'Sorting the real from the unreal' and 'Maya; it's all and illusion'.
These two above statements seem to get passed around the Yoga world quite a bit.
In fact it's fair to say that these two sayings are the corner stones of the Yogic philosophy.
If it is 'all and illusion'? then how can there be anything real to sort from it?
This is an interesting conundrum for 'us' deeper researchers into the nature of consciousness, etc.
It makes sense to me that when we are born we have a brand new brain. This brand new brain has certain hardwired programmes already loaded up.
For example suckling, crying, when in discomfort, and pooing when the need arises are very base chakra survival programmes.
As the brain develops physically it has new hard wired programmes switching on at appropriate times. For example crawling, talking etc.
Okay so that's the hardwired programmes, but what about input from outside?
This will usually come in the form of signals of sound and vision. What we see and what we hear will help to shape our (condition of) reality.
And it is here that we can say with some certainty that this version of reality is unique to us, and is therefore an illusion. But it is only an illusion in contrast to the one real overlying reality.
The 'one real' overlying all encompassing reality that exists, is usually quite hard to define as well. We know that the scientists are currently looking for the 'Higgs particle'. The Higgs particle is said to be the missing particle and once it is found it will complete the puzzle of all of the smallest particles known. In other words it will complete the picture of the very building blocks of the so called 'real' world.
So in defining an overlying reality per se we are still in a bit of a pickle. We are in a bit of a pickle because everything we 'think' we see is not real. A chair is merely multiple billions of tiny particles forming a shape that we call 'chair'.
So what are we to do then?
It becomes clearer to understand why some of the so called super Yogi's went into a cave and disappeared from the world for many years or even forever in some cases!
In a sense there is nothing to define reality.
But of course we all know that we do live in this thing called the world. We know this because sometimes it hurts!
Of course any of the above ideas, etc, will only becomes troublesome if we become aware of them or it.
Only some of us will become aware of it. Others will be oblivious to this and carry on living until they die.
It is not a question of higher or lower consciousness, or more or less intelligence. It is, according to the Yogic philosophy, a thing called Karma!
Where you are born, the type of environment, family, existence you are born into, is either completely random, or it is based on some yet unknown cosmic law.
'Who am I ?' is the only question that needs answering.
How can you live a deeply fulfilling life if you do not know who you are?
Hari Om!
'Ignorance is not bliss!'
These two above statements seem to get passed around the Yoga world quite a bit.
In fact it's fair to say that these two sayings are the corner stones of the Yogic philosophy.
If it is 'all and illusion'? then how can there be anything real to sort from it?
This is an interesting conundrum for 'us' deeper researchers into the nature of consciousness, etc.
It makes sense to me that when we are born we have a brand new brain. This brand new brain has certain hardwired programmes already loaded up.
For example suckling, crying, when in discomfort, and pooing when the need arises are very base chakra survival programmes.
As the brain develops physically it has new hard wired programmes switching on at appropriate times. For example crawling, talking etc.
Okay so that's the hardwired programmes, but what about input from outside?
This will usually come in the form of signals of sound and vision. What we see and what we hear will help to shape our (condition of) reality.
And it is here that we can say with some certainty that this version of reality is unique to us, and is therefore an illusion. But it is only an illusion in contrast to the one real overlying reality.
The 'one real' overlying all encompassing reality that exists, is usually quite hard to define as well. We know that the scientists are currently looking for the 'Higgs particle'. The Higgs particle is said to be the missing particle and once it is found it will complete the puzzle of all of the smallest particles known. In other words it will complete the picture of the very building blocks of the so called 'real' world.
So in defining an overlying reality per se we are still in a bit of a pickle. We are in a bit of a pickle because everything we 'think' we see is not real. A chair is merely multiple billions of tiny particles forming a shape that we call 'chair'.
So what are we to do then?
It becomes clearer to understand why some of the so called super Yogi's went into a cave and disappeared from the world for many years or even forever in some cases!
In a sense there is nothing to define reality.
But of course we all know that we do live in this thing called the world. We know this because sometimes it hurts!
Of course any of the above ideas, etc, will only becomes troublesome if we become aware of them or it.
Only some of us will become aware of it. Others will be oblivious to this and carry on living until they die.
It is not a question of higher or lower consciousness, or more or less intelligence. It is, according to the Yogic philosophy, a thing called Karma!
Where you are born, the type of environment, family, existence you are born into, is either completely random, or it is based on some yet unknown cosmic law.
'Who am I ?' is the only question that needs answering.
How can you live a deeply fulfilling life if you do not know who you are?
Hari Om!
'Ignorance is not bliss!'
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