--- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Is this the paragraph you have in mind? "Identification should not be a horror to the seekers of truth and to the aspirants of reality. It is only that a state of mind has to be cultivated so that the mind engaged with outer things does not overshadow the pure state of Being." I don't have time at the moment to quote more of the section, but if you have a chance go digging, the paragraph is about exactly halfway through the part titled "Life in Freedom" at the very end of Section III, "Art of Living." (I have the Signet edition, so the page number wouldn't help you find it!) There's relevant material both before and after that paragraph. The basic idea is that identification (absorption in the objects of perception) is fundamental to living in the world. The trick is not to get rid of identification, but to have Being *along with* identification. 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/
