Author: sipractce
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Anatomy of our experience – Understanding the Connectors
Knowledge is affiliated with happiness and contentment; Bias leads to end less chain of activities; Ignorance shrouds the knowledge and leads to lack of direction.
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Anatomy of our experience – the Connectors (Gunas)
The three Connectors are: Knowledge (Understanding, Comprehension, Tranquility) —- Sathvikam Bias (Partial Knowledge influenced by attachments and preferences, Turbulence) —- Rajasam Ignorance (Lack of direction, stagnation, Inertia) —- Thaamasam • It is the perception, influence or response to the dominant connector modulated by the other two that we recognize as our “experience”!
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Anatomy of our experiences – Understanding the source
“When consciousness gets connected with anything external to it, an experience is born”. In this definition the key to understanding the “experience” is not a thorough comprehension of the Consciousness or a total understanding of the cognitive universe (anything external to the consciousness). Both these avenues are open for life long exploration. Instead, what we…
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Anatomy of our experience – the source
Thus we have two avenues to answer the question: “Who am I?” • I am Consciousness! • I am a product of my experience (or Vasana). Our evolution in spirituality depends on the clarity and understanding of these two pathways and their interconnection. Anatomy of our experience helps us greatly in such understanding and clarity.…
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From Mr. Watson to Mr. Human
You see, I do not envy you, but I do adore you. Mr. Human, please do feel free to adore me. But, remember you have a lot more in nature that you can model after, than I have within me. So, please do look around and find ways to simulate a lot more of what…
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Valentine’s Day is not just for those in love in the narrow context of human emotions (i.e.): romance. It could very well be the day, to take time to express our genuine respect and affection to the many who add a little charm, the warmth and a feeling of “special” that only a true love…
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On merging into traffic
Oh, there is so much parallel between the experience of merging into the traffic in this winter day and our merging into many aspects of life!
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Life – a collection of discrete events?
To look at life in a dispassionate manner, just like watching a movie, we need the ability to recognize the picture in each frame. Then we can enjoy life, just as we can enjoy the movie. The movie viewing experience can make us one with the story line in the movie. But, we see the…
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Thanks and more ……
About “Silence”, I have compiled the following – including several quotes from the internet. It is something to ruminate upon and carry that thought and practice to daily activity.
