thx, most interesting! (forwarded to J. Jarvis). http://skeletonart.com/Detailed/696.html
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson <ameradian2@> wrote: > > > > Hello to everyone on Fairfield life. My name is Dr. William Parkinson and I > > have been lurking here for over a month. I have only recently started > > meditating ( 5months) and I am trying to learn as much about TM as I can; > > both the good and the bad. Recently, MZ\RobinC and Ravi Yogi have made > > some brief, but tantalizing allusions, to sleep (actually the lack thereof) > > and various states of consciousness. Years ago I read the paper in the > > journal Sleep documenting that people in established CC still maintain > > alpha wave paterns even during delta sleep. I was wondering if anyone could > > shed further light on this phenomenon. I understand that this is not the > > same as insomnia, but I'm wondering exactly what happens and whether or not > > it interferes with sleep. I am also wondering whether or not so-called > > cosmic consciousness would recede back into the background if someone were > > to discontinue TM. I ask this because in the eventuality that I, or someone > > else, may > > be disconcerted by having this state of consciousness during sleep it > > would be quite helpful to know that the discontinuation of TM would reverse > > this phenomenon. I would be deeply appreciative of any information that > > anyone might be willing to give me. Thank you in advance! > > Cheers > > Bill > > * * Dear Bill, welcome to Fairfield Life! > > Great questions; I'll take a shot at them. In my recollection, anyhow, > witnessing sleep before Awakening was somewhat transitory. Since then > however, it has generally felt as if a part of me is always asleep (if I had > to locate this part, it would be in the back of my brain) and a part of me is > always awake (this would be more in the brow area), so there really appears > to be only one state of consciousness, or more accurately, one consciousness > always and ever Here and Now which predominates through all its various > states, so that the brain as a whole sings, regardless of where "I" happen to > be localized in the brain's choir. Conscious mantra-meditation ceased > immediately upon Awakening, as it was self-evident that "I" was not, and That > Alone IS, and there was no longer anywhere to go, and that was 29 years ago. > > I have no regrets and no desire to change, but then this is certainly not > Cosmic Consciousness as classically described, or not C.C. alone; it is > indescribable, more like everything and nothing, more like utter ignorance > with utter contentment :-) >
