It never ceases to amaze me how relevant the Mahabharata is to real life, or rather, how it seems like a commentary on it. It's so human and applicable to today's world. Every character has to answer the same questions: what do you want? why is it important? and what are you prepared to do about it? Now I find myself asking myself the same questions in regard to any dilemma and amazingly enough an answer is found without much grief.
I learned about three ways mantras take measure of things by the way we make them. This blew my mind. First there is delusion, which is too much subjectivity, or in other words, someone that does not have much connection with something greater than oneself so you dictate your own actions. Next there is, deception, the opposite of delusion, so it is too much objectivity. In other words, you are the product of what others say about you. Lastly there is illusion, which really is the best you can make out of life. In this way, the rabbit both comes out of the hat, but it also comes from other rabbits. This paradoxical duality exemplifies life in that reality is not always what it seems, but is what you make it out to be. Illusion is a twisted balance between delusion and deception where confusion and delerium make way for a deepening of relationships. The goal is not clarification, which is impossible, but instead to more fully experience the so-called reality we live in. Because everything is an illusion, there can be no certainty, so at very best any alleged certainty is a radical probability.
Furthermore, a common illusion is the reason for argument, which is always a question of space and real estate. The issue of the categories of orientation (this/that) and time (then/now) can be encompassed and resolved by the category of space (here/there). One can only bend in space; time and orientation come and pass but cannot be altered at will. We have anunga (limbs) so we can bend space, but snakes have no limbs so they can bend themselves. In this way, we are snakes that grew limbs.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9/19/06
There exists a line between humans and celestials that is differenciated by conditionality. Siva, whole he confers various access to power through weapons, is not interested in taking sides because he is adharmic, amoral, impervious and basically unconditional. Krsna, on the other hand, is a god of expressive preferences and engages humanity. He can cheat (bend the rules of reality) because he is unconditional. Sages, on the other hand, while they can take sides and are disinterested in the effects of conditionality, cannot cheat. As ascetics, they care not about worldly interests, as the world presents nothing they need. However, because they are human, they must remain conditional. They can mess with the conditional world, but not to the same degree as the gods can. As access is power, it is rooted in the sage's immunity and indffierence.
I learned about three ways mantras take measure of things by the way we make them. This blew my mind. First there is delusion, which is too much subjectivity, or in other words, someone that does not have much connection with something greater than oneself so you dictate your own actions. Next there is, deception, the opposite of delusion, so it is too much objectivity. In other words, you are the product of what others say about you. Lastly there is illusion, which really is the best you can make out of life. In this way, the rabbit both comes out of the hat, but it also comes from other rabbits. This paradoxical duality exemplifies life in that reality is not always what it seems, but is what you make it out to be. Illusion is a twisted balance between delusion and deception where confusion and delerium make way for a deepening of relationships. The goal is not clarification, which is impossible, but instead to more fully experience the so-called reality we live in. Because everything is an illusion, there can be no certainty, so at very best any alleged certainty is a radical probability.
Furthermore, a common illusion is the reason for argument, which is always a question of space and real estate. The issue of the categories of orientation (this/that) and time (then/now) can be encompassed and resolved by the category of space (here/there). One can only bend in space; time and orientation come and pass but cannot be altered at will. We have anunga (limbs) so we can bend space, but snakes have no limbs so they can bend themselves. In this way, we are snakes that grew limbs.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9/19/06
There exists a line between humans and celestials that is differenciated by conditionality. Siva, whole he confers various access to power through weapons, is not interested in taking sides because he is adharmic, amoral, impervious and basically unconditional. Krsna, on the other hand, is a god of expressive preferences and engages humanity. He can cheat (bend the rules of reality) because he is unconditional. Sages, on the other hand, while they can take sides and are disinterested in the effects of conditionality, cannot cheat. As ascetics, they care not about worldly interests, as the world presents nothing they need. However, because they are human, they must remain conditional. They can mess with the conditional world, but not to the same degree as the gods can. As access is power, it is rooted in the sage's immunity and indffierence.
posted by Moonshynn at 7:17 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home