JIVA-MAN

[M & E Shearn]

>Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 10:14:51
>To: "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar at braincells.com>
>From: M & E Shearn <peacewrk at snet.net>
>Subject: Re: JIVA-MAN
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>>You mean if this supposedly realized person was a soldier and after his
>>"realization" he went back to shooting people there would be no effect?
>>That's ridiculous.
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>what was that little dity Sri Krishna sang to Arjuna
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>>Your view is only tenable if this whole
>>jiva/brahman/karma interaction was occuring in isololation.
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>nothing occurs Jnana. there is no interaction in non-duality
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>>It isn't.
>says a Jnani?
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>>If
>>a person is truly realized they understand the futility of karma and avoid
>>it.
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>there is no such thing as a realized "person", except to the unrealized
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>>The original question was whether it was possible to attain jnana and
>>continue in ones worldly life.  The answer is simple.  No.
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>true Jnana is ununtainable, it is here and now, no place 'other'
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>om shanti
>ej
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