--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "amarnath" <anatol_zinc@> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > ... > > > Go figure. The things some people will believe if > > > they tell them to themselves long enough... > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > my two cents is that "we believe what we want to believe" > > I agree completely. And 'what we want to believe' > does not have to have any basis in reality; all > that matters is that we want to believe in it. > ... > ...(some example)... In this case, I would sug- > gest that the result is not so good. > ... > You interpret that "high" > as "darshan." But it may be nothing more (or less) > than resonance. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
from my physics background, one could say everything is either a resonance or a non-resonance. and although i saw mmy very few times in the long past, there was always a strong resonance of LOVE ~ I purposly stared at his eyes ~ which is one way to get darshan. I loved MMY very much. now, i would not care to be in his presence, but still respect and love him for what he did in the past especially for me. "believing what we want to believe" is not a guarantee of good results; obviously it depends on our "wise" choices but believing that "we believe what we want to believe" and that it does not have to be based on "facts"( if there are any such things ~ isn't it all illusion ) helps one to stay away from dogma and to be ready to surrender all beliefs at the time of AWAKENING ! also, it helps me from wasting a lot of time bickering over things. concerning Amma, it's easy for me to believe almost everything she says because it reminds me of my experiences of the TRUTH of LOVE and the FALSNESS of EGO ~ some of these experiences with mmy ~ namaste, amarnath PS ~ examples of some beliefs( functional in the beginning ) which have become fixated upon as absolutes : 1) "mood-making" ~ a tm freind of mine hanging in there for dear life always uses this to discount anything and everything that doesn't fit in with his way of thinking 2) "effortlessness" is really besides the point when one considers the many valid approaches to spiritual practices; but it helped a lot for many of us to start TM 3) "seven states" ~ supposedly even MMY admitted that this was meant to be just a "temporary belief" "Beliefs and Facts are not THE REALITY !" is one of my temporary and hopefully functional beliefs. ------------------------ 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/
