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]]>Haha, I was expecting a different response. 🙏
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]]>Who’s not! (Ignorant) 😇🙏🌸
]]>I thought Tamas was darkness, fear and negativity, and the state it induces is inaction. Sleep on the other hand is pure inaction, out of tiredness, for sustenance. I agree that we may not need any of these gunas to exist, and there in lies the flaw of the argument ‘so each has their own smaller/larger purpose’. Pardon me if I sound ignorant, because thats what I am 🙂
]]>It’s a very interesting philosophy as you rightly said. And unfolds in understanding as one progresses in life!!
]]>At any point we have all the three Gunas. What dominates define our basic nature; doesn’t mean we don’t have the other two… Example: we need Tamas to be able to sleep…so each has their own smaller/larger purpose.
However, eventually as we grow on the path of spirituality/Yoga- going beyond these gunas would lead to kaivalya ( involution back towards Purusha)!!!
Interesting, so action is Rajas, when you are at the Sattva state of inaction you must avoice Rajas, but when you are at the other end, Rajas maybe the first step away from Tamas? It makes a lot of sense, and applies so well to most of people struggling with pain, depression and such Tamas states. All it needs is to get back the energy and move on..
]]>Thankyou ESP for the visit and also your query.
Well a simple explanation to it could be… Gunas if you see their qualities i.e. Sattva is pure, Tamas is stolid. Rajas is the guna of activity/energy. Sattva & Tamas get their energy from Rajas for any subsequent evolution to take place(as on their own they do not have action). That’s what the purpose of ‘Rajas’ is in the philosophy!!!