--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- sandiego108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > > > <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I've had it up to my seventh chakra with this > rant > > > > over the last several decades, "Invincibility, > > > > invincibility" what a pile of vedic cow > droppings. > > > Its > > > > just so silly. first, wtf does it even mean? > > > > Invincibility of will, of desire, of intent? > The > > > > inevitability of a space-time experience? > > > > > > > Actually kind of a brilliant ploy by Maharishi-- > The > > > world is commonly > > > seen as having no relationship to us, except as > an > > > external entity > > > that acts upon us in a way that most people > would > > > like to improve. > > > > > > So the desire of a common man is to be > "invincible" > > > to that, to be > > > armored from the challenges and complexities and > > > "negativity" of the > > > world, the means of which are TM and TMSP. > Therefore > > > we continue to > > > practice TM and TMSP to gain "invincibility", > and > > > gain quite another > > > thing altogether. > > > > > > The fellow was nothing if not one pointed. > > > > Well, yes, the man was one-pointed, to say the > least. > > But the problem with "invincibility" is that it is > > conceptualized from the ego, or at least > understood by > > the majority of people as the fulfillment of > desire. > > Its the same distortion present in taking > Patanjali's > > "Avert the danger before it arises" as a > > recommendation for jyotish! Patanjali clearly > states > > what the danger is and it is ignorance or the > > identification of the seer with the seen, not some > > relative fulfillment or the promise of s sidhi to > be > > capable of such a thing. > > > > Knowledge is structured in consciousness... > > And... any Hindu philosophical writing has 24 main > interpretations > according to MMY. 6 different philisophical systems > times 4 different > perspectives of consciousness. > > > Lawson
I don't understand your post. > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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] > > >
