On Nov 19, 2007, at 10:07 AM, Duveyoung wrote:
See Buddha/Vaj for details about the experiences of approaching ritam
and dealing with that bliss-armor which attracts identification so
well that Indra etc. all get glommed up with perfection's tarbaby.
Unfortunately what most TMer's are conditioned to believe is "pure
consciousness" (and a host of other synonyms) is nothing more than a
thought-free state. This state is well known in the yoga tradition as
sthiti. However the important thing to realize is that sthiti is not
samprajnata-samadhi.
That's not to say some people cannot or will not, everyone's different.
And this does take effort (prayatna). As Patanjali says: "The effort
to remain there is practice". Interestingly the Sanskrit word for
meditative effort, prayatna, is also the word the word for meditation
technique or method. Go figure. :-)
