I've a long time heard that the earth will be burning, That the earth will be burning in that day. O the earth will be burning in that day, O sinner, where will you stand in that day.
> > > We should find it extremely helpful having this resolution on sin as a FFL > guideline, this resolution that sin would be that which weakens our expressed > essence of soul perfection and degrades it into mortal enslavement. >From > that we can get appropriate public policy here about sin, sinning and sinners. > -Buck > > > > > > > "Om Sinner, where will you run?" > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am heartened that both Maharishi and the Maharaj should be in > > > > alignment with the FFL sin resolution. > > > > > > > > > > This alignment of both Maharishi and the Maharaja might well bring along > > > all our TB supporters as a caucus block here for the FFL resolution about > > > sin. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Xeno, I am in favor of 'sin' as it is delineated in the > > > > > > > resolution, that is my experience and I see that Paramahansa > > > > > > > Yogananda has it right. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Even Maharishi and the Maharaja are in alignment with Paramahansa > > > > > Yogananda and the sin resolution, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Note that God is run out as the resolution reads. Sit and > > > > > > > meditate more on the soul and free-will with this. However, I > > > > > > > would urge you to not split over the soul and free-will but > > > > > > > concur with the resolution on sin for what it is. Don't let > > > > > > > theisms withhold your support on the sin resolution. > > > > > > > As you may feel more in to this, I look to your support of the > > > > > > > FFL resolution on sin. > > > > > > > With Best Regards, > > > > > > > -Buck in FF > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > > > > > > <anartaxius@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Buck, there is disagreement here on the following terms. God, > > > > > > > > free-will, soul. Best of luck! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Praying is like a rocking chair - it'll give you something to > > > > > > > > do, but it won't get you anywhere. - Gypsy Rose Lee > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, Gypsie Rose evidently never heard of transcending > > > > > > meditations. Without spiritual experience what could we expect? > > > > > > Of course a meditation when well done is its own prayer that brings > > > > > > all and only more clearly the grace of the science of Ved (Unified > > > > > > Field) in a physiology. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thus will I lift my hands in prayer! > > > > > > -Buck in FF > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear FFL Owner, Moderators and Members in good standing; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For a sake of a more unified discussion here on > > > > > > > > > FairfieldLife@yahoo I wish to make a motion that we adopt a > > > > > > > > > resolution of the definition of 'sin' as is proffered by > > > > > > > > > Paramahansa Yogananda, "That here at FFL hence forth 'sin' > > > > > > > > > shall be known spiritually, as that which compromises > > > > > > > > > self-mastery. That sin has its automatic negative effect to > > > > > > > > > the degree of the influence of delusion with in it -involving > > > > > > > > > no condemnation of an irate God. Man's free-will actions > > > > > > > > > simply harmonize and strengthen the expressed essence of his > > > > > > > > > soul perfection or weaken and degrade it into mortal > > > > > > > > > enslavement." > > > > > > > > > -Buck in FF > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yet save a trembling sinner, Unified Field > > > > > > > > > > > Whose hope still hov'ring round Thy word > > > > > > > > > > > Would light on some sweet promise there, > > > > > > > > > > > Some sure support of Nature against despair. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My crimes, though great, cannot surpass > > > > > > > > > > > > The pow'r and glory of Thy grace; > > > > > > > > > > > > Great Unifying Field, Thy nature hath no bound; > > > > > > > > > > > > So let Thy pard'ning love be found. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Show pity, O Unified Field, forgive; > > > > > > > > > > > > > Let a repenting rebel live. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are not Thy mercies large and free? > > > > > > > > > > > > > May not a sinner trust in Thee?� > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Xenophaneros > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anartaxius" <anartaxius@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > O Integrity, there are no sins. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Form or formless matters not. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Presence always, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Especial location no necessity. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > " 'Sin' requires a complex definition. It is not a > > > > > > > > > > transgression against an arbitrary code of behavior decreed > > > > > > > > > > by a whimsical God. The Unified Field made human a > > > > > > > > > > spiritual being, a soul endowed with an individualization > > > > > > > > > > of its own nature. It gives to the soul, evolved from its > > > > > > > > > > own Self, the instruments of a body and a mind with which > > > > > > > > > > to perceive and interact with the objects of a manifested > > > > > > > > > > universe. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If man lives in perfect harmony with the machinations of > > > > > > > > > > these principles, he remains a spiritual being in charge of > > > > > > > > > > his body and mind. Sin is that which compromises that > > > > > > > > > > perfect self-mastery. It has its automatic negative effect > > > > > > > > > > to the degree of the influence of delusion with in it > > > > > > > > > > -involving no condemnation of an irate God. Man's > > > > > > > > > > free-will actions simply harmonize and strengthen the > > > > > > > > > > expressed essence of his soul perfection or weaken and > > > > > > > > > > degrade it into mortal enslavement." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Excerpt -Discourse 27 > > > > > > > > > > Yogananda's > > > > > > > > > > The Second Coming of Christ > > > > > > > > > > The Resurrection of Christ Within You > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "O Unified Field, pardon me three sins. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have in contemplation clothed in form > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thee who art formless. