--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson <ameradian2@...> wrote:
>
> I must admit to being very pleased Rory-- you're the first person on this
> forum that I have encountered who seems to be happy that they've reached a
> certain level of 'higher consciousness.' To hear RC tell of his own
> experience, it did not seem like a very pleasant or helpful state of mind at
> all! Â I read about the helicopter incident in the book 'The Maharishi
> Effect" and it seemed to me that this behavior might have been indicative of
> a highly unstable state of mind (no offense RC if you are still reading these
> posts; please do not take it as any indication of a judgment on you as you
> are now). You're the first one so far who seems to be contented with having
> reached a higher state of consciousness. Thank you so much for taking the
> time and trouble to inform me of your own experiences. It has proven to be
> invaluable to me and very rewarding-- even if I'm not sure I fully grasp in
> its entirety what happened to you during these periods of intense
> illumination (perhaps that is a better wording than Enlightenment).
> Cheers
> Bill
> Â
>
* * Yes, in my experience as long as we are primarily identified with a
separate "I" -- and I see no real evidence thus far of anyone claiming
classical UC who has surrendered that -- then we know there is still "something
more than this" :-)
