one of my favorite quotes from MMY:
Spiritual and Material Values "Every experience has its level of physiology, and so unbounded awareness has its own level of physiology which can be measured. Every aspect of life is integrated and connected with every other phase. When we talk of scientific measurements, it does not take away from the spiritual experience. We are not responsible for those times when spiritual experience was thought of as metaphysical. Everything is physical. Consciousness is the product of the functioning of the brain. Talking of scientific measurements is no damage to that wholeness of life which is present everywhere and which begins to be lived when the physiology is taking on a particular form. This is our understanding about spirituality: it is not on the level of faith --it is on the level of blood and bone and flesh and activity. It is measurable." -Maharishi Mahesh Yogi --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardatrwilliamsdotus" <richard@...> wrote: > > > > Bhairitu: > > It is a conditioning of the nervous system. > > > Enlightenment doesn't have anything to do with the > human nervous system. If it did, we could see it > and measure it and replicate it. > > The enlightened state is a state of mind; a state > where we percieve reality as it really is. > > Enlightenment is a mental state - there is no > change in the physical body. Enlightenment is a > metaphysical state. > > The historical buddha is said to have attained > enlightenment, but he had a bad back until the day > he passed away. > > Enlightenment "...is the state of residing in such > great understanding and depth, that no matter what > life throws your way, you are at peace with it, you > are able to say, That's OK, no problem." > - Zen Buddhist Master Charlotte Joko Beck >