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have described [in words] Thee who art > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ineffable. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And in visiting temples I have ignored > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thy omnipresence." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "futur.musik" <futur.musik@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Judy, you wrote, "You do understand that > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Robin does not claim to be enlightened and is > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > not seeking enlightenment, that he thinks it's > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a snare and a delusion, that he believes he was > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > enlightened decades ago and has made a huge > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > effort since then to "de-enlighten" himself." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > After reading a lot of what Robin writes about > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > enlightenment and his experience being > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > enlightened, he says he was witnessing the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > whole time. That stuck out when I read it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Enlightenment as it grows, and it always grows > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > if it is real, eats up and integrates > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > witnessing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is a period following waking up or the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > stabilizing of Self Realization, where > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > witnessing everything, seeing the frictionless > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > flow of life and your silent place in it, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > dominates perception. Freedom! Absence of fear! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A great influx of cosmic energy as the Atman or > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Soul becomes a permanent flame within and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > shines forth. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you want to stay there for awhile, then > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > others can see your light and respond to it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'll not go much further into Robin's > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > experience but I think this is where he was > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > during his leading of an alternative spiritual > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > movement. It was 100% genuine regarding the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Soul carrying out its function of expansion. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As the Atman continues to shine forth, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > extending one's boundaries, making them less > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > distinct, melding one's identity with that of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the Cosmos, the unity between us and others and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > everything else in our experience becomes more > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > obvious. As the soul continues to radiate > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > outward from deeper and deeper within us, that > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cosmic energy we become permeates everything. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Everything. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At that point, the lights seem to go out! Holy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > shit, what happened? The light we (the personal > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and Impersonal self) are radiating becomes so > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pervasive, inside and out, that life is at once > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > transformed, becoming progressively more > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > interesting, captivating and beautiful, while > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > remaining exactly as it was before. So we no > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > longer see the contrast between the light that > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we are, and the light now everywhere else. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We are no longer witnessing, or perhaps the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > witness has come out to play. There is no > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > longer the longing for *peak* experiences that > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we used to want, but instead, it is *all* very > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > much better.:-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In order to witness, there has to be something > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > distinct from something else. There has to be > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the unfettered ;-) bliss of the soul, the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > personal Being, distinct from everything else, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and we are residing in Being, looking out as it > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > were on everything else. People describe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > witnessing as being so free! so weightless > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > almost, just in a big cloud of bliss, mind > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > almost empty. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is an awesome feeling, but not a complete > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > one. Even the witness has to be transcended in > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > order to for enlightenment to continue, and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > continue it will. There is no way to put the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > soul back to sleep once it wakes up, and one > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Day of Enlightenment lasts a very, very, very > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > long time! :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
