--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick > Gillam" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- sparaig wrote: > > > > > > Being without expectations becomes less and less > easy the more > you > > > hear your own and other's experiences, > especially in a casual > context. > > > > If I'd reading you right, Lawson, you're saying > it's better > > to be innocent, without expectations fostered by > hearing > > other people's experiences. If that's the case, > why do you > > hang out in a forum like this, where people > describe > > their experiences in and out of meditation? So you > > quickly close such posts before reading them, or > what? > > > > I often skim over the experiences part. Its like > reading my mantra: > my eyes are trained to not dwell on it in general > because I become > uncomfortable for one reason or another. Likewise > with experiences, > although MY experiences during/after TM have swung > so widely and > wildly over the years that I don't put much stock in > any experience, > my own or anyone else's. The only value in hearing about others' experiencing is that it is entertaining and it can clarify certain concepts that pertain to higher states of consciousness. Having a quiver of these concepts at your ready is helpful so the mind won't go insane when it starts to experience realization. > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and > poor with hope and healing > http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
