I was not confused by it, since my first (dirty) witnessing experiences were on residence courses, and they faded about a day after the course. I was not ever told that this state was permanent, if experienced. Just the opposite.
Shit, its been 40 years for Bee since the TM daze - He just doesn't remember accurately. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > (snip) > > Bahd idea, as Ahnold might say. For many of them, the > > experiences soon faded, and they would have been thought > > of as fools or liars if they *admitted* that they had > > faded, because within the TM org at that time, it was > > *assumed* that if you experienced CC, it was PERMANENT. > > Could this have been one of those "secret teachings" > divulged only to TM teachers? Because it was always my > understanding that one could slip into and out of the > experience of any state of consciousness, although at > some point a particular state supposedly became > permanent. > > After all, "witnessing" is said to be a temporary state > of CC; CC is said to be a permanent state of witnessing. > > I learned TM in 1975; was the concept of witnessing as > a temporary state something that was introduced after > Barry's time but before mine? > > Genuinely curious here. >
