--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > Not that one can be out of the phenomenal realm. But rather, > > as you suggested Judy, the desire isn't potent enough to make > > it a real go. I have no doubt that someone will break through. > > Someone who wants to hover enough. > <snip> > > We have all been trying to create positive aspirations for > > the world for however many years now. And I think that > > aspiration superceeded the mere aspiration to just levitate. > > You know, there's no way I want to levitate > badly enough to spend the time day after day > doing program. It would be fun, and if > somebody were to hand it to me on a silver > platter, I'd take it. But in and of itself, > it's not all that compelling. > > Wnat I *do* want badly enough to spend the > time day after day doing program is to no > longer be overshadowed. That was why I > started TM in the first place, and I've > continued because I'm making slow but > steady progress in that direction. > > I'd be lying if I said I wanted to help > the world more than I wanted to not be > overshadowed, but there does seem to be a > reciprocal relationship: as I become less > overshadowed, I become more concerned about > the world. > > But if somebody told me, Well, you have a > choice: by doing program you can *either* > help the world *or* no longer be overshadowed, > I think--or I'd like to think--that I'd continue > doing program, because being able to help the > world is a pretty good compensation for being > overshadowed. > > I don't know if any of that makes sense... > My main point was that being able to > levitate has never been why I do program. > If it ever happens, it'll be a nice bonus, > but it ain't the main event.
Even Guru Dev told his Master something like: first teach me to be self-sufficient, then teach me about enlightenment, so you're in good company. I'll have to look up the real quote - I think it's in "The Whole Thing, The Real Thing" - if I'm remembering it at all correctly. JohnY 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/
