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blog: 1.1.1-1.1.5  The Vision: Knowledge enlivens experience; experience redefines knowledge.

This week we discuss the first five sutras of the Brahma Sutra.  It is more a discussion than a list of points so this weeks notes will not include a summary of what is discussed.  Please enjoy the podcast!

“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

taste of strawberry, culminating in Brahman

the vision

at first, overwhelming… like waking up to 3 arms

not about personality [your nature] but do cultivate an evolutionary lifestyle… not mood making

the relative: its presence is inferred by the effect it produces.  Maya

under the influence of maya, brahm appears as ishwara-personal god

maya; clear water    avidya; muddy water

under influence of avidya, atma appears as jiva or individual soul

“Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.”
HERMANN HESSE
“Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.”
RALPH BUNCHE
“The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.”
JOHN RUSKIN

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