--- In [email protected], "amarnath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "amarnath" <anatol_zinc@> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], 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.
I have nothing to say in response to all of this except welcome. What a refreshing new voice and point of view! ------------------------ 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/
