> > > > > Jim, you should probably keep this particular
> > > > > "seeing" in mind next time you start to believe 
> > > > > that your perceptions about things are correct...
> > > >    
> > > > Yeah, you got me ;-)
> > > > Evaluate my supposed state of consciousness.
> > > 
> > > YOU should evaluate it.
> > > 
> > > Many times here on FFL you have merely assumed
> > > that because you perceived something, it was true.
> > > 
> > > I don't think that is a safe assumption, about
> > > any individual or any state of consciousness.
> > > Anyone can be wrong, and the more certain they
> > > seem to be about being right, the more likely
> > > it probably is that they aren't.
> 
> An odd parallel to your assertion with no evidence to support 
> it that you in fact saw Rama levitate. Caused quite a stir 
> as I recall.

Not quite a parallel, Jim. Every time I have
described this, I have made it very clear that
it was my perception that he levitated. I saw
this hundreds of times over many years. But if
you'll check, both in my book and any time I
have ever mentioned it here, I have always been
careful to say that I don't know whether video
cameras would have recorded it.

In other words, one can *trust* one's perceptions
without claiming that they represent some kind 
of "truth." I saw what I saw, that's all.

You've been very clear lately that you believe 
that your perceptions are equivalent to "truth." 
You perceive Maharishi as enlightened, therefore
he is. You perceive Guru Dev's energy, therefore
it's really there. All I'm pointing out is that
yesterday you perceived that I was pretending to 
be another poster called geezerfreak, and you 
assumed that perception must be equally true.

It wasn't.

Your perceptions are fallible.

I honestly think you'd be better served in the 
future to think "This is what I perceive and it
may have nothing whatsoever to do with what is 
true" rather than "This is what I perceive, 
therefore it's true."

You can rely on the first statement. *Clearly*,
you cannot rely on the second.







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