Monday, November 13, 2006

Little death

"It's not that I'm afraid to die.
I just don't want to be there when it happens."-Woody Allen

Many traditions (specially Tibetan) talk of little death - a sort of precursor to total enlightenment.
we also have accounts of Masters who underwent this experience
Nisargadatta referred to it in his talks
Maharishi Raman's account is very famous
And the least expected UG (Krishnamurhty) also talks of it
we have accounts of Shirdi Sai also in such a state.
many more can be added to this list.

Ofcourse trust the French to use the phrase to describe this.

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