--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Feb 28, 2006, at 1:08 AM, authfriend wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > <snip> > > > >> The true definition of "Cosmic Consciousness" is samadhi 24/7/365 -- > >> so what does that tell you about their promises about enlightenment? > >> > > > > That they were overly optimistic. <duh> > > > > Remember that this hadn't been *done* before. How > > could they know for sure? MMY shouldn't have made > > such a prediction for that reason, but it was his > > best guess at the time. > > > > You know, of course, that your "true" definition of > > Cosmic Consciousness is the same as MMY's. > > > > Except that you define "samadhi" differently than > > he does. He doesn't mean the kind of samadhi where > > you sit insensible and useless with your eyes closed. > > > > He means samadhi *along with waking consciousness*, > > 24/7/365 samadhi in activity (and sleep and dreaming > > consciousness), the *integration* of samadhi with > > the three "lesser" states. > > As do I, but in this case am highlighting that *inner* absorption at > this level of realization which has some remarkable attributes-- > namely total focus to the exclusion of sensory inputs. That's why > I mentioned this would have to be done *while in meditation or > doing a focused activity*.
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