--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 27, 2005, at 2:24 PM, TurquoiseB 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? You move the > > slider on the light switch to its first position and the > > light clicks on. But you can control how *brightly* the > > light is on by moving the slider further up the scale. > > > > Is it possible that there are varying "degrees" of witnessing, > > seperate-but-equal levels of appreciation of the same > > phenomenon? > > In the oral tradition of practice from both Gaudapada (one of the Holy > Trad.) and yogas from the tantras all seem to share at least three > different types of witnessing: witnessing at the level of the ajna, the > throat and heart chakra. The quality of presence at each is quite > different, so they are taught for integrating different types of > experience and different states of consciousness. In some of them the > sense of witnessing is almost too "bright" for good sleeping yet are > more suitable for waking, where the brightness is more welcome. And > still others will bring presence to the dream state.
Of course, there's debate about whether or not chakras are part of the Vedic tradition in the first place. I want to see research on what each of these "types" of witnessing etails, physiologically speaking... 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/
