Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Value of Tradition

[Vaj]

On Feb 16, 2006, at 1:04 PM, authfriend wrote: It occurs to me that, as far as I'm aware, there isn't a term like "witnessing" associated with the other "higher states" in MMY's teaching, such that when the experience it refers to became permanent, that's God consciousness or Unity consciousness or Brahman  consciousness; "witnessing" seems to be anomalous in that regard--perhaps because it's less complicated, or less complicated to describe. Shankara describes five types of witnessing (saksi) associated with different types of realization. However the advaita-siddhi points out that the reason for witnessing is imperfections in the subtle bodies which have yet to be resolved. So if you've gone beyond witnessing as a permanent state you will have to create that which causes the witness-consciousness. That would seem to me, counterproductive. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi 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.