--- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > One apparently cannot determine the state of > consciousness of > > another from their actions; probably given the > observer/observed > > uncertainty one can never adequately determine the > state of > > consciousness of another, if one is not > functioning at least from > > Brahman and willing to completely "be" the other, > or know the > other > > as oneself. Even in Unity there is room for > inaccuracy, as one is > in > > U.C. still potentially perceiving from the POV of > an unchallenged > > or "unslain" small-self. > > > > Only in Brahman is one aware of the > spatio-temporal > ("impermanent") > > and egoic nature of all the standard seven SoC > (and thus sees that > > there is no real difference between "ignorance" > > and "enlightenment"), and even in Brahman one is > or may be > > functioning through a "resurrected" small-self, > which itself still > > may be quite capable of inaccurate > perception-filters and so > on. :-) > > So I have apparently confused myself on this > distinction. It appears > that in Unity we see everything in terms of > ourselves, and in > Brahman, there is fundamentally no 'our self'. Or > alternatively, > there is one Self: Brahman. Period. The creation has > the > overwhelming characteristic of Wholeness and > perfection. > > So what is Unity? Paradoxically, there appears to be > a duality in > Unity because of *the sense of perception of > Oneness*, the > perception of Unity. > > Whereas in Brahman, there is no perception of Unity, > there is just > *being* Brahman. > > Is that correct? Although I have experienced Unity > several times, I > am not 100% clear about the distinction of Unity and > Brahman. On my TTC in LaAntilla MMY started talking alot about BC. A distinction he made between UC and BC was that UC was a state of consciousness and BC was not a state, but the "wholeness" of consciousness. How this translates experientially, I do not know! > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make > Yahoo! your home page > http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > 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] > > > > > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
