I've a long time heard that the sun will be darkened,
That the sun will be darkened in that day.
O the sun will be darkened in that day,
Om sinner, where will you stand in that day?
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> 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,
> Om sinner, where will you stand in that day.
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> >
> >
> > 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
> > > > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > > > > > > 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! :-)
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