--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Boy, that Mick is really brave, isn't he? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And the last time *you* did anything cool > > > > > > > for the world was when, exactly? > > > > > > > > > > > > ...when I challenged you on the claim that you witnessed > > true, > > > real > > > > > > levitation... > > > > > > > > Hey Shemp, since you're obviously holding onto this one > > > > pretty tightly, can I ask you a question? > > > > > > > > If you were to witness "real" levitation -- right in front > > > > of your eyes, perfect conditions, no drugs or wires and > > > > mirrors or sleep deprivation or *anything* you could pos- > > > > sibly use as an excuse going on -- would you believe it > > > > had happened? Would you be able to trust your own > > > > experience? > > > > > > Has The Amazing Randy given the person demonstrating it the > million > > > dollar reward? > > > > You can answer the question, too, if you'd like, Lawson. > > You didn't above. What you *did* was declare a set of > > objective "validations" of your own subjective experience. > > > > What I'm asking is whether, if you personally witnessed > > levitation, with NO outside "validation" or objective > > verification, you would trust your own subjective experience. > > Nope. I've been an eyewitness to the aftermath of a shooting. I > had a > conversation with the perp and looked him right in the eye from a > foot or so away and talked him into leaving the 7-11 before the > police came (I didn't realize there had been a gun involved > outsided so I wasn't nervous in the slightest --I guess he > responded to that). > > I couldn't identify him when he was captured by the police. > > > I think that if you wouldn't, you're making a very sad > > statement indeed, one that has rather profound implications > > for whether you will realize your own enlightenment in this > > life. > > Just familiar with a few of my limitations, sorry. > > > I've also seen videos of street magicians mystifying passers by > by "levitating" in front of them. Doug Henning figured out a way to > make a restaurant appear to "levitate" from all angles outside and > from the pov of people inside looking out. > > Why should I think that my perceptions are all that hot?
You are free, of course, to live your life any way you want. However, I might suggest to you that by taking this stance you are setting yourself up to never realize enlightenment. Enlightenment (thus far) is a *completely* subjective experience. No one you have access to on the planet can "verify" or "validate" the experience for you. So if/when it happens for you, you've just said that you won't trust your own experience. Talk about setting up a subtle level of intention to make sure you never have to deal with the situation... 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/
