--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[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. > > 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. >
Which has been documented in literally hundreds of people. I don't know how many meet the criteria of "24/7/365 for months or even years" but that is the definition the TM researchers use when when publishing studies on "long-term witnessing" amongst TMers. ------------------------ 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/
