Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's "Cosmic Consciousness" seem to miss.

[Vaj]

On Nov 3, 2005, at 8:33 PM, off_world_beings wrote:  <<<You still have to perfect "nirodha", total cessation (of breath  and "mind") >>> This is the early stages of TM.  Really? In the early stages of TM people cease breathing for hours or day at a time? Are Buddhists still on the slow boat to Never Never Land. Maybe you should ask a Buddhist. <<<and integrate the "rain of virtues", then, maybe, you'll be ready  for CC. >> "Rain of Virtues" = Moodmaking (a common Buddhist technique). Rain of Virtues = pada four of Patanjali... 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).>>> No. Access through the higher Self to the Akashic realm is all that  is needed. It is like the internet. I have a computer, but not all  the knowledge of the internet is stored on it, yet I have access to  a vast database through the connection. There is no need to remember  anything....except your higher Self (the transcendent) What higher Self; what "Akashic realm"?  <<<--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. >>> Call a spade a spade. Your 'Void' is called the Transcendent by  Maharishi. Well no not really--the "transcendent" is merely the calm state. Whether you ascertain the void or not ( : -) ) is another question. 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  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.