--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 12, 2005, at 4:02 PM, akasha_108 wrote: > > > Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Oct 12, 2005, at 2:10 PM, akasha_108 wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Enlightenment, connates, to me at least, an endpoint. > >>> > >> > >> Hmmm. Never got that., although unimpeded omniscience might seem > >> > > that way. > > > > > > Well it you may have a broader view than many. Why label some initial > > state with a high falutin term like "enlightenment". It never made > > sense to me. > > Nor me. My lingering question having been a youngster when I started > TM--as I strongly suspected we weren't being given the full picture- - > was what did others have to say? Seven states of Consciousness? The > Self resting in the Self? Eventually you get the answers. Look deep > enough and you get the experiences too, not stuck on some initial > experiences of clarity or bliss or the elements relaxing or calm or > movement or presence. > > > Maybe call it "first light" or "groggy, but eyes are > > open" or "ascended above sea level" or "less localized" (instead of > > "cosmic") or "release from prison to a half-way house with ankle > > braclet" instead of "liberation". > > Yeah I remember after learning Sanskrit trying to find out what all > the *real* words were for all the TM buzzwords and experiences. > "Cosmic Consciousness" wasn't that cosmic at all, how disappointing > and how enlightening. All it really means is "Beyond the Fourth". >
"Merely normal" didn't tip you off? > It was interesting after TM daze to hang out with yogis who had > profound experiential knowledge and seeing all these students who > thought they were enlightened. A real learning experience. > But MMY obviously hasn't a clue... ------------------------ 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/
