Yes, the process of canonization is exhaustive. And years later they might decide you weren't a saint after all! Didn't that happen to St. Christopher? And fortunately levitation is NOT a requirement for sainthood according to the Church. Otherwise we'd all have to be named after St. Joseph Cupertino (-:
Replying to another post: Just going by logic, I'd say that there is not another planet EXACTLY like earth in this universe. But other universes? Other dimensions? That's another ball of stardust! ________________________________ From: John <jr_...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 4, 2013 1:37 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: To card - mUrdhajyothiShi --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > > Outside of the TMO, many saints in the Catholic Curch were > > known to have levitated, including St. Teresa of Avila. So, > > levitation or flying can be used as a criteria to determine > > one's state of consciousness, specifically that of > > enlightenment. > > John, this is way too simplistic and creates significant > confusion. > > The saints had no *intention* of levitating; it was > involuntary, and in many cases unwelcome--frightening and > overwhelming. Teresa actually prayed that it wouldn't > happen. > > Any devout Catholic, moreover, would be appalled at the > idea of such performances being used as a criterion of > spiritual development; that would be strictly against > Church doctrine. And the saints would never want to > attract attention to themselves in that way. > > Aside from the issue of whether levitation is possible, > there really isn't any commonality between the > significance of levitation in the Western (Catholic) > tradition and its significance in the Eastern tradition. > You can't use one to justify the other. > Judy, Levitation is the quick test for those who claim to be enlightened, in particular, those who follow Osho's techniques and philosophy. Otherwise, it may take a very long time to prove conclusively that a person is enlightened. Specifically, the Vatican has a very exhaustive method for canonizing a saint.
