--- In [email protected], "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A while back, I spoke to a woman in Fairfield, who claimed she was > having a more advanced levitation experience; I wished I had asked her > for more details at the time... > I am wondering if anyone could share experiences which would qualify > as the next stage of manifestation of this Siddhi of Levitation...
Ok, I know that this is a long shot, not coming from the TM intellectual framework at all, but I'm gonna give it a shot anyway. I"ve witnessed real, hanging-ten-in-mid-air levitation. It's a real kick in the ass to witness. It fucks with your mind. No matter how long you've told yourself that you believe in the possibility of levitation, seeing it right in front of you fucks with your mind. In my opinion, that is one of the aspects of this particular state of attention (levitation) -- it fucks with your mind. The Rama guy I studied with had this particular siddhi down pat. He could just "lift off" and "hang ten" in mid-air pretty much whenever he felt like it. That's the element I would see as the next stage of the TM approach to flying. The "whenever he felt like it" part. There is a stage of self realization in which techniques are very important. They give us something to *practice*, fer- chrissakes. But there may also come a point when the practices become redundant. The mental/physical link in one's brain/soul/atman/whatever has become so "burned in" to the neural networks that there is no longer any need to perform the practices. I suspect that the day that long-term siddhas figure this out, and just start levitating around the dome saying hi to one another and giggling to beat all will be the day that the TM movement gets to see the next stage of levitation -- doing it just for the sheer fun of it. Unc 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/
