--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 10, 2005, at 1:04 PM, anonymousff wrote: > > > FWIW, in numerous lectures at the first Mallorca TTC, Jan-June, 1971, > > Maharishi told us (many times) that we should get rid of as many bad > > habits as possible before CC because they wouldn't go away just > > because we were enlightened. He said clearly we take our bad habits > > with us. > > > > This speaks volumes to me now, close to 35 years later, when we are > > all (or at least many) finally realizing that appearing to be > > saintly-whether strictly the *look* of saintliness, the pretty words > > of enlightenment from a real saint or a poseur-may be nothing but the > > Emperor's new new clothes. > > Interesting point. > > It's different though as we approach Unity and the "extinction of all > phenomenon". There's actually a yogic saying on this which states > "Ascend with Conduct, Descend with the View." In other words, as your > consciousness begins to assume the POV of Unity and begins to exhaust > all it's karma, one's conduct--in terms of the karmic imprints one > makes and the quality of ones actions--must be exemplary--so the > conduct must rise. If you can do that, you will exhaust all karmic > potentials. >
I once believed that but I no longer do. To me all the whole sheband now means is that whoever you are, however you act, as you become increasingly free from the binding influence of action, you become increasingly free from the binding influence of action. How that plays out is totally individual and all else is mere moodmaking about the state. How many TMers adopted a lifestyle commensurate with higher states of consciousness only to have the whole thing backfire on them? Some seem to naturally beome nicer people that is until someone cuts them off while driving, or when they bang their thumb with a hammer. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
