On 5/1/2014 8:30 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> R:
> According to Harris, by paying close attention to moment-to-moment
> conscious experience, it is possible to make our sense of "self" vanish
> and thereby uncover a new state of personal well-being.
>
> 'The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason'
> by SamHarris
> W.W. Norton & Company, 2004
> p. 214
>
> C: Excellent quote find Richard!
>
> What I believe distinguishes him from the Maharishi perspective is 
> that he does not identify the silent aspect of the mind with a higher 
> Self. This also corresponds with my own experience of using TM without 
> the belief system. I cannot say that what I used to consider  my Self, 
> is the most important aspect of my identity. That move is an 
> intellectual one supported by the belief system and triggered by the 
> mahavakyas in Maharishi's system. Without that presumption it appears 
> as just another aspect of a multifaceted identity cluster which may or 
> may not be all illusion. I am fascinated by exploring this without the 
> usual assumptions from the Vedic perspective.
>
> Just sitting and noticing.
>
> Thanks for digging that up. 
 >
Don't just do something, sit there. Now, about that Rama levitation 
event. LoL!

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