Ishwa helper Reged: 03/03/02 Posts: 553

Re: Death [Re: Rishi V] #13015 - 03/06/02 08:28 AM Edit Reply Quote

Dear Rishi, The Purush�rthas constitute of Dharma-Artha-K�ma-Moksha. My own interpretation of Purush�rtha would be: that material goal that will lead you towards your own Purusha. And Purusha would mean the intermediate stage between Pr�krita (or manifestion) and Kaivalya or Brahman. In Pr�krita you can reach your Purusha stage through Dharman: this word would mean to me all the non-sexual impressions and expressions. K�ma: all the physical based substitutes for Dharman. Artha: all the material based substitutes for Dharman. Moksha: all the impressions and expressions of Dharman integrated together at every stage to be a complete refexion of Purusha in the world. Only after being complete you can release with what you wanted to be unified. This is Mumukshutva. But Moksha is just the starting point of 'enlightenment". Now, physical or mental defects might be a hint towards a not completely manifesting of the Purusha into Prakrti. This doesn't mean that such a person is "bad". That is only a judgement and should be abandonned. The most plausible reason to be reborn is to get the chance to be completely a Purusha. That is the integral chance to be focused on the Svarupa 'vasth�nam = to rest in one own's essence, instead of being outwardly moving towards manifestation. (Nothing wrong with it, it is a matter of choice!) So being ill is something for the ill person to find out why. For others it is nothing to judge over. As we are interrelated, because of being of the same 'substance' in the manifested world and interconnected through the same consciousness, we have to take care of each other. But taking care of each other must be done with giving each other the time and space to depend temporarily but eventually be independantly moving on their own engine. It's your own thread that will lead you to your own starting point. Summarised: Illness is a relative indication about the balance between Purusha in Prakrti and the "chances" to redirect the attention. None should judge you but yourSelf. Helping others is just being a boost to someone. But it should be done in a neutral way: Not having the goal to help someone, but just doing it being in accordance with your own Self and the one you want to help (which is not allways easy). Just like the sympathetic snares of a Sitar trembling when the main snare is being touched. Maybe I'm completely wrong, but this is the way I can make sense out of it.