--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 2/28/06 12:08 AM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. > > I know people who made it in under the 5-8 years. Others who thought they > had made it but later realized they hadn't. Others who haven't made it after > 3-4 decades. Others who probably have made it but don't realize they have. > Maharishi once said that if a man is in a desert, you tell him water is over > the next horizon. You don't tell him it's 100 miles away, or he'll lose > heart. (Of course, he may be encouraged but end up dying of thirst.)
I see you are doing the same thing, that is, stating the 'party' line, do you think we could go beyond that and talk as grown-up adults. I mean, I can take it, you know...7 lifetimes, OK! 700 years which is NOTHING in the grand scheme of things. I doubt you know that many who have reached CC, anyway, only if you, yourself were enlightened would you be able to tell! ARE YOU....enlightened? BillyG. ------------------------ 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/
