--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Feb 6, 2008, at 4:35 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote:
>
> > On Feb 6, 2008, at 1:59 PM, Vaj wrote:
> >
> >> In legitimate saints they will often lock into the style of
samadhi
> >> that occurs at death--and can only be experienced in two
places
> >> (death and special forms of meditation)--and in such a case
the
> >> person does maintain their asana, their head remains erect,
they
> >> don't "slump over" and their heart area will remain warm--often
for
> >> days. In unrealized saints they just die and lose color
rapidly. I
> >> suspect the reason for the quick announcement was that after
he
> >> died, he exhibited none of the traditional signs of a yogi. If
he
> >> did, they'd be milking it for all it's worth. I suspect this
photo
> >> was leaked to give that illusion.
> >
> > Am I the only one who finds this whole discussion a tad
ghoulish?
> > What difference does it make what position his body was in when
he
> > died?
>
>
> When it comes to yogis and dying, it's the just the type of
question
> any one experienced would ask. But they are just signs. Symbols.
And
> it's like any other sign: you either know how to read them or you
> don't. And of course you can misread signs. No big deal. But I at
> least will ask what the signs were. Also if you've had that
> recognition (of dying), or have been trained in dying (or worked
with
> the dying) you naturally ask certain questions.
>
doesn't seem relevant at all. why should anyone be concerned about
anything other than their own inevitable death? to read signs about
another's is just making judgments about something wholly
impractical. whatever you decide from such signs doesn't affect your
own death in the least, and certainly doesn't make it any less
immediate and mysterious.
