school. Having the experience of being the Dreamer doesn't mean you wake up to Everything, but I awoke to Something (Soul?).