The mistake of the intellect isn't called a mistake because it is voluntary...
L. --- In [email protected], "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "at_man_and_brahman" > <at_man_and_brahman@> wrote: > > > > The responses to my post about Robin Carlson were interesting. They revolve > > around a central theme, how unity consciousness is defined. > > > > Range of responses: > > > > * RC was in a false UC, dubbed by Vaj-ji as "Maharishi UC" (MUC). > > * MUC is *real* UC (RUC) but Robin was in a false version of it. > > * RC was in MUC *AND* MUC is RUC, but MUC comes and goes, so RC being back > > in waking state is no big deal. That group ignores RC's claim that he > > intentionally forced himself out of MUC rather than having slipped out of > > it as a matter of course. They also discount Maharishi's implied teaching > > that MUC, though it can be glimpsed, is achievable as a permanent state. > > <snip> > > * * Just to refine my position, let me reiterate that ultimately, all states > of consciousness are voluntary. Therefore, it is quite possible to decide to > "fall" from UC into a form of ignorance, or any other state one pleases. > However, we don't usually *get* that all states of consciousness are > voluntary until we surrender into Reality, or "Brahman" -- which as the One > Reality IS the permanent "state" MMY spoke of. "Brahman" or Reality is not > per se a "state" which comes and goes like the classic (and ultimately > illusory) 7 states of consciousness. As "Brahman" includes every other state > of consciousness, here it is perfectly simple to identify with any I-particle > or ego-state or state of consciousness one wishes. One can even entertain > beliefs as if they were real, though of course we will experience the pain of > doing so, the pain or tension of holding a "lie" in our bodymind. >
