--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > Another wrinkle: what exactly does "able to do > the siddhis" actually mean in the context of > Unity consciousness? Does it really mean "on > demand"?
Who's demand? > If Unity consciousness is as MMY describes it, > wouldn't it be Nature that "decides" whether a > siddhi is to occur in a specific situation? Yes. > Wouldn't it be Nature that "decides" whether > a person even has the thought to perform a > siddhi, let alone whether it gets performed? Yes, in my experience they arise spontaneously in response to a need. > By what criteria might Nature make these > "decisions" in a particular case? Its a big universe out there ; ) > If Unity consciousness is simply the experiential > realization of what is "always already" the case > for everyone, then what's the difference between > "being able" and "not being able" to perform a > siddhi? Reality remains as it is, though. So the difference in the real world is just that- either the sidfhi is performed or it isn't. > Seems to me that in the context of Unity > consciousness, the whole thing gets into a > Self-referential tangle, and contradictions and > paradoxes and infinite regresses are inevitable > when we try to analyze it on an intellectual > basis. Yes- it is impossible to sort out purely by logic. > So why, then, would MMY give an intellectual > description of the nature of the siddhis and > their relationship to states of consciousness? What exactly did he say? > Such descriptions can only be given and > received on the level of the "mistake of the > intellect." > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
