---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote :
This is one of the reasons I think all these states of consciousness outlined by Marshy the Huckster are just a bunch of blabber. By his definition, Unity is PERMANENT! One does not have it and then leave it. If it is our true nature, how could one fall out of it after realizing one's true self? I still think that all of our "states" of awareness are part of the whole experience of being human and you can experience any or all of it anytime. One goes in and out of a plethora of "states of consciousness." Its all there. Some people like maybe Nisagardatta and folks like that seem to remain in that "state" of Unity for years sometimes from the time they say they "woke up" till they croak. But even that is suspect in my opinion since we mainly have their word for it, and the word of people who are wowed by them and need to believe their chosen guru has it all together. Personally I think all this states of consciousness stuff is just a hope and a way of feeling special. I think it is likely that when we die we become 'enlightened'. Being physically dead either means you're totally gone or it means you've got an inside view to how it all works. I'm betting on the inside view - in the meantime I'll just enjoy this day, fill my five senses with as much sensation as I can and try and find a way to generate as much positivity and genuine feeling as I am able. I think one of the most useful things I got from hanging around the TM Movement is remembering the old chestnut, "Never do what you know to be wrong."
