Dear Tannhäuser,

Sorry to hear about your health issues. I do know and understand very little. I am learning too about things and have my own set of limitations. I won’t post on your thread anymore. Before I sign off, there are two points to add –

1) Regarding engaging with the world, I meant in terms of productive engagement. Being of service to others, showing small considerations etc. This was said because one often gets caught up in great deal of negativity while coming across these abstract concepts and doesn’t look at them objectively.

2) Now you mentioned the materialistic nature of the world. Indeed the world is materialistic and has a lot of bad points even. I don’t see how there is a full complementarity in higher vibration and exclusion. The Buddha did meditate and leave home in the process of gaining enlightenment. However, he came back and shared his teachings with this materialistic world. His vibrations didn’t get lowered by that. His hheightend understanding of life helped him see it’s very reality without his own biases. One can say the same for many popular examples of awakenings.

On interacting with several teachers of spirituality, particularly of vedanta who took Sanyas, they told me that their experience is different from the general populace in the sense that they realize how “same” they really are in terms of pure energy. They are in sync with their inner world but see that basic oneness.They see things more clearly now without distractions and their biases. That was the purpose of disengaging from their previous identity with their belongings, families etc. Now they are very much involved with the outside world and continue to mediate, teach and help people in their journey.

However, I do realize again that I have very little understanding still and your above post has made me aware of that further. Indeed it is not so simple. I wish you well.

Regards
Nina