--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <LEnglish5@...> wrote: [...] > However, TM theory predicts that episodes of pure consciousness are not a > good indicator of enlightenment because a single episode of PC might cause > changes in the nervous system that take months or years to fully resolve, and > during that period, meditations might be less restful. >
I should have said, "not a good indicator of *partial* enlightenment." One traditional definition of nirvakalpa samadhi is that one enters samadhi during meditation and never leaves, but you can have some "witnessing value" constantly throughout waking, dreaming and sleeping, and not be having ANY noticeable pure consciousness episodes during meditation. L
