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  1. The Crimson Universe

    Does anybody else on here like the movie Frozen 2013?

    It was a decent movie.
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    Do you like bulldogs?

    I like mostly Labradors, Golden Retrievers, Huskies and a few other types. Don't like the ferocious ones like pitbull or the real tiny ones that ladies carry in their bags or purses.
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    Moksha in Vaishnavism

    I thought this 'whole' as per visistadvaita is the cosmic body of narayana. If i remember correctly i read somewhere, that his head being the abode of the devas, the torso is where we common folks dwell and the lower portion is where the demons reside.
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    Self-Realization

    Thanks. I wonder what others have to say about neti neti... like If a person after thinking long and hard on his true Self, finally arrives at a conclusion that he's not this, not this, then is it really enlightenment? Isn't neti neti simply analysing using the rational dualistic mind, when we...
  5. The Crimson Universe

    Self-Realization

    So if the mind actually doesn't register anything in samadhi, then why is it called realization? There needs to be someone to 'realize' something, don't you think? o_O
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    Self-Realization

    How do you think this 'experience' or 'realization' happens beyond the mind? Who is it that experiences if not the mind? Can the witness brahman experience itself?
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    Self-Realization

    I think what stvdv meant was, if your mind is 'aware' of entering and coming out of samadhi, then it couldn't be samadhi because samadhi to many people is the stage when the mind dissolves into oneness and stops registering or thinking. But to some, the mind does register in that higher stage.
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    Self-Realization

    Agree. There's the risk of contamination or multiple interpretation once we try to describe the indescribable in the plane of duality. But like @SalixIncendium do you also agree that the mind keeps functioning in samadhi (or during the direct experience that comes after samadhi as @Martin says)...
  9. The Crimson Universe

    Self-Realization

    This makes sense. :)
  10. The Crimson Universe

    Self-Realization

    So, is there a sanskrit term for this bigger, direct experience that you speak of, that comes after the preparatory samadhi exercise? :emojconfused:
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    Self-Realization

    Experts on Advaita believe that the experience or realization of the oneness in samadhi, cannot be described later on by the sadhaka after he comes out of samadhi. To the experts, the reason for this is that, the mind ceases to function in samadhi. It becomes mute. It becomes devoid of all...
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    Moksha in Vaishnavism

    Do you think Krishna was speaking of his personal brahman nature in the Gita verse you quoted? In other words, can we attain Krishna's personal/saguna/sakara brahman nature, with two hands, flute, discus etc. if we leave this world remembering Him? ... or can we attain only the impersonal...
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    Reading the Bhagavad Gita got me seeing stars

    The Gita doesn't prescribe rituals. It actually introduces the readers to the knowledge of the infinite omnipresent spirit in the second chapter. And in the remaining chapters you'll find Krishna discussing about the four paths that takes us towards enlightenment. As per a person's liking...
  14. The Crimson Universe

    The Nineties

    Board games like - Movies like - The Curtain Haircut. (medium length hair at the top with a partition usually done in the middle. The sides & back are kept short). Below is a wavy curtain hair. One of my favourites. Wrestlers like - Cartoons like -...
  15. The Crimson Universe

    New to the forums

    Welcome my friend. :=)
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    Consciousness is...

    I know what a soul is but i'm interested in YOUR definition. :=) So how would you translate the word 'soul' in sanskrit/hindi?
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    Consciousness is...

    What is your definition of 'soul'?
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    Have you ever made a wish on a meteor shower?

    I don't remember whether i made a wish or not. It was long ago when i first saw one. :oops:
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    Did you have a favorite stuffed toy you liked?Growing up?And Do you still have it?

    If i remember correctly i never had one and wasn't even interested in them. For me, it was He-man action figures.
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    As a kid.Did you believe there was a monster in your closet?

    Like @Kooky I too was afraid of the dark but never considered closets as a shelter for ghosts.
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