--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > 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"? > > > If he is enlightened, then what nature wants and what he does are > the same thing; indistinguishable.
Exactly my point. So for him to say he could perform siddhis if he wanted really means he could perform siddhis if *nature* wanted. > That is one of the completely different ways of functioning of an > enlightened person. Before enlightenment, it is all intention based > on ego, which is not a bad thing, just a lot harder. > > After enlightenment, there is not much ownership, it is just easier > to do what nature wants because it is easiest to support nature, and > in turn nature supports us. I know it sounds crazy, but it is simply > the way it is. So intention exists, and desires exist and dedicated > thought and action exist, but supported by nature. It is just > easier. It seems to me that if we are not the author of our actions, we're not the author of our thoughts either. If everything that happens in nature is really the gunas interacting, that would include the opening and closing of the synapses in the brain as well--everything the brain does, as well as everything the body does. No? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/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/
