On Aug 15, 2005, at 12:30 PM, Peter wrote: > So on the other hand......perhaps lineages are > important. Like a mantra, a vehicle to ride until it > is ultimately transcended. It has its utility until > full Realization then it becomes useless for the > Realized, but very useful for the seeker.
I don't think it is useless for the realized, it is actually quite beneficial. It's not unusual for realized teachers to reveal teachings hidden by previous members of their own line. For example a yogin in the 8th century may have tapped into some future-strata and retrieved information on, say, a cancer drug (e.g. "Padma-25") and concealed it for re-revelation by a particular person at a particular time in the future. The yogin in the future unlocks the code spontaneously and re-reveals the teaching. This is a well known practice. The advantage of your own lineage revealing such a teaching is that it is closer to sentient beings in space-time in terms of it's manifestation and therefore these type of practices often yield immediate or very quick results. There are some teachers who the experience of revealing a teaching is so profound, they recall the experience across lifetimes. Often lineage holders will appear in specific ways. This is especially true of rainbow-body realizers as they can split their body into tens of thousands of bodies to assist sentient evolution of future-selves. They are also not restricted by linear time, having mastered samadhi beyond space and beyond time prior to final realization. ------------------------ 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/
