Re: Defining future incarnations
Originally Posted by
yajvan
hariḥ oṁ
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namast
I for one can say with certainty I have not experienced bliss. On occasion I have had moderate doses of happiness and a sprinkle of joy now and then, but nope, no bliss that I can record on my watch. I say this because I cannot speak with any authority on it being potentially boring - perhaps it is so.
Yet on the opposite end of the spectrum are the experiences that life brings. I had this in great doses for the last 60 years. Here I can speak from experience. If given the choice by grace, unfoldment or providence, I will take liberation (mokṣa) in a millisecond. Why so? It is not for the potential experience of bliss. If others want this, I am happy for your choice and desire to accumulate this experience.
For me - it is all about returning home, returning to the wholeness (anāhata) and fullness of Being. It is this that is at the core of my thoughts day-in and day-out. If there is joy to this perhaps it is svātmārāma - taking pleasure in or contented with one's Self; then there is no need for other desires or outside distractions or future manifestations that may come to pass ... it is just to return home.
praṇām
1. anāhata is defined as unbeaten , not multiplied. It is another way of saying the 'wholeness' state of Being
The returning home, moksha, wholeness, is bliss itself.
If you found out that you were god, dreaming a life for yourself, and that you were identical with the external world, you would ask yourself: "So, what would I have happen to me in my life? what would be my perfect drama?":cool1:
You died, and death was complete freedom from suffering - bliss. But it very quickly got lonely and repetitive in bliss, so you decided to be born once more. You've been doing this forever.
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