--- tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Fresh comments below: > Tom Traynor wrote: > > [Brahman consciousness] is not an experience, > > it is an understanding that needs no Master. > > The understanding is complete in an of itself. > > No Master needed as the knowledge in the > > understanding is complete in and of itself. > > Absolute self-verification which is the hallmark > > of this understanding, as it is beyond experience. > Patrick Gilliam Writes: > Tom, I understood the awakening you describe to be > disorienting, necessitating a mahavakya or > confirmation > from a master. Are you saying (a) Brahman never > requires a master's confirmation, (b) Brahmin only > requires a master's confirmation sometimes, or (c) > some other thing? > > Tom T again: > Hanging around awake people seems to help get the > understanding > cooking but bottom line they will get it by > themselves anyway. One > lady in our group described it as follows: I was > infinite mind and I > was looking at my finite mind and I knew that my > finite mind was never > going to understand what had happened in a million > years. That is the > paradox that is the hallmark of this understanding. > Nothing has > changed and yet everything has changed. It is a one > degree shift but > it is now an understanding from the vantage point of > Self > understanding Self and little self is still where it > has always been > wondering "What Happened?". Having a Master around > is going to help > this understanding flower easier but I don't view it > as absolutely > essential. On the other hand for some that may be > the only way it is > going to happen. There are no hard rules in a world > of 6 billion > possibilities. Go find some awake people and hang > out with them and > see what happens. Tom
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