--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "matrixmonitor" > <matrixmonitor@> wrote: > > > > > A disciple, who had been with this guru for over > > > twenty years, caught him in the middle of a sex act > > > with young boys. He had never previously known that > > > his guru did this. Very shocked, he came back to > > > see the guru telling him that he could not tolerate > > > such actions, and that he was leaving the ashram > > > immediately. The guru's response was, "You have > > > created the problem. Now you have to solve it!" > > > > > > Ramesh expressed his agreement with this response > > > and said, "Everything is only an event ruled by > > > cosmic law and by divine will...It is the > > > programming of the body-mind mechanism... and > > > nothing can be done about it... the guru is not > > > concerned!" > > The problem with mistaking the *perception* that > "I am not the doer" for the reality. In a nutshell. > > As several brain researchers have postulated, the > *perception* of not being the doer may be purely > a physiological thing, related to a particular > area of the brain becoming active. As I remember > from the (I think) Time magazine article that > discussed this research, they pointed out that > this perception was *not* limited to those who > follow a spiritual path. But those on a spiritual > path tended to *interpret* the perception positively, > as a sign of progress or enlightenment, when in fact > it might be just a particular set of neurons swtich- > ing from OFF to ON. > > Before you ask, I don't have the reference. It was > a big article on God and brain functioning that > I read while waiting in a dentist's office. >
Of course, the experience of samadhi during TM and in those TMers reporting 24/7 witnessing, may be due to a different physiological state than the pathological state. In fact, the only physiological studies I am aware of suggest this . Interestingly enough, some physiological studies on Buddhist meditators suggest that at least some Buddhist techniques ARE inducing something similar to the pathological state, unlike TM... ------------------------ 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/
