--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- 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? > > How could you have GC without some level of CC? MMY > has said that > true Bhakti can't begin until CC because until you > know your Self, > how could your Self worship God? When there is an "I" God can't show-up because there's no room at the inn, so to speak. In CC there's nothing there so God starts to show up in that utter aloneness of first awakening. > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
