--- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
snip > > I actually visited the site and downloaded the book. > I then did a > word search on "levitate" and nine references to it > came up. > > After a cursory reading of several of the > testimonials, I have > concluded that you were the victim of a cult, Unc, > and that you were > both brainwashed and hypnotized. > > You did NOT witness actual levitation. You > witnessed a delusion of > levitation. Okay. You are of this opinion. I don't understand all this anger towards Unc. > > > > > You aren't interested in what really happened, > only in > > what you want to believe happened. So believe > that. > > Believe what you want. Whatever you believe, it > doesn't > > affect me in any way. > > > > Look for proof on your own time. I am content > with my > > personal experience. > > > > Unc > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], > "shempmcgurk" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > Unc, I am going to snip out what I believe > to be the > irrelevant > > > > > parts of your response and leave in the > parts I want to > address. > > > > > > > > > > You wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Did you experience it only once? > > > > > > > > > > > > Nope. Many times. As did most of the > other students who > > > > > > studied with the guy. I will also > emphasise, for the > record, > > > the > > > > > > word "most." Some people (10-15) never > saw anything; > > > > > > others (1000s over the years, sometimes > 500 at once) saw > > > > > > this stuff all the time. Therefore, it > would appear to be > a > > > > > > phenomenon that is not entirely physical, > and takes place > > > > > > at least to some extent on subtle physical > levels. If > you're > > > > > > asking whether it was ever recorded on > film, I don't think > > > > > > so, and I don't know whether it could have > been. But it > was > > > > > > neat to witness, both as a phenomenon and > as a field of > > > > > > energy to be part of. The latter was the > real benefit of > > > > > > being around someone who is doing this, > IMO. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Because some people saw this phenomenon > and others > > > > > > in the same room did not, I have my doubts > that it would > > > > > > have been captured on videotape. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > > I will also admit, for the same reasons, > that there might > have > > > > > > been some kind of psychic siddhi going on, > in which > people's > > > > > > perceptions were altered to allow them to > see a phenomenon > > > > > > that might not have been present on a > physical level. But > > > > > > there was never any suggestion of what was > about to happen. > > > > > > The most he'd ever say was, "Watch." He > never said *what* > > > > > > to watch for, and levitation was only one > of the siddhis > he was > > > > > > good at, so there was no telling what, if > anything, was > going > > > > > > to happen. And yet most of us saw stuff, > and everyone who > > > > > > saw it agreed on what was seen. > > > > > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > Now, Unc, let me contrast what you said > above with what you > > > > > originally wrote: > > > > > > > > > > "I've witnessed real, hanging-ten-in-mid-air > levitation." > > > > > > > > > > I think you would agree with me when I > conclude that you > have > > > NOT > > > > > witnessed "real, hinging-ten-in-mid-air > levitation" as you > first > > > > > claimed. > > > > > > > > No, I have. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, you didn't. > > > > > > If you HAD, you wouldn't leave open the > possibility that it may > have > > > been the result of some other sidhi or that you > had your doubts > that > > > it could have been captured on videotape. > > > > > > I think it would have been more properly > descriptive of you to > have > > > written that you had witnessed what "looked > like" levitation and > not > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ 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/
