I am not sure he had any real choice to do it differently; it seems that I never have. For me, anyhow, Awakening rather destroyed any illusion of free will and real choice I ever had. This is not entirely true, though, of course.
True enough though that for some at least UC is not the pinnacle, and the "next step" often involves abjuring the whole idea of steps, and a pinnacle, and growth, and all of that, in a way. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Just that by keeping it to himself, and seeing what came next, he could have > spared himself a lot of drama, and possibly time. That's all. I am not saying > he should have been more contemplative, only that hopefully he has learned > now that UC is not the pinnacle of human consciousness. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Sorry, I meant all those comments wrt his UC experience. > > > > Well, I figured that, but I don't know how they relate. > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, it was going public that fucked him. > > > > > > > > "Going public"?? > > > > > > > > > Possibly would have grown out of it sooner, otherwise. > > > > > > > > "Grown out of it"?? > > > > > > > > > Ten years is a damned long time to be stuck > > > > > > > > "Stuck"?? > > > > > > > > > - my assumption is that he stopped TM during that time. > > > > > > > > Again, he's never said, so we really do not know. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yummy! I haven't eaten lunch yet -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > (snip) > > > > > > > > This is where Robin Carlson messed up: he thought that he "had > > > > > > > > it all" because he had a valid experience of UC, and, at least > > > > > > > > by what he has said, he stopped doing TM. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **Heard an expression a long time ago about dropping acid that > > > > > > > serves > > > > > > > as a pretty good guide, "Don't peak too soon". Works for seekers, > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > child actors, too. > > > > > > > > > > > > Er, it wouldn't have worked for Robin. He had no choice about when > > > > > > to "peak." It was involuntary and completely unexpected, and it > > > > > > didn't go away for 10-plus years. (And he's never said exactly > > > > > > when he stopped doing TM.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
