The question is sort of moot because someday you will be having visions and your pets will be watching them too. I remember watching my bird sitting on her egg cooing away and all of a sudden I saw she was surrounded by small devas. Okay, story for another day. Probably won't make it into the self serving and self important sermons of the people.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Angela Mailander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: State of Samadhi in the life of Ramakrishna > Seems to me that the story about human beings being > the only beings with nervous systems suitable for > transcending is only a story at this point, not a > proven reality. > > When I was an undergrad, my professors told me that > animals could not feel pain because they didn't have a > human nervous system. I thought it was rubbish at the > time. > > I think my cat Greymir spends a lot of time in > samadhi--more time in samadhi than in actual thought. > > > As for the proper position for samadhi, here's my two > cents worth. It is true that early on I noticed that > my sitting posture became more erect during samadhi, > but then, as I began to witness deep sleep, I > obviously was able to do it while my body was in all > kinds of very prone and relaxed positions. Samadhi is > also more easily attained during the standing position > in Tai Chi that is called "standing in Wu Ji," which, > as the name indicates, is "standing in nothingness." > It is a state of "restful alertness." Take a look at > meerkats. They are absolute masters at standing in Wu > Ji. a > > --- "BillyG." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> --- In [email protected], "Kirk" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > I have three parrots and you can see in their eyes >> when they are in >> samadhi because they glow and roll up a bit. It's >> really quite >> obvious if you have been around them for some time. >> >> Since the nervous system is a 'reflector' of the one >> Brahman or pure >> consciousness, and birds do not have a full >> compliment of chakras, >> their nervous systems would not be able to fully >> reflect pure >> consciousness or achieve Samadhi. >> >> Man is unique in this respect, his >> causal/astral/physical nervous >> system contains all of the elements (7 chakras) >> necessary to fully >> reflect Being ultimately becoming one with >> it...."and man was made in >> the image of God". >> >> > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > 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 > > > >
