--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@...> wrote: > > Transcendental Consciousness isn't an experience.
I think you mean UNconsciousness. > L > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > Thanks for the water analogy. Can you say more about the context of the > > bliss and blissful quote? > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: wgm4u <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 6:03 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dome Rot; > > > > > > > >  > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > Also no trepidation because what is there to be afraid of?à à It's all > > changing all the time, death happening all around you all the time.à What > > did > > Maharishi say about the relative?à One mass of death.à And in the midst > > of all > > that change and death, something so alive and unchanging.à > > > > > > He also said bliss is not always blissful.à I think many people >>like > > > to > > >>ignore the ramifications of that. > > > > 'Bliss' is a poor translation of the profound Sanskrit word 'anandam', as > > MMY says "contact with Brahman brings bliss". In other words, if you > > haven't experienced anandam (indescribable bliss) you haven't fully > > consciously transcended, even once! > > > > His comment bliss is not always blissful is wholly taken out of context and > > misleading (one comment in 50+ years like this). > > > > At first, the self experiences bliss (TC) as the true Self or the EGO > > (ahamkara), much like taking a drink out of a glass of water, as the > > experiences advances it's much like the greater bliss of a pitcher of > > water,(GC) as it advances even further the pitcher breaks and one > > experiences ONESELF as pure unbounded bliss (UC). (SAT-Chit-Ananda) > > >