Trying this again...

Published on May 9, 2005 By dharmagrl In Misc

The JU bugs struck again and for some reason you can't read my last article....so I'll re-post it here.

I'm reading a book that LifeHappens recommended to me when she found out I was going to certify to teach yoga after D comes home and my back is healed up. it's called 'Jivamukti Yoga', and in it I fond the following quote:

'The color of our skin, caste, race, nationality, religion, belief ideology, status, education, culture, tradition etc. pertain only to the body and mind. But the core of our being is infinite, eternal, ever pure, without beginning or end. This core underlies all forms and all changes like an invisible thread in a garland full of various flowers, remaining unsullied and unaffected by these outer manifestations and differences which are the root cause of animosity and antagonism in society.'
~ Swami Nirmalananda, 'A Garland Full Of Forest Flowers'.

Wow....that's beautiful, don't you think?

Comments (Page 1)

Reiki-House

on May 09, 2005

In what form does this 'core' take?

dharmagrl

on May 09, 2005

In what form does this 'core' take?

I personally think it's our soul, but that's just my interpretation. You ought to ask the Swami who wrote it what he thinks the core is.

MasonM

on May 09, 2005

Yes, it's nice.

Moderateman

on May 09, 2005

very cool Dharma, I would like to think my "core" is still good, time will tell huh?

Gene Nash

on May 09, 2005

Reminiscent of the Tao concept of the "that which is beyond all that."

Look, it cannot be seen - it is beyond form.
Listen, it cannot be heard - it is beyond sound.
Grasp, it cannot be held - it is intangible.
...
An unbroken thread beyond description.
It returns to nothingness.
The form of the formless, the image of the imageless, it is called indefinable and beyond imagination.

Gene Nash

on May 09, 2005

In what form does this 'core' take?

The form of the formless, the image of the imageless, it is called indefinable and beyond imagination.

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.

dharmagrl

on May 09, 2005

Reminiscent of the Tao concept of the "that which is beyond all that."

Very much so. The more I read and learn about different faiths, the more I see a common thread. Just as the Tao just 'is', so the core just 'is'.

aeryck

on May 09, 2005

It is similair to this one: "....then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."~ sweet, poisonous necter from under the serpents tongue.

dharmagrl

on May 09, 2005

It is similair to this one: "....then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."~ sweet, poisonous necter from under the serpents tongue.

Aeryck, I don't think it's similar to anyone but you....

MasonM

on May 09, 2005

About as similar as apples and volkswagons.

aeryck

on May 09, 2005

'But the core of our being is infinite, eternal, ever pure, without beginning or end.' ~ Come on Dharma, this is hysterical, you are actually buying into this. Try this again; Romans 3 : 10 - 18

InfoGeek

on May 09, 2005

So, you're saying the soul is not eternal or that the soul is not the center of our being?

IG

dharmagrl

on May 09, 2005

So, you're saying the soul is not eternal or that the soul is not the center of our being?

What the swami is saying, I think, is that yes, the soul is our core and that yes, it is eternal. That's what my personal beliefs are....

MasonM

on May 09, 2005

What the swami is saying, I think, is that yes, the soul is our core and that yes, it is eternal. That's what my personal beliefs are....

I think he was referring to aeryck's attempts to hijack your thread.

InfoGeek

on May 09, 2005

Sorry,
I was questioning aeryck. You (dharmagrl) I understood. I think MasonM is right though. What you and aeryck are talking about is very different.

IG

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