I had to google suutra and Taimni. ;D
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" wrote:
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> > I'm curious to hear/read different folks descriptions of what it is like to
> > have the Silence permeate other areas of your life.
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> > And why is this state of grounded in the self and permanent silence called
> > "Enlightenment?"
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> My wild guess is it might be based (at least) on these two suutras:
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> nirvicaara-vaishaaradye 'dhyaatma-prasaadaH. (I 47)
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> Taimni's translation:
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> On attaining the utmost purity of the nirvicaara stage (of samaadhi)
> there is the dawning of the spiritual light.
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> (The on following the YF-suutra:)
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> bahir-akalpitaa vRttir mahaa-videhaa; tataH prakaashaavaraNakSayaH.
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> The power of contacting the state of consciousness (vRttir) which is outside
> (bahiH) the intellect and is therefore inconceivable is called mahaa-videhaa.
> From it is destroyed the covering of light.
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> (I'm not sure how "good" that particular translation is...LOL!)
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> > Thanks!
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> > PS: Jim (doctordumbass) stated in his own words regarding Enlightenment:
> > "It is anything but a static state, first experienced as always being
> > grounded in the Self, or permanent silence. Once a person is established in
> > Silenc within, the enlightenment begins to "infect" everything else. The
> > Silence within can no longer be overshadowed, destroyed, or disrupted.
> > Sounds crazy, huh?:-)"
> > He stated that here:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/333754
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