Taking Mahasamadhi
Jun. 26th, 2009 09:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So. Go AFK for a bit, and what happens? Farrah Fawcett, and later on on the same day Michael Jackson.
I read an elegant and lovely phrase for the passing of someone - "he shed off his mortal frame and took Mahasamadhi."
All I could do last night was send them as they took Mahasamadhi the instruction "Be without fear as the Great Transfiguration begins ..."
A mournful beginning to my last day at A4e.
I read an elegant and lovely phrase for the passing of someone - "he shed off his mortal frame and took Mahasamadhi."
All I could do last night was send them as they took Mahasamadhi the instruction "Be without fear as the Great Transfiguration begins ..."
A mournful beginning to my last day at A4e.
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Date: 2009-06-26 08:15 am (UTC)We are told that Azrael, Death, appears to our spirit in a form determined by our beliefs, actions, and dispositions during life. He may even manifest invisibly so the man may die of a rose, a rheumatic pain, or of a rotting stench. When the soul sees Azrael, it falls in love, and its gaze is thus withdrawn from the body as if by a seduction. Great prophets and saints may even be politely invited by Death, who appears to them in corporeal form. Thus it was with Moses and with Mohammed. When the Persian poet Rumi lay on his deathbed, Azrael appeared as a beautiful youth and said, "I am come by divine command to enquire what commission the Master may have to entrust in you."
In fact, a strange connection becomes apparent between mors and amor, love and death. The moment of extinction in the pleasure of love resembles that of death, and thus, that of the mystical. In mythic terms, Eros and Thanatos are almost twins, for in some cases Death appears as a lovely youth and Eros as a withered starveling. Both love and death are gateways, hence their eternal adolescence and their fixation in the midst of the rite of passage.
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Date: 2009-06-26 08:36 am (UTC)I think he was paying a family visit, popping in to see the newest member of the Clan.
my Lady Arianhrod agrees and approves...
Date: 2009-06-26 08:49 am (UTC)As a humble devotee of my goddess, I must acknowledge that your words, carry the ring of truth. They ring true...for honesty always does.
Troth and Rimble send their regards as well...
Thank you.....
Date: 2009-06-26 08:40 am (UTC)you sum up in simple phrases, the feelings in my heart, and in my prayers for these special people, and their families.