[Advaita-l] Entities in liberated state

[Rajaram Venkataramani]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:15 PM, kuntimaddi sadananda <
kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> It is similar to looking at the mirror and seeing the image and from the
> image recognizing the original face. Without the image I cannot see my face
> - yet image is not my face. It has properties of my face as well as the
> properties of the mirror reflecting the face. Mind acts like the mirror and
> ahankaara is the image - pure consciousness is the original face. Original
> face cannot be seen without the mirror and the reflected image in the
> mirror. The concept is somewhat subtle and Shreeman Lalitaalaalita is in way
> correct. Hence it is said that the mind is required for self-realization –
> mana eva manushyaanam …
>
> Thanks - makes sense.