Gee, Lawson, Robin went over this with you in some depth back in June of last year:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/312523 You don't seem to have incorporated any of what he told you into your own thinking--but you never refuted any of it either. Basically, the issue is that the notion of performing siddhis "at will" in response to a skeptical demand is inconsistent with how Maharishi defined Unity Consciousness (which is how Robin experienced it). --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > > > Anyone can claim he or she is enlightened. But can he or she fly? > > > > Nobody in the TM movement can fly. Is that really a criteria related to > > enlightenment? Is that anything a normal, healthy human being should be > > able to do? Does it have relevance to anything worthwhile or useful? Are > > humans who could fly smarter, more compassionate, more beautiful to look at? > > > > Basically, MMY said that anyone claiming to be in fully mature Unity > Consciousness who was unable to perform any and all of the siddhis at will, > was fooling themselves. > > My own corollary is that if you have been practicing TM and the TM-Sidhis > program regularly every day and start to believe that you are in Unity, you > can consult your own personal history with the TM-Sidhis to falsify your own > beliefs: if you haven't been floating regularly during Yogic Flying, you > certainly haven't suddenly attained "full enlightenment." > > This is similar to the check for being in full-blown CC: you may have 24 > hour/day witnessing, but unless your meditation period leads you into > transcending for the entire period, every time, you can be certain that you > are not fully in CC. > > > L >
