[Advaita-l] Tamas, physical darkness, is a positive object

[V Subrahmanian]

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 9:46 AM, sreenivasa murthy <narayana145 at yahoo.co.in>
wrote:

> Dear friends,
>   Who is the seer of the tamas? A serious and sincere student of Vedanta
> who is a mumukshu
> should direct his attention to the SEER and never to the SEEN.
> "AtmasaMsthaM manaH kRutvA" so says Bhagavadgita. Why not we heed to this
> advise of the LORD? Any amount of discussion on the seen is a futile
> excercise and and waste of time for a mumukshu who has thirst to know his
> true nature.
>

Sir,

What you say is absolutely true. Yet, the Bhagavadgita for example teaches
the kshetram, the seen, as the reference point for the knowledge of
kshetrajna, the seer. The Vedanta Brahman/Atman is devoid of any attribute
 and that makes the task of the Shruti very difficult. So, it devises the
method of teaching the seer-seen connection to teach the aspirant to focus
on the seer and identify himself with that. Of course the process includes
rejecting the seen as unreal, neti neti.

regards
subbu

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> With respectful namaskars,
> Sreenivasa Murthy
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