Sometimes it's weird knowing the Enlightened Emperor is wearing no clothes.
A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's "Cosmic Consciousness" seem to miss. Funny how you only get as enlightened as you were told to... --Viveka-khyati, grokking the distinction between buddhi and purusha ain't final realization, it's just another beginning. You still have to perfect "nirodha", total cessation (of breath and "mind") and integrate the "rain of virtues", then, maybe, you'll be ready for CC. Maybe. There's more to it than you might have been told or are capable of believing. If you already know, then please tell me. --People who are perfecting nirodha, when they are merely resting, that is not moving about here and there, go spontaneously into a very refined breath. They might only breathe once or twice a minute. This is often a very difficult process to go through. Can you tell us what that is like? In meditation one will be able to easily cease all signs of external breathing for extended periods of time. --Superknowledge. When consciousness rests naturally next to the all- ground, the place where all of manifest creation emerges, it's natural to experience "superknowledge", knowledge above and beyond what is normally available, even if you spent your entire waking life in devoted book-study. For example, you might gain the entire knowledge of an Ayurvedic physician through extraordinary means. To retain such knowledge, a species of "photographic memory" is necessary--so much so that volumes of pure knowledge can be seamlessly retained and repeated without flaw (or very minimal error). --Sleep. In the state of turiyatita, Cosmic Consciousness, sleep become an epiphenomenon rather than the basic phenomenon important for "rest" of the physical body. One of the important qualities of CC is the total integration of the senses with the void. Because of this it is a unique style--one of the few or only styles--of sleep where where the "unconscious" part of the mind actually "rests". Because of this unique quality only a couple of hours of sleep a night are required. In advanced yogis they may not even need to leave their meditative posture. Since integration of the senses with pure consciousness is complete in CC, one retains complete awareness of surroundings during sleep. That is, one would continue to hear sounds and feel sensations, etc. --Siddhi and mahasiddhi: before one attains full realization (mahasiddhi), one will often experience siddhis. In the state of realization, mahasiddhi, when can perform siddhis at will. etc. ------------------------------------------------------- "The Sun is bound by the sound of the Sun And the Moon by the Sound of the Moon. He who knows this can can capture the three worlds in an instant." - shiva-svarodaya ------------------------ 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/
