This is comparable to the gracious act of an Incarnation in the mythology of Hinduism, when the highest God descends in the form of an illusionary manifestation (Visnu, for example as Krsna) for the sake of the release of devotees, or in the mythology of Mahayana Buddhism when a supremundane Buddha likewise descends. The illumined teacher descends from the transcendental state of being to our lower plane of empirical pseudo-reality for the benefit of the unenlightened. But he condescends to this, conforming to the illusory sphere of the manifold which surrounds him as a reflex, out of compassion, accepting again the attitude of duality because of the urgent desire for instruction on the part of the pupil who has come to him.
"Having himself "Become Brahman by knowing Brahman," the guru understands that there is actually no duality of pupil and guru in his teaching he is therefore living a double life. " Cuts Knot of Sri Vishnu devotee perceives unreality of individuality. It is completely attractive and desirable.” It feels overwhelmingly real, and by comparison with it, our ordinary state of consciousness appears puny and illusory.Ħ. It is an utterly blissful and benign condition of being.ĥ. It is not a fall into unconsciousness but an ascent to perfect wakefulness.Ĥ. The sense of individuality is abolished, an event often spoken as "ego-death.” One's identity is the Identity of all.ģ. Of course, mystics and realizers have seldom kept silent but have typically endeavored to communicate their realization in many different ways in order to illumine others about their great discovery.Ģ.
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It is impossible to describe the transcendental realization, or enlightenment, in satisfactory rational terms, because it is full of paradoxes. Six characteristics are typically mentioned:ġ. Easily the most remarkable thing about them is that across centuries and cultural boundaries, they are astonishingly similar. Their accounts and descriptions are the most important evidence we have for higher consciousness. What is more, our inference is strengthened by the testimony of those who have either temporarily or permanently awakened as higher consciousness "" the great mystics and adepts of the different religious traditions. How do we know all this when we cannot experience higher consciousness through the mind? Here is the simple answer: As with so many things, we can infer its existence and nature from other experiences.
"We call it consciousness because it is not insentient like a rock or vaguely intelligent like a mammal (including human beings), but it is super-awake. Murthy, Associate Advertisers and Printers, 1989 " Appears then in Manipurna Chakra devotee feels unreality of wakeful state.Ĭ. Truth as subtle as the misty shades of the Nepalese Pokhara Hills at dawn.