--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > I would like my comment to be separated from any connection with > > evaluating Jim personally. In my communications he has passed the > > much more important test in my world of being a nice, sincere guy. > > > > I thought the Vedic System of MMY included the Yoga Sutras as the > > tests for consciousness. At least that is how he presented it to us. > > They were markers on the path, like belts in martial arts. It seems > > reasonable that the criteria included in the system should be met. > > Well, duh...he was *selling* them for thousands of dollars. :-) > > More seriously, yes I think you're correct that he seems > to hold the siddhis up as some kind of 'standard' for > enlightenment, but he is one of the only spiritual > teachers I've encountered who does. Without exception, > all of the others I've seen personally have said just > the opposite, that there is no connection whatsoever > between the ability to manifest siddhis and enlightenment. > Just FYI. >
Of course, that's not what he says. What he (MMY) says is that UNLESS you are able to do the siddhis, you can't claim Unity, not that the ability to [at least occassionally] do a siddhi means that you are in Unity. He also says that perfection of any of the sidhis means that all are perfected, but aside from a few famous avatars, how many people have ever been said to be perfect in any way? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Protect your PC from spy ware with award winning anti spy technology. It's free. http://us.click.yahoo.com/97bhrC/LGxNAA/yQLSAA/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/
