--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > <snip> > > Good explanation, except that based on the way Maharishi has taught > > it, I always got the impression that there was some sort of linear, > > waterfall-like experience leading from cc to gc to brahman, as one > > state became realized, it overflowed into the next, and so on. And > > it just didn't happen that way for me. I had cc experiences that > > were fleeting and on the background of intense suffering, and the > > same with gc. > > > > Then a quick unraveling of it all, and literally one day I awoke > > and there was no more path, or more appropriately, I experienced > > complete freedom in terms of spiritual evolution; no more 'seeker's > > burn'. All the 'signposts' evaporated. There was no 'juice' left in > > any of it and from then on I have had oneness predominating in my > > awareness and perception. The diversity of the world is still > > there, but it has just switched places in my awareness with > > oneness. Diversity is secondary now. > > > > The reason I share this is because I think it is a common > > expectation among TMers that they will do cc, then get established > > in it- witnessing all the time, and then that will spill over into > > gc, experiencing the finest relative all the time, and so on. > > That's what I thought at first, but it became clear > after a while that CC, GC, and UC were labels for > certain distinct types of experiences, points on a > continuum, rather than for sequential states, although > the experiences tend to develop in that general > direction. > > On the other hand, if someone is having stable, > prolonged experiences that fit the description > attached to the label God consciousness, for > example, perhaps it wouldn't be wrong to say the > person was "in" God consciousness or had "achieved" > God consciousness?
I agree that then a person could be said to be 'in' gc. or cc. I've just never heard of anyone doing it that way, so I really don't know. 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/
