--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > >> Because we should realize and make the connection that > > *dualistic > > > >> methods lead to dualistic states of consciousness* (e.g. the > > > >> witnessing artifact, which is an artifact of a dualistic > > > >> meditation method). > > > > > > > > You are absolutely right. However both the dualistic nature of > > this > > meditation [TM] and the witnessing artifact are indicators of the > > state of consciousness of the practitioner at an intermediate > > stage of the practice, vs. the solely dualistic nature of TM. > > > > TM is initially and necessarily experienced as meditation of a > > dualistic nature because its practice subjects the active mind to > > its silent source. As the practice matures, the active mind and > > silent source exist simultaneously, dissolving the dualistic > > nature of both the experience and the meditation. > > > > Did you hear that TM is a dualistic meditation from someone? If > > so, I'd be curious to know who. > > Vaj used to be a TM teacher. You knew that, right?
If so, he was absent the day that they passed out the "You already know everything that is worth knowing" Kool-Aid. Unlike some, he didn't stop learning and bask in the comfortable illusions of certainty and superiority. :-) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/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/
