To talk about a state where continuity of life is intuitively accepted, one ought to have an awareness of that state or at least its vestiges to convince others. Because awareness is absent during these moments, some recollection of it will suffice.
Such discussion becomes even more interesting when one rationalizes it to the extent possible.
The state of Adam before the fall and absolute fana or samadhi appear to be similar because both lack awareness: Adam and Ev were not aware that they had no clothes. Awareness was absent.
But this unawareness still persists up to now, so that we are not aware presently what is happening now, but we become aware of it afterwards by reflecting on it. Vestiges of blissful state are still within us and thus can be somewhat harnessed to relive the moment.
Thus one may utter something and then reflect on it so to become aware of it.
This, to me, is the secret of life: that the past alone can be understood, not the present nor the future, even though both are understood through the past. When something is in the past form, that is when we get it. You plan the future then by assuming it is a past.
If you pay attention to great works, be it sacred or secular, you will notice they consistently use past form and then extrapolate from it. You can use it too.
Such discussion becomes even more interesting when one rationalizes it to the extent possible.
The state of Adam before the fall and absolute fana or samadhi appear to be similar because both lack awareness: Adam and Ev were not aware that they had no clothes. Awareness was absent.
But this unawareness still persists up to now, so that we are not aware presently what is happening now, but we become aware of it afterwards by reflecting on it. Vestiges of blissful state are still within us and thus can be somewhat harnessed to relive the moment.
Thus one may utter something and then reflect on it so to become aware of it.
This, to me, is the secret of life: that the past alone can be understood, not the present nor the future, even though both are understood through the past. When something is in the past form, that is when we get it. You plan the future then by assuming it is a past.
If you pay attention to great works, be it sacred or secular, you will notice they consistently use past form and then extrapolate from it. You can use it too.
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