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what is an AVATAR? in the RELIGIOUS context. | |
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cborgman said: Main Entry: av·a·tar
Pronunciation: \ˈa-və-ˌtär\ Function: noun Etymology: Sanskrit avatāraḥ descent, from avatarati he descends, from ava- away + tarati he crosses over — more at ukase, through Date: 1784 1: the incarnation of a Hindu deity (as Vishnu) 2 a: an incarnation in human form b: an embodiment (as of a concept or philosophy) often in a person 3: a variant phase or version of a continuing basic entity 4: an electronic image that represents and is manipulated by a computer user (as in a computer game) Yes! I tried to post that in response, but June7 had already locked the thread.   | |
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DevotedPuppy said: cborgman said: Main Entry: av·a·tar
Pronunciation: \ˈa-və-ˌtär\ Function: noun Etymology: Sanskrit avatāraḥ descent, from avatarati he descends, from ava- away + tarati he crosses over — more at ukase, through Date: 1784 1: the incarnation of a Hindu deity (as Vishnu) 2 a: an incarnation in human form b: an embodiment (as of a concept or philosophy) often in a person 3: a variant phase or version of a continuing basic entity 4: an electronic image that represents and is manipulated by a computer user (as in a computer game) Yes! I tried to post that in response, but June7 had already locked the thread. 
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union119 said: in the RELIGIOUS context.
How i see an Avatar is an incarnation of the Divine. While the Avatar actually walks on this Earth and appears to be human, well, they are and are not. The Avatar has Cosmic Consciousness while appearing human. The Avatar walks and talks among us while the whole Cosmic Consciousness is going on in Them also. Jesus was/is an Avatar. Mother Meera, Karunamayi, Mata Amritanadamayi and Shree Maa are examples of Avatars in flesh today. To me, an Avatar doesn't state that they are. Their eyes are unlike any that I know and their compassion and kindness and willingness to take away karmaload (sins) from us in beyond comprehension. They must suffer to take on our karmaload and relieve us of sins and they must take over and do our prayers for us when we make a resolve to do such and then don't continue with our Sankalpas. The Avatars that i have seen call us their childeren...all of us...each person, each flower, each follower. ~dueno de nada~ | |
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A book that I'm reading references avatars and calls them "Hallucenogenia". I think they are conjured spirit forms. 2009: Mermaids and Dolphins... | |
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union119 said: in the RELIGIOUS context.
"The Sanskrit word avatara means "descent"; its roots are ava ("down"), and tri ("to pass"). In the Hindu scriptures, avatara signifies the descent of Divinity into flesh." ~ God Talks With Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita, xxviii "I don't like that man; I must get to know him better." | |
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raddahone said: How i see an Avatar is an incarnation of the Divine. While the Avatar actually walks on this Earth and appears to be human, well, they are and are not. The Avatar has Cosmic Consciousness while appearing human. The Avatar walks and talks among us while the whole Cosmic Consciousness is going on in Them also. Jesus was/is an Avatar. Mother Meera, Karunamayi, Mata Amritanadamayi and Shree Maa are examples of Avatars in flesh today. To me, an Avatar doesn't state that they are. Their eyes are unlike any that I know and their compassion and kindness and willingness to take away karmaload (sins) from us in beyond comprehension. They must suffer to take on our karmaload and relieve us of sins and they must take over and do our prayers for us when we make a resolve to do such and then don't continue with our Sankalpas. The Avatars that i have seen call us their childeren...all of us...each person, each flower, each follower.
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found this
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union119 said: found this
 Fits perfectly with the definition that esa gave.  ing one day about racial prejudice, Paramahansa Yogananda said, "God is not pleased to be insulted when He wears His dark suits." | |
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They're characters in a cancelled HBO TV seres called Carnivale You could be a part-time model, but you'd probably have to keep your normal job | |
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LittleRedCorvette said: union119 said: found this
Fits perfectly with the definition that esa gave. | |
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From the Sanskrit descent of the spiritual into the physical.
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DakutiusMaximus said: From the Sanskrit descent of the spiritual into the physical.
A spiritual presence from a non-physical domain deciding to take on a flesh body. Everyone of us is an Avatar playing hide and seek with ourselves through an elaborate game of layered amnesia that seems to be a prerequisite for arriving on earth and assuming a new identity. We must obliterate any recollection of past lives or non-physical existence. In the beginning you knew... Then you pretended to forget... Then you pretended to forget you forgot... Then you forgot you pretended... Remember? The recovery of the memory that it was a deliberate decision to forget is the reawakening of the Avatar.   | |
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if you knew the answer why the hell did you post a question?
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