--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I just wrote down a short transliteration of a DN text. > > I noticed that my handwriting has changed quite > > a bit. I'd say it's more "artistic" and clear > > than it usually is. Especially texts written by me > > with a ball-point pen tend to be quite messy. > > Dunno how much the improvement is due to my doing > > the whole siddhis program first time this morning > > for quite a long time. > > On my TTC in Fiuggi I had my first experience > in this lifetime with enlightenment. I sat to > meditate one afternoon and had the clearest > experience of transcendence I'd ever had. Hours > later, I got up and started to get dressed for > dinner and realized that the transcendence had > not gone away; it was still present. It stayed > present for a few weeks, whatever else I was > doing. > > I was keeping a Journal while on that course. I > still have it. The day before I had this exper- > ience, I was writing in it about how far away > enlightenment seemed and how I'd never get "there." > The next day I was writing about how it now > appeared as if it had never NOT been "there." > My first realization was that it had ALWAYS > been "there," and I just hadn't noticed. Very > "before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water; > after enlightenment, chop wood and carry water." > > But my handwriting "before" and "after" couldn't > have been more different, coming from the same > person. Big difference. Go figure.
...and you paid HOW MUCH for the ability to have that experience? $35.00? Didn't have to change your religion? Didn't have to change your lifestyle? Pretty damn good deal, I'd say... ------------------------ 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/
