And the irony of your comments is that they have nothing to do with TM...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The irony of this article when it comes to TMer's is > that as a group TMer's are too much out of their > bodies and entrenched in mental concepts. > > --- Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://homepage.mac.com/vajranatha/FileSharing2.html > > > > > Tasting Your Way to Infinity. Part 1. The > Feeling > > of Body, Mind, and > > Spirit. > > > > Sally Kempton > > > > > For twenty years, Sally Kempton was one of the > > foremost teaching monks > > of Siddha Yoga meditation, teaching under her > > monastic name of Swami > > Durgananda. She studied under Swami Muktananda for > > eight years and was > > a senior teacher under his successor, Gurumayi > > Chidvilasananda. In 2002 > > she lay aside her monastic robes, with Gurumayi's > > blessing, to begin a > > new phase of her teaching work. Although still > > drawing on the many > > gifts of the Siddha Yoga tradition, Sally is > > creating a fresh > > perspective on the heart of the spiritual journey, > > as it exists on any > > path. > > > > Consider, if you will, the following thought > > experiment: if spiritual > > practice involves going beyond thoughts, is the goal > > of meditation to > > actually "lose your mind?" And if "losing your > > mind," or the ability to > > suspend thought, is the hallmark of successful > > practice, then does that > > make whatever feelings remain somehow "spiritual?" > > > > In this dialogue, Ken and Sally explore the > > anti-intellectual bias > > common to meditation practitioners (and teachers) > > and the myth that > > genuine spirituality involves getting rid of > > thoughts. They suggest > > that every thought has a feeling space and the real > > trouble is not > > thought itself, but the inability to feel thought as > > a direct, > > vibratory manifestation of pure Spirit. > > > > Together, they refute the idea that simply feeling > > or "being in" the > > body is innately "spiritual," and instead suggest > > that there are at > > least two different kinds of feeling. Their > > conversation builds upon > > the notion that the body has feelings (or > > sensations), the mind has > > thoughts, and spirit has intuition. The real > > question?what is it that > > actually feels feelings, as well as thoughts, > > intuition, and the > > texture of all that is arising, including the > > self-contraction??brings > > into fluorescence the critical distinction between > > feeling and Feeling, > > or that which is merely the object of awareness and > > Awareness itself. > > > > The idea that we must somehow rid ourselves of the > > self-contraction is > > an impediment to deep spiritual practice, and Ken > > and Sally discuss > > Feeling (as contrasted with feeling) as the > > foundation for Liberation > > as an always-already present capacity. When it is > > recognized that that > > which Feels the ego, or the self-contraction, is > > actually egoless, the > > fundamental seeking impulse is undone. Feeling fully > > the texture of all > > that is arising without judgment or aversion, we > > simply and > > effortlessly taste our Self. > > > > In closing, Ken and Sally discuss the role of > > Integral Spiritual > > Center and the opportunities for the > > "cross-pollination" between > > spiritual traditions it will provide and promote. > > Never before has a > > group of such diverse and accomplished spiritual > > teachers met together > > to "lock themselves up in a room for a weekend"?not > > as teachers > > teaching students, but as teachers teaching > > teachers?with the intent to > > share traditions, test one another's understanding, > > and sift the wheat > > from the chaff in order to arrive at a sense of an > > authentically > > Integral Spirituality, in any tradition. > > > > We hope you enjoy this illuminating dialogue with > > one of the most > > deceptively profound teachers we have the privilege > > of calling > > friend.... > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
