--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" > > <jpgillam@> wrote: > > > > > > Vincent J. Daczynski devotes his site to amazing > > > abilities much as Yogananda devoted his autobiography > > > to anecdotes of the realized. At one time, such stories > > > inspired me because I felt I would achieve such things > > > myself. Now my attitude seems to have changed. > > > > > > Now I'm not too keen on hearing isolated stories of > > > this adept here and that healer there. These anomalies > > > may point to untapped human potential, but now > > > that people have been doing self-development > > > practices for decades, I'm more interested in > > > finding out works for them. > > > > > > It's like these studies that put one Buddhist monk > > > in an MRI and show the amazing results. What's that > > > mean? I have to live in a monastery for 30 years to > > > be happy? When you figure out how to package > > > the bliss, buddy, let me know. > > > > > > That said, I wonder if there's a way to capitalize > > > on these super abilities in the context of our > > > entertainment-oriented culture. Create a competition > > > or something. A yogic Olympics, maybe? > > > > > > ; - | > > > > > Hi, yeah, its a little weird to keep reading stories about what > > super powers this yogi or that manifested. The best book on that was > > Yogananda's, but agreed that it gets old after awhile. > > > > The thing to go for is your own freedom. The odd thing about that, > > is after gaining the 'secret' to it, these yogic manifestations seem > > more irrelevant and stale than ever. The reason why will surprise > > you! > > +++ Didn't Patanjli point out that all that was just more stuff that > would have to be transended eventually? N. >
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