--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jun 29, 2006, at 10:06 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote: > > > Interestingly, as Vaj alluded to, Maharishi has > > taught a few techniques that involve thoughts > > of planetary bodies, individually and in clusters. > > I've never really understood why. My experiences > > are not so vivid as to reveal the import of these > > techniques. I suspect, however, that it has > > something to do with tying one's individual > > awareness to the bigger picture, as a jyotish > > consultation does. Perhaps someone here can > > elucidate. > > > > > IMO it has to do with the training the expansion of consciousness and > then identifying increasing aspects of wholeness with the microcosm, > moving in the direction of the infinite,--with "galactic > consciousness" being identified with the future-consciousness of the > satya-yuga. But that future is now. As more and more people can learn > to cultivate this style of identification, the quicker would be satya- > yuga for the individual and for collective sentience. On an > experiential level this might be experienced as a galactic soma (if > you will) which raises the microcosm to the level of satya-yuga where > we are all essentially one and in the process perception is refined. > It helps when you imbibe the rasayana of galactic soma. This also > helps train consciousness in several paradoxes which shatter relative > perceptual habits and help engender higher states of consciousness > (e.g. maintaining great expansion while at the same time being the > point).
You do realize that "galactic" is severely limited in terms of the physical universe--a tiny, insignificant fragment, right? If I were looking to convey expansion to wholeness, I'd call it "cosmic soma." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/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/
