You that mourn your follies past, Precious hours and years, and years laid waste, Turn within, O turn and live, The Unified Field can still, can still forgive.
Sweet Redeeming from within, Born on wings, on wings of love. > > > > I've a long time heard that there will be a judgment, > That there will be a judgment in that day. > O there will be a judgment in that day, > Om Sinner, where will you stand in that day? > > > > 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? > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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! :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
