---In [email protected], <turquoiseb@...> wrote :
From: "anartaxius@..." <anartaxius@...> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] BLANKING Barry did not use the word 'Self', he used the word 'self' uncapitalised, and the phrase 'sense of self'. In no way did he imply 'transcended the Self'. (See below) Talk about reading comprehension. Some editor. :-) You should know by now that she views anything said by anyone she doesn't like and holds a grudge against as an opportunity to try to start an argument and act superior to them. Why waste your time with her? As for the issue of "no-thought," it IS worth remembering that many forms of meditation practice believe that deep meditation only *starts* at the point where you can stop your thoughts for 10-20 minutes continuously. Anything less is considered what beginners do. I've always assumed that Maharishi made up that stuff about "thoughts being stress release" because he never learned to meditate very well, and thus made up excuses for having a mind constantly full of thoughts. Why is everything a competition with you Bawwy? Now meditation and the "ability" to "stop your thoughts for 10-20 minutes continuosly" seems to be the benchmark here for excellence in the competitive field of blanking out. Good work. If what you say about yourself is true then I crown you 'King of the Blankers' -certainly the rest of the world will envy your ability to be without thought, without impulse, without reason. This will also happen when you're dead, BTW.
