--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltabl...@...> wrote:
Apologies to Robert for my incorrect clipping that made it look like he wrote my drivel! Sorry Robert! > The following DOES NOT reflect the views of Robert, and I am wholly, but obviously NOT holy, responsible for them. > I don't see any attempt to distinguish Saint Teresa of Avilla internal > experiences from descriptions of people with mental illness or even the most > mild form of skepticism about these reports that we all apply to the daily > news concerning events that just happened reported by eye witnesses. > > At best we have a beautiful metaphor for the internal experience she was > having that some people seem to value. (Her descriptions seem horrific to me > and indicate a need for professional intervention IMO.) At worst we have a > PT Barnum attempt to promote belief in an event with no controls that defy > our common sense. The epistemological basis is "the self-proclaimed witness > asserted it." > > > The stories about Saint Teresa of Avilla are just that, stories. To take > them as literal facts is insulting to our intelligence today. Like the magic > carpet in the fables of the Mid East, I can accept these tales as inspiring > metaphors for our human spirit (however you want to define that.) But rugs > and people don't fly, and asserting that they literally do grounds humanity > to our most ignorant past rather than inspire us to raise our knowledge level > with all the tools we have discovered. We can do better than to accept a > preposterous claim because someone a long time claimed it in the self-serving > context of their favorite "Saint." > > > > > > Levitation is the ability to identify completely with Spirit... > > This must have been the experience of Saint Teresa of Avilla for example. > >  > > One translation of Pantajali's is: > >  > > 'By concentrating on the relation of the body to the all-pervading Ether, > > and, thinking of small and light objects such as the fibres of cotton-wool, > > the yogi is able to travel through space'. > > This sounds 'Scientific enough; as the Sanskrit writers were very precise, > > in their way... > >  > > I am thinking that the same vibrational essence of levitation, as > > spontaneously produced by Teresa of Avilla, through her own descriptions of > > the experience... > > Could  be the onenes of the manifestation of:  'Lightness of Spirit'. > > I am sure any levitation demonstration, would be profound, as it was in > > Saint Teresa's day... > >  > > This is one of the ways, we can think of this concept of transforming Homo > > Sapien to Homo Spiritus. > >  > > From a concept called 'Homo Sapien to Homo Spiritus'... > >  > > From 'Veronica in Sonoma: > >  > > Eloheim has taught for some time that we are moving from homo sapiens to > > homo spiritus. They have also taught that âyou canât have change > > without change.âEloheim has taught for some time that we are moving from > > homo sapiens to homo spiritus. They have also taught that âyou canât > > have change without change.â > >  > > http://eloheim.info/wordpress/ > > >
