--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "BillyG." > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "Soon he arrived at the Heatless Smokeless > Effulgent of the Self and > > realized the Divine Truth, the Cosmic > Consciousness, the Ultimate > > Supreme Reality, Sat Chit Anandam, the Nirvana." > Love and God MMY > > > > This is relevant because most schools of Yoga > refer to the opening of > > the seventh chakra as Cosmic Consciousness, (the > highest Nirvikalpa > > Samadhi) so this is consistent with them. However, > later on, MMY > > changed the definition to CC, GC, and then UC, and > turned everything > > on its head! > > > > MMY should have remained faithful to the then > established standard of > > CC being the highest human attainment. Under MMY's > system Self > > Realization, which actually occurs with the > opening of the 6th Ajna > > chakra (not the highest), is already called Cosmic > Consciousness! > > which doesn't actually occur in classical Yoga > until the opening of > > the 7th which MMY now calls Unity!; just more > confusion that's all! > > > > P.S. No wonder his Gita is confusing vis-a-vis the > higher states of > > consciousness, where he 'takes liberty' with the > established patterns. > > > > > Sigh... > > "Cosmic Consciousness" was a term coined in English > 100 or so years ago. Its not > sanskrit. > > And... MMY's distinctions clarify things quite > nicely, IMHO, since even someone who is > having CC episodes might be at the point of > no-return, while someone who is having UC > episodes might not.
Hey, Lawson and I agree on something! CC is simply the cessation of identification of consciousness with any space-time object. Hence consciousness, for the first time stands "outside" of any objective or subjective experience. There is no localization of self, in fact there is no self, only consciousness which "contains" all experience as the mind moves through waking, dreaming and sleeping. > > > > 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 > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
