--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> CC in the TM context is by definition permanent, 24/7 > witnessing, as I understand it, so it wouldn't make > sense to say "CC is permanent once experienced," nor > have I ever heard that said. Nor, however, have I > ever heard anyone say *witnessing* was permanent > once experienced. > > I've always understood "CC experiences" to mean > witnessing experiences. > > 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. > ************************* >From MMY's Gita commentary, Ch.II, v.55: "This verse presents the 'steady intellect' in the state of samadhi, or transcendental consciousness, and also in the state of nitya- samadhi, or cosmic consciousness; in both cases the mind gains that state in which it 'completely casts off all desires that have gone (deep) into the mind.' When, through the practice of transcendental meditation, the mind gains transcendental consciousness, it is completely out of the field of desires. This is the 'steady intellect' in the state of samadhi. How then is the 'steady intellect' maintained in nitya-samadhi, when the mind, established in pure consciousness, is yet engaged in the field of action? Because in this state the mind has become transformed into bliss-consciousness, Being is permanently lived as separate from activity. Then a man realizes that his Self is different from the mind which is engaged in thoughts and desires. It is now his experience that the mind, which had been identified with desires, is mainly identified with the Self. He experiences the desires of the mind as lying outside himself, whereas he used to experience himself as completely involved with desires." ------------------------ 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/
