If someone who has a copy of Maharishi's Science of Being and Art of Living handy, the original version, would kindly look for this great quote (paragraph really) on Identification and post it that would be grand, it would shed light on this discussion. It goes something like (this is a paraphrase):
Seekers of enlightenment should not be afraid of identification... OR Identification strikes fear in the hearts of seekers... and then he goes on to address the issue which, to me, relates to the conversation in this thread. If no one has a SOBAOL readily available I will go digging in my garage later on, find the section/paragraph and post it. --- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I'm wondering whether there might be a better model > > for witnessing than a simple binary ON/OFF switch. > > How about more of a rheostat control? > > Sure, why not? But, it does seem like the witnessing state can come > and go, a la the binary ON/OFF switch. IIRC, one guy at the Wednesday > night satsangs expressed great relief when the 24/7 witnessing > stopped. I also spoke with one of the Waking Down teachers about > witnessing sleep, and he said he'd experienced it and that sleep was > more enjoyable without it. > > Back in May, I drove up to Minneapolis, and I got lost in St. Louis > Park (a suburb) looking for my hotel. And, it was very interesting to > become aware that part of me was not at all involved in the anger and > frustration of being lost in a big city. > > Fast forward to a few days ago, when our water system died, and I > needed to access the cistern, and I discovered that the cistern lid > was half-buried under heavy clay because the goddamned vastu > rectification encroached on it, and I had to fucking hack away at > rock hard soil in 100 fucking degree heat because some superstitious > bullshit meant soil needed to be piled up on top of existing critical > infrastructure. Was I aware of that uninvolved witness at that > moment? No fucking way. I was pissed off beyond belief and totally > overshadowed. > > I think the lesson there is that shift happens, and it's best to not > latch on to any particular state or experience. > > Alex 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/
