--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tanhlnx" <tanhlnx@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --Vaj, you're attempting to divert attention from the real > by > > > > > creating strawmen and bringing up practically unattainable > > > > > goals. > > > > > For one thing, Gurus who have attained a Rainbow Light Body > are > > > > > exceedingly rare, and I challenge you to bring up instances > in > > > > > which > > > > > they regularly appear in people's dreams. > > > > > OTOH, countless people have experienced the Shakti of MMY, > SBS, > > > > > and Ramana Maharshi. > > > > > > > > Again, just playing Deva's Advocate here, is it > > > > possible that what these countless numbers of > > > > people experienced was simple infinity, without > > > > form, and they *interpreted* it in the form of > > > > the teacher they were most familiar with? > > > > > > Why are you assuming people are always at the mercy of their > > > subconscious filters? Its a perspective you take a lot. > > > > Uh, possibly because I have never met an individual > > on this planet, *including* the ones I suspect of > > being enlightened, who did *not* have their filters > > firmly in place. It's just part of living. > > Granted, though it sounds to me as if you are insinuating > that people seeing Masters appearing to them are somehow > indulging in wishful thinking.
Or they have an interesting completely abstract experience and, unable to cope with just having had a *completely* abstract experience, "convert" it to a more structured, finite experience in their minds, to easier get a handle on it. I'm just saying that it's a possibility, one that seems far more likely to me than the "Master" actually appearing.
