Re: Bhakti and hallucinations
Its a fact that overly emotional persons with lesser intelligence says lots about their suprasensory vision/darshans.even majority describe such things(false) to get attention and respect.the former cases may be either hallucination or may be true vision as extra-ordinary emotion brings extra-concentration too.
But there is a general pattern in bhakti-meditation and vision of deity.
Initially a bhakta is able to see a part of the deity he is meditating.after long practice,he may be able to see full picture.gradually the pictures start moving,start talking,start responding to bhakta"s thought,laughing etc.
But till this point of time,the entire vision of the devotee is purely the mind"s projection.the form/image of deity,the response etc are according to the knowledge,aspiration of the devotee.the image is nowhere close to the true form of deity.whatever image we have created in our mind after seeing,listening about a deity will be reflected in our meditation.
After long practice,suddenly the image of our dissapear and the image of the deity according to his wish will appear in our vision.That image may be either --tattva-mayee,may be bhava-mayee depending upon our dominant character/nature and is decided by deity.Then this image also starts to change with time and according to developement of our knowledge.
But the image seen by highest sadhus/gopibhava siddha"s are true and real.the pictures we worshipping is according to our taste,just like south-indias" krishna,north"s and east"s krishna image varies widely.
Last edited by anirvan; 16 April 2012 at 03:58 AM.
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Man-naathah Shri Jagan-nathah Mat-guru-shri jagad-guruhu.
Mad-atma sarva-bhutatma tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
My Lord is the Lord of Universe; My teacher is the teacher of the
entire universe; and my Self is the Self of all. My salutations at the lotus-feet
of such a Guru, who has revealed such knowledge to me.
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