--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > > Right. But the issue I'm trying to get at is whether > > > > > it makes sense to claim someone doesn't have the > > > > > siddhis because they do not/cannot perform them on > > > > > demand, e.g., to satisfy a skeptic. > > > > > > > > "Do no"t and "cannot" are two different issues according to MMY. MMY > > > does not perform > > > > sidhis on demand. Many people believe that he COULD if he wanted > > > (keeping the door > > > > open for him being enlightened by his own definition). In fact, he's > > > indicated in public that > > > > he could, if he wanted, so he's kept that door open himself. > > > > > > However, there could be a good deal of semantic > > > ambiguity here, in light of how MMY defines Unity > > > consciousness. > > > > > > In other words: Does he have the ability to want to > > > do siddhis on demand, independently of what nature > > > "wants"? > > > > > > > Does that make any more sense than asking if God can create > something he cannot move? > > Yes, Two very different questions. >
Not to me. Both eploit ambiguities of language while raising the issue of a possible paradox. ------------------------ 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/
