WHO DIES BEFORE DYING, DOES NOT DIE AFTER DYING
Consequently, the Great Cosmic Wisdom Chinnamasta whose representation is headless, is the Great Cosmic Wisdom who helps the sincere and devoted yogi to dissolve his or her mind, ... #SanatanDharma #Hinduism
including all the ideas, attachments, habits, preconceived ideas into the Pure Divine Consciousness, helping him or her to transcend the mind and to merge with the supra-mental state (unmana) of the Divine Beatific Void. #SanatanDharma #Hinduism
This is why we need not fear the loss of our head or of time, because sooner or later death takes us all through the great passage, regardless whether we want it or not. #SanatanaDharma #Hinduism
In fact, the only path to the spiritual awakening is the so-called “sacrifice of the mind”, implying the renunciation at the complicated mechanism of attachment and possession thoughts, of which the most persistent is the idea “I am the body”. #SanatanDharma #Hinduism
In spiritual tradition this is symbolized by cutting off of the head, indicating separation of mind from body, or freedom of consciousness from material outfit of physical body.
On the other hand, it helps release of the potential subtle energies in practitioner’s being.
We can still ask ourselves: why does this concept need to be pictured in the terrible image of Chinnamasta when it could be explained and analyzed theoretically in less “shattering” conditions? #SanatanDharma #Hinduism
The answer is that usually the visual images have greater and more dramatic impact on the subconscious determining faster and more forceful changes in one’s conceptions and actions, and achieving more effective breaks to the essential nature than a theoretical lecture.
Generally, the mind can accept points of view presented in a theoretical lecture & still avoid the reality of teachings, while the impact of image can't be avoided as easily, because the image “communicates” more intensely & more directly with spiritual heart of the being.
Suffering caused by sacrifice of ego represents a tough experience that most try to avoid, although they admit its spiritual importance.
Such an experience usually causes a complete re-orientation of energies towards deeply spiritual purposes & is seen akin to a “second birth”.
The terrible image of Chinnamasta is the most expressive way to suggest the fundamental transformation of human being, meaning the renunciation at the limited & ephemeral individuality of the ego, so as to be absorbed ecstatically in plenitude of God’s Universal Consciousness.
Iconographical representations of Chinnamasta show her holding her own head, which she cut herself in her right hand & drinking blood springing from open throat.
Her face does not indicate suffering, or pain, but it shows the beatific feeling of contentment and beatitude.
Significance of this aspect is of joy of transcending earthly state & of the suffering caused by its loss.
At the same time, Chinnamasta’s image represents the most energetic manifestation of the goddess Shakti eloquently indicating the power of transformation in full action.
As a result of this fact, the cut head does not appear as lifeless, but it is even more alive than previously. The consciousness is not limited at the dimensions and functions of the body, but it exists separately from it. #SanatanDharma #Hinduism
Only when its freed from prison of body the consciousness can express itself, acquiring profound divine freedom & knowledge.
Human beings experience a fraction of game of divine light in manifestation & it can be reflected & mostly distorted via limited capacities of sense perception.
Thus bodily & sensory pleasure offered is mostly lesser than pain & illness people have to face during a lifetime.
From this point of view, in which the yogi feels incarcerated in the prison of the senses and bodily desires, the Great Cosmic Wisdom Chinnamasta appears as the Saviour from the slavery of the gross matter. #SanatanDharma #Hinduism
In the ecstasy of happiness she experiments all the time, Chinnamasta can drink all the blood that here expresses the joys & sufferings, pain & hopes of the earthly life, absorbing and sublimating the whole fragmented experience of time, with its disappointments and illusions.
Chinnamasta does this extraordinary process of absorption and transformation of all that is ultimately ephemeral and illusory without forgetting her essentially divine nature, which is the very immutable and eternal nature of the Supreme Self Atman. #SanatanDharma #Hinduism
Although the form 8n which she appears to the mortals is terrible and frightening, Chinnamasta represents one of the beneficial and deeply transforming energies of the Macrocosm, and of the microcosm. #SanatanDharma #Hinduism
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Shukracharya: A great knowledgeable person who was respected even by Devas and Saints. He was an expert in Political Science. He founded the Shukra Niti. In his niti he has laid down the following points:
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One should never reveal certain things in front of others.
It’s great if you are loved and respected by all, but don’t show it off in front of others- doing so will lower your respect in the eyes of others
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If you have to face insult at any point in your life, it’s best to keep it to yourself; telling that to everyone you know will make you feel insulted in front of others as well.
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Tantra is an abstract religion, it doesn't have a clear definition. Different seekers define it differently, many not even consistent with each other. Tantra, though, is clearly recognized as being very different from the ancient Hindu Vedic tradition. #SanatanaDharma#Hinduismtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Before trying to delve into tantrism, it is important to understand that this is not a single coherent system. It is rather a tradition that gradually evolved from an accumulation of practices and rituals, in order to attain the grace of the divine. #SanatanaDharma#Hinduismtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The practitioner of tantra uses his own prana or divine energy in order to harness it to the universal prana, thereby attaining his goal. The goal in question could be either spiritual, material or both. #SanatanaDharma#Hinduismtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Tantra in Hinduism could be considered to be parallel to the Hindu Vedic tradition. Tantra contains written records of the Agama, which comes in four main parts, as follows: #SanatanaDharma#Hinduismtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Jnana or metaphysical knowledge
Yoga or meditative practices
Kriya or ritual practices
Charya or ethical and religious principles of conduct #SanatanaDharma#Hinduism
Most of the staunch Hindu Vedic practitioners, however, consider the Tantras to be anti-Vedic in character and hence, altogether shun both the cult and the practitioners of the same. #SanatanaDharma#Hinduismtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The universe consists of a Mahabrahmanda, or grand Cosmos, and of numerous Brihatbrahmanda, or macrocosms evolved from it. As is said by the Nirvana Tantra, all which is in the first is in the second. #spirituality#Cosmostwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In the latter are heavenly bodies and beings, which are microcosms reflecting on a minor scale the greater worlds which evolve them. "As above, so below." This mystical maxim of the West is stated in the Vishvasara Tantra as follows: #spirituality#Cosmostwitter.com/i/web/status/1…