On Mar 28, 2005, at 11:20 PM, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis wrote:
> On the other hand > it seems to be that Akasha and Vaj are definitely working on a > definition of CC, GC and UC that does not fit what the TMO has been > handing down for years. I am not saying that the TMO has it right What you get in the TMO is a watered down version, divorced from it's source material and rendered almost entirely in English. The rendition is via MMY so many *assume* it is from his own experience but clearly he is parroting the traditional scriptures and their commentaries and as elaborated by his own hired pundits. So it's a mish-mash really. What I notice is that people hang on the minutiae of his every word as if they represented the details. From my perspective his words are very general and not always rendered well. For example, the exposition of 3 higher states of consciousness strung along in sequential order is very misleading. The details are in the texts and commentaries. Therefore what should have happened is the general commentary, then textual basis alongside elaboration by pundits who know all the interconnections--this done while you are practicing. SCI should be restructured to show the source material behind the ideas presented--or a next level so they could price-gouge you again <g>. The traditional practice of teaching the upanishads in a particular order seems to be missing completely. It would be virtually impossible to really grok the seven states of consciousness a la the badarayana sutras without really understanding what they are referring to! In others words, while touting the "purity of the tradition" they have instead created a bastardization of a tradition: a puritanical Neo-Vedic, Neo-Hindu fundamentalist money making machine. 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/
