Fantastic chat! Could you expand - "If one attains Nirvikalpa Samadhi even for seconds, post death the evolution of the soul happens from the point of the highest state of consciousness attained during one's lifetime" . Does this mean that even if one has not yet integrated and stabilized their spiritual experience/awakening and or self-realization or isn't a Jivan Mukta till his death; soul continues the journey from that "Nirvikalpa Samadhi State" which was attained for fraction of second? If Nirvikalpa Samadhi is the ultimate state what do you mean by soul's journey continuing from that state onwards? Are you indicating gradations in Consciousness and the ultimate goal is when you merge with counsiouness fully? What happens if that person accumulates some Karma (let's say bad) would the soul still continue the journey from the highest attained state of consciousness or do we need work on balancing karma's account balance to 0 and then attain self-relization yet again? Another question I have is what if one of the higher states of consciousness is attained - spontaneously or through plant medicines/herbs or shamanic ceremonies or psychedelics? I understand anything attained through external factors is just a glimpse but interested to understand what happens if one realizes Brahman with not much Sadhana? But through direct experience or spontaneous awakening or through self inquiry...
Really beautifully put, deeply insightful questions. I have answered them in the community post, so there is better visibility for everyone. Please have a look. -Kanchi ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxCYE-3aGNw8lSJ2bvGh0gJjKmFGAr01ER
If I am Brahman, as suggested in the concept of self-realization, does that imply that I am not bound by karma at all? Is it that only after realizing my true nature as Brahman do I transcend karma, or is it correct to say that, as Brahman, I inherently do not have karma? How do we reconcile the idea of being Brahman with the notion of karma in the context of the potter's wheel metaphor, which illustrates the ongoing momentum of life and actions?
It's a great question. Brahman has no Karma, Karma remains as long as the Jiva identifies with the body. As long as the idea of doership remains, karma also remains. The potters wheel only appears to the onlooker, for the one who has realzed himself, there is no pot, Potter or the wheel. He remains as Brahman. There is no question of anything else.
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Fantastic chat!
Could you expand - "If one attains Nirvikalpa Samadhi even for seconds, post death the evolution of the soul happens from the point of the highest state of consciousness attained during one's lifetime" . Does this mean that even if one has not yet integrated and stabilized their spiritual experience/awakening and or self-realization or isn't a Jivan Mukta till his death; soul continues the journey from that "Nirvikalpa Samadhi State" which was attained for fraction of second? If Nirvikalpa Samadhi is the ultimate state what do you mean by soul's journey continuing from that state onwards? Are you indicating gradations in Consciousness and the ultimate goal is when you merge with counsiouness fully? What happens if that person accumulates some Karma (let's say bad) would the soul still continue the journey from the highest attained state of consciousness or do we need work on balancing karma's account balance to 0 and then attain self-relization yet again?
Another question I have is what if one of the higher states of consciousness is attained - spontaneously or through plant medicines/herbs or shamanic ceremonies or psychedelics? I understand anything attained through external factors is just a glimpse but interested to understand what happens if one realizes Brahman with not much Sadhana? But through direct experience or spontaneous awakening or through self inquiry...
Really beautifully put, deeply insightful questions. I have answered them in the community post, so there is better visibility for everyone. Please have a look. -Kanchi ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxCYE-3aGNw8lSJ2bvGh0gJjKmFGAr01ER
If I am Brahman, as suggested in the concept of self-realization, does that imply that I am not bound by karma at all? Is it that only after realizing my true nature as Brahman do I transcend karma, or is it correct to say that, as Brahman, I inherently do not have karma? How do we reconcile the idea of being Brahman with the notion of karma in the context of the potter's wheel metaphor, which illustrates the ongoing momentum of life and actions?
It's a great question. Brahman has no Karma, Karma remains as long as the Jiva identifies with the body. As long as the idea of doership remains, karma also remains.
The potters wheel only appears to the onlooker, for the one who has realzed himself, there is no pot, Potter or the wheel. He remains as Brahman. There is no question of anything else.