--- In [email protected], "ruthsimplicity" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > I know of NO spiritual tradition on > > the planet with the exception of Maharishi's TMO > > that believes that the indicator of full enlight- > > enment is the ability to float (levitate). I know > > of many who would, in fact, disagree with this > > vehemently. > > > > Please find me a quote that says otherwise. If > > you can't, I suggest that your "impression" came > > about because you just accepted what Maharishi > > said was the definition of full enlightenment > > BECAUSE HE SAID IT, and that you never looked > > into any other traditions' definitions of > > enlightenment, because you never had to. You > > already HAD the definition, and it was true > > because Maharishisez. > > > > If I may briefly interrupt this discussion, I have a question. Did MMY > clearly say that if you could not "float" you were not enlightened? > Is there a written source for that? > In MMY"S teaching the states of enlightenment correspond to the experiential POV of three different texts. "Cosmic Consciousness" is the style of E for the Yoga Sutras.
The YS would claim that one should have clear experiences of all the siddhis metioned therein. In the early TMO, Tat Whale Baba was the yogi who exemplified tis type of realization.
