JV Reference Document

[mk]

Namonamah,

In reply #9 of the topic
http://www.jeevanvidya.org/forum/index.php/topic,195.msg2300/topicseen.html#msg2300

 I had written:

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I have been thinking about a shared and published gmail spreadsheet with columns: Term, MostPreciseDefinition, BookSource, ElaborationSource, and any others that may seem appropriate. People like me could find the terms and fill up the first column, and wherever we can find a crisp definition, put it in the second column. You and other seniors and the knowledgeables could help out with the other columns. Later on, we could create crosslinks and incorporate links to major elucidating forum posts.
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Unfortunately, I could not get around to doing it (not because I was busy, but plain forgot about it) so far.

I have now created the document with four sheets.

The first us what I have mentioned above.
The second is Official JV sources and references
The third is JV Nisarganiyams
The fourth is JV Siddhaants


I request JV Forum members to give their opinion on:
1. whether such an exercise would be useful, or this information is already catalogued in similar form elsewhere
2. whether they can contribute to it through their knowledge and effort
3. whether the columns are OK, or whether changes/additions/deletions are necessary
4. whether additional sheets are required
5. How best to control the authenticity of the content. Editors/Moderators maybe?
6. How best to incorporate this sheet, once the effort picks up, into the JV forum itself, rather than on my gmail
7. How to get help of JV veterans who are not members of the forum
8. Any other matter of relevance.

This is a big exercise and only if a large number of people contribute to it will it be done in reasonable time with acceptable quality.
Note that this document should reflect the official JV view ( to the extent possible. I am aware that JV is flexible and open to interpretation).

The link to the document is:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pVHp1J-HvSyer2hMl3jROdQ

Thanks and regards

MIlind Khadilkar

[subhash]

MK,

Good thinking. Let's start doing something instead of preparing and organizing in a very formal manner (which may take too much time...). Laws of nature are not JV's laws of nature. JV has taken laws of nature for study, understanding and use for happiness of all.

Here is a repeatation of the post about an year back which may give us some perspective on DEV, PARAMESHWAR and ISHWAR, etc. Best source of reference is SAT-CHIT-ANANDA cassettes 1 through 28.

1. Chaitanyacha viraaat saagar - Ocean of life is PARABRAHMA.
2. CHAITANYA = BRAHMA = Life
3. CHAITANYASHAKTICHA VIRAAT SAAGAR - Ocean of Life Force = Cosmic Life Force = PARAMESHWAR
4. Upadhi = SHARIR = Living Body (PRET = Body)
5. Upadhichya apeskshetil PARAMESHWAR = ISHWAR. SPACE inside the 4 walls is really no different than SPACE outside of the 4 walls - AKASHAAT TATVATAHA BHINNATA NAHI. But inside the 4 walls the SPACE is called ROOM. You say I am in the room. Same way TATVA EKACH - CHAITANYASHAKTI (Ek vasudeva naande charachari, tyaveen dusari vastoo nahi)
6. Upadhi dharan karanyachya prakriyet - in the process of creating body, ISHWARAla SWAROOPACHA SWATAHACHA VISAR PADATO. Reason is MAYA. Effect is ISHWARA becomes JEEVA. Today most of us are JEEVAs.
7. When JEEVA attains SMRUTI (SMRUTIR LABDHWA... - BGeeta) through a process (DIVINE MEDITATION) it becomes realized soul = DEVA.

Thus PARAMESHWAR is everywhere, now and here, far and near, over and under, left and right, above and beyond, inside and outside. But if our frame of reference is body then it is called ISHWARA. Our finger is part of our body but body is not just finger. (NACHA AHAM TESHWAVASTHITA - BGeeta). HE is omnipresent. HE is infinite (two meanings - APAAR, ASEEEM, APARANPAAR; secondly endless), HE is ANADI (beginningless - there was no time when HE was not there). But when we say HE - we think of a person. Satguru says that is wrong. VYAKTIKARAN, MOORTIKARAN, CHITRIKARAN is wrong. How can you describe infinite in one idol? HE is NIRGUN. Means HE does not have specific GUNA AND all gunas come from HIM. HE is AROOPA, ARANGA in the same sense. HE is SARVAVYAPAK, SARVASHAKTIMAAN, ANANTA, ABHANGA, AVYAKTA, ACHYUTA, NIRALAMB, ACHALA, ADWEETEEYA.

Hope it is a good start for the spreadsheet. More words requiring definitions please...

God Bless You, God Bless All.
Subhash