Theos-Talk Archives (July 1998 Message tt00186)

SD, Volume I, 53/54 :-

"(b) Paranishpanna, remember, is the *summum bonum*, the Absolute, hence the
same as Paranirvana.  Besides being the final state it is that condition of
subjectivity which has no relation to anything but the one absolute truth
(Para-marthasatya) on its plane.  It is that state which leads one to
appreciate correctly the full meaning of Non-Being, which, as explained, is
*absolute* Being.  Sooner or later, all that now *seemingly* exists, will be
in reality and actuality in the state of Paranishpanna.  But there is a
great difference between *conscious* and *unconscious* "being."  The
condition of Paranishpanna, without Paramartha, the Self-analysing
consciousness (Svasamvedana), is no bliss, but simply extinction (for Seven
Eternities).  Thus, an iron ball placed under the scorching rays of the sun
will get heated through, but will not feel or appreciate the warmth, while a
man will.  It is only "with a mind clear and undarkened by personality, and
an assimilation of the merit of manifold existences devoted to being in its
collectively (the whole living and sentient Universe)", that one gets rid of
personal existence, merging into, becoming one with, the Absolute,* and
continuing in full possession of Paramartha".

What is the quality of a MIND "clear and undarkened by personality"?  What
is "an assimilation" of the merit of manifold (man-i-fold) existences
(ex-is-tences)?  What does DEVOTED to being in its collectivity, the WHOLE
living and sentient Universe, actually mean/entail?

Best wishes,
Paul.