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

Re: WHAT IS BRAHMAN? [Re: vinaire] #13178 - 03/09/02 03:18 PM Edit Reply Quote

Dear Vinaire, I must confess that I have no all-fitting answer for anything beyond the potential. I'm just starting with the questions and answering. About 'resting' in Brahman' these are my own words and understanding of the phenomenon which you call the potential (and D. Chopra and many others) that holds good for me at this moment. For it's my own truth and holding good for me. Only after this I look for the words and older concepts that fitted in my own experiencing concepts. (resting is used not in the meaning of "aaraam" karnaa in Hindi, but just in in the meaning of being present in Brahman as a potentiality) I don't competely agree with you, Vinaire, that if you understand something thoroughly you must explain it in common language. I'll explain this by analogy: A great musician might be a fabulous technician understanding the play with notes, but still be a bad teacher. Take away his speaking faculty, but still he understands the notes. So you can't say that understanding something is right only if you can explain it. The second point in your sentence about the common language doesn't hold good too: What is common language? The type of language we use in this topic is certainly not common language, for the common people might not understand what we are talking about. We have also to understand the way someone is having experiences and giving words to that. Even if the words are generally accepted, still the experience isn't the same for another. Feelings are more powerful than describing those feelings. Has anyone given a right definition of love? Still all can experience love, though differently felt. But that word love, having different meanings for everyone has the same effect on everyone. Anyone may equate anything as suites him, but it holds good for his experience. The mental understanding is just a limited understanding of his expercience. The feeling is what it is about. And that is one's own. Edited by Ishwa on 03/09/02 12:20 PM (server time).