--- anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Judy > > Yes that is it. The wording sounds just a slight bit > difference and > maybe it was edited very slightly from the original, > but, yes, that is > the section I had underlined and have remembered lo > these many years. > > It fit nicely with the admonition Maharishi gave to > a small room of > people way back in the mid 70s in Livingston Manor > when he made a > surprise visit. In response to a question (Rick > Archer says it was a > question he asked) Maharishi told us (again > paraphrased): > "Every day is life...we don't pass up the present > based on a more > glorious future..." > > and he spoke to the idea that many of us were > holding (and many still > do) that we ere reticent to allow ourselves to be > fully engaged in > activity for fear of being overshadowed yet the name > of the game (at > least it used to be) was/is, meditate and then act. > And when you are > engaged in the field of activity you don't analyze > your every thought > word and deed. > > Somewhere else either in the SOB or the Gita he > talks about the > practice (akin to modern day Mindfulness) of holding > our attention on > what we do when we are doing it and talks about how > this creates > disintegration of the mind-body connection. This echoes SSRS comments about whatever you do, always do it 100%. When you act do it with full, 100% commitment. > > > > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail 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/
