As I interview folks, this evidently is a commonly held view in the meditating community:
"Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Anthroposophy, often referred to the etheric body (Ätherleib or "Life Body") in association with the etheric formative forces and the evolution of man and the cosmos.[5] According to him, it can be perceived by a person gifted with clairvoyance as being of "peach-blossom color". Steiner considered the etheric reality or life principle as quite distinct from the physical material reality, being intermediate between the physical world and the astral or soul world. The etheric body can be characterised as the life force also present in the plant kingdom. It maintains the physical body's form until death. At that time, it separates from the physical body and the physical reverts to natural disintegration." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etheric_body > > > > > > Well yes, and spiritual cultivation may just be more than 'mental > relaxation'. > > > art at this time often represented contemporary interest in the "spirit > body", "aura" or "body of light". > The etheric body, ether-body, æther body, a name given by > neo-Theosophy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Theosophy> to a vital > body or subtle body <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtle_body> > propounded in esoteric <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric> > philosophies as the first or lowest layer in the "human energy field" or > aura <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aura_(paranormal)> .[1] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etheric_body#cite_note-0> It is said to > be in immediate contact with the physical body > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_anatomy> , to sustain it and connect > it with "higher" bodies. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. > > > > > There may well be a place for studying with a guru or sat-guru for a > corporate value of sitting with a spiritual field effect. Or as it > were, seeking the company of saints for some help on some things along > the way, what one might not be able to easily do yourself. Evidently > some saints and or just spiritual teachers can be pretty helpful along > the way at points; hence people seek them out in good faith by > experience. Legacy and ages-old of the species. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "marekreavis" reavismarek@ > wrote: > > > > > > Perhaps the problem is looking at "knowledge" of anything as being > proprietary rather than the shared legacy of the entire species. > > > > > > *** > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Jessie" <jmercay@> wrote: > > > > > > > > It is always interesting to me when individuals hijack someone > elses work and then don't give them credit. This so called non-dual > meditation is a hijacked form of Jacobsons Relaxation Technique. We > used it in 1970's at the Institue for Living in Hartford when we > compared TM with other methods - I worked on that project (you old > timers might remember Dr. Bernard Gluck's NIMH grant). So, the > individual with the Indian voice (if you have an indian accent surely > you are special and spiritual) has simply taken Jacobson progressive > muscle relaxation technique and added a little OM to it and labled it as > being Non dual meditation. When will it stop? When will people stop > hijacking knowledge (like the vaastu shastras for example, ayurveda, > ghandarva music), putting their own spin on it and claiming it as their > own? > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--VkE4KK68I > > > > > > > > > > > > Whoa! That's way cool! :D > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, interesting exercise creating a secular unattached > meditation instructional video. It was fine until all that non-dual > talk 'who is this who is that...' in-the-head posing questions stuff in > the middle. TMI at that point being too wordy once there whilst just > getting to sitting with it. Too much of that talk engaging a mind could > be dangerous for beginners giving them headaches in jump-starting and > then straining their underlying chakras. It could be dangerous. > > > > > > > > > > -Buck in FF > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
