--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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? > Yes, of course. And the experience of Self realization is nothing more than reaching a level of functioning where this is unimpeded. Nothing more than just that. "Practice makes perfect".
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