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Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master

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C<strong>on</strong>sciousness as <strong>the</strong> ‘ground of Reality,’ <strong>the</strong>n even <strong>the</strong> Divine<br />

Ideati<strong>on</strong> (or <strong>the</strong> Creative Thoughts of God’) in which <strong>the</strong> universe<br />

is thought into being is manifesting ‘unreal’ phenomena, i.e., a<br />

passing and ever-changing universe as compared with <strong>the</strong> Reality<br />

which is eternal and free from differentiati<strong>on</strong> and change.<br />

Abhaya(m) (a-bai-ya or a-buyer, or a-bhai-yam)<br />

Sense: ‘Absence of fear; fearlessness, freedom from anguish;’ also<br />

safety and inner peace. (See also Mudra)<br />

Abheda-bhakti<br />

bhakti (ab-bedda-bhak-tee)<br />

Var:<br />

Syn<strong>on</strong>:<br />

Sense: ‘The culminati<strong>on</strong> of devoti<strong>on</strong> resulting in <strong>the</strong> total<br />

identificati<strong>on</strong> of <strong>the</strong> worshipper with that which is worshipped.’<br />

Abhedabhåva (ab-bhedda-bhar-vah)<br />

Var: Abedhabhaava,<br />

Sense: ‘N<strong>on</strong>-separateness, uni<strong>on</strong>:’ <strong>the</strong> sense of being totally One<br />

with <strong>the</strong> Omnipresence and all creati<strong>on</strong>. This is often <strong>the</strong> result of<br />

abheda-bhakti (or <strong>the</strong> sense of devoti<strong>on</strong>al unity).<br />

Abhimatha (ab-bhi-mah-tah)<br />

Var:<br />

Syn<strong>on</strong>:<br />

Sense: ‘That to which <strong>the</strong> practiti<strong>on</strong>er of yoga finds his mind<br />

becoming naturally attached.’ — Patanjali’s <strong>Yoga</strong> Sutra.<br />

However, according to Krishnamacharya of Madras, this is <strong>the</strong><br />

very tendency which yoga seeks to overcome, and <strong>the</strong>refore states<br />

that <strong>the</strong> correct rendering of Patanjali’s Sutra should be yethabhimata,<br />

or “according to <strong>on</strong>e’s religious practice.”<br />

Abhiniveçha (ab-bhi-nee-vesh-syah)<br />

Var: Abhiniveça<br />

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