No, don't leave it at that! Okey dokey, here goes: Women have 2 verbal centers to man's 1. The Earth's kundalini moved from India and Tibet to southern hemisphere which indicates rise of Divine Feminine;
And last but not least, supposedly the Dalai Lama has said that the world will be saved (?) by Western women. On the other hand (-: I'm enjoying the well balanced masculine of FFL. ________________________________ From: salyavin808 <fintlewoodle...@mail.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 7:13 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yet another reddit thread started by yours truly --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > Ok, I don't even know what reddit means (I've asked Alex) but will wade in > here anyway. > > This is my 3rd "spiritual" forum and I've read lots of "spiritual" blogs, > websites, etc. during the last 2 1/2 years. A few books like Adya's and > Perfect Brilliant Stillness, etc. Plus doing TMSP since 1977. MA in SCI. > > What I've noticed, she said inching out onto the limb, is that men seem way > more interested in the whole question of Am I Enlightened Yet than women > do.  > Hmmm, maybe I'll leave it at that (-: > No, don't leave it at that! My own experience is that women are more likely to just incorporate something like TM into their lives and get on with work/family etc. Whereas men seem more likely to take it all way too seriously and devote themselves to gaining the highest goal and join purusha etc. I did anyway! If there is any truth in male/female differences like men are better at abstract thought then we will try and analyse where we are. Can't help it. But I got over it and it's all back in perspective. ________________________________ > From: salyavin808 <fintlewoodlewix@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 1:45 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yet another reddit thread started by yours truly > > >  > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > http://www.reddit.com/r/neurophilosophy/comments/v6why/what_do_people_think_of_the_tm_concept_of/ > > > > (as always up-vote or down-vote it as you deem appropriate) > > > > > > What do people think of the TM concept of enlightenment? > > > > Are people even familiar with it? > > In a nutshell: > > There are seven major states of consciousness: > > waking, dreaming and sleeping, > > a foundational state sometimes called "pure consciousness" which underlies > > the three above, > > a state which fully integrates the first three with pure consciousness, > > also known as the first stage of enlightenment, which is simply a nervous > > system sufficiently stress-free to not disrupt what SHOULD be the default > > perception that pure consciousness IS the basis of the first three, > > two further states beyond that, which build upon the first enlightened > > state. > > The claim is that just as waking, dreaming and sleeping have physiological > > correlates, so do the rest in the list. > > comments? > > Good topic but perhaps wasted on those who haven't experienced it. > > As someone who has I can definitely say that, yes there are different > states of consciousness but I draw the line at saying they are higher > as I see no evidence of improved behaviour from those claimed to be > in that state. > > I also dislike the idea that it is our default state and that it's > simply stress that keeps us away from it. This seems like a clever bit of > self serving propaganda, it keeps you devoted to both your > own development and that of society as it's part of the dogma > that once, a long time ago, everyone was like this all the time > and it's only stress that stops us all from living as a perfect > society again. Aint nuthin wrong with daydreams but it does tend > to keep the true believers on the foam instead of doing something > useful with their lives. Each to their own but all those chemical > imbalances can be addictive, and I know as I've done it. If it > really was our default state we would all be in it or have it > during childhood at least. but we don't. > > This whole age of enlightenment belief is another "legend of > the fall" that every single human culture has developed. That > doesn't mean there is something to the AofE, garden of eden etc. > what it really pertains to something common to all peoples lives > that of seperation from the mother and the growth of awareness > of difference we develop in childhood. You'd think that someone > in an actual higher state of perfect knowledge would have > realised that but no, they don't seem to have any useful, > verifiable insights at all it's all a defualt hindu belief like > their crappy incomplete astrology that doesn't even use the right > number of planets. You'd think perfect knowledge would see the > others? Makes the siddhi for knowing motions of planets seem inadequate don't > you think? > > I think enlightenment is one of the many states of mental > disorder that can happen due to various genetic variation or > social pressure. I knew someone with schizophrenia who went > through many stages of mania, depression and even a "jesus mode" > (as I called it then) whereby he would radiate an amazing peace > and calm and be the most pleasant, involving person to talk to. Everyone in a > room would sit just soak up the atmosphere he > created. Therefore, that's how I see enlightenment as working, > it's due to how our brains construct the picture that we call > reality inside our heads i would say there are many components involved in > the various stages, hearing, spacial awareness etc. > and these can be jumbled up or switched off at various times - > drugs, illness, meditation. Sometimes these changes can be > permanent for a while, ask Robin Carlsen for details. > > Enlightenment, good fun but don't take it too seriously...... >
