--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "When invited by the Celestial beings that invitation should not be > accepted nor should it be allowed to cause vanity because it involves > the possibility of undesirable consquences." Yoga-sutra 3:51 > > [Comment:] Yogins are of four classes--1) Prathama-kalpika 2) > Madhu-bhumika 3) Prajna-jyoti and 4) Ati-kranta-bhavaniya. Of these the > first are those who are engaged in devotional practices and in whom the > supernormal powers of perception are just dawning. The second are those > who have got Rtambhara wisdom. The third are those who have mastered > the Bhutas and the organs, who retain all those powers which are > acquired and are devoutly engaged in the quest of further attainments. > The fourth are those who have gone beyond acquisition of attainments > and whose only remaining objective is the elimination of the action of > the mind. Theirs is the sevenfold ultimate insight. > > The Celestial beings residing in high regions noticing the purity of > the intellect of those who have attained unalloyed truth Madhumati > (Madhu-bhumika stage), try to invite them by tempting them with > enjoyments available in their regions... > > Accosted in this way [by vanity and celestials], he should ponder thus > on the danger of coming in contact with them: 'Baked in the fierce > flames of rebirth, and tossed between life and death, I have somehow > obtained the light of Yoga which destroys the darkness of afflictions, > but this thirstful atmosphere of attachment is antagonistic to that > light. Having got that light why should I again be deluded by this > mirage of pleasure and make myself a fuel of that burning fire of the > cycle of births? Oh, ye pitiable, dreamy seekers of pleasures, may you > be happy.' > > -Samkhya-yogacharya Sw. Hariharananda Aranya
On my TTC I had beings dancing around my bed asking me to come with them and play. This was conveyed to MMY who replied: Tell them you must do your programme and has no time to play, now. :-) 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/
