|
|
 |
|
| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
porcupine
USA
193 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 26 2010 : 11:46:43 AM
|
Om!
Someday you'll be lying / there in a nice trance / and suddenly a hot / soapy brush will be / applied to your face / --it'll be unwelcome / --someday the / undertaker will shave you
--Jack Kerouac, Scattered Poems
So I'm studying The Taittiriya Upanishad and it has really enlivened my meditation practice once again, and I'm learning lots of new sanskrit terms like vijnana - consciousness, and manas - mind. Its interesting how it seems to weave together all the yogic essays I've read before by famous teachers, in an even more simple manner, I guess its true all of it derives from these texts, sometimes it can be a little hard to understand but I feel like it has come to me at this point for a reason, because finally I AM ready to understand. I like how it instructs to recourse to devotion, and then provides basic insights that then through self exploration begin to reveal their true magnitude, while at the same time being relatively simple. It also acknowledges the fairies, and one of its the first time I've seen that in a Hindu text. It makes the interrelation of jnani and bhakti seem a lot smoother than it was for me before, when I tried to do it without a guide.
I found this podcast from April 25th, which also seemed to magnify things, all seems very cohesive now, and a cleansing rain has fallen.
Peace and love to you all
Om
|
|
| |
Topic |
|
|
|
| AYP Public Forum |
© Contributing Authors (opinions and advice belong to the respective authors) |
 |
|
|
|
explosion of love! swamiji's insight into bhakti
