--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (snip) > "I'm honestly curious. This effortlessness thang > > > is obviously a *serious* hot button for both you > > > and Judy. You both react as if you had been > > > personally attacked every time it comes up"... > > > The 'Effortless Thang' is a hot button indeed; > Indeed, once again you have found, single handily: > "The Hot Button"... > And why is it such a hot button, I am wondering? > Well perhaps, it's because the whole notion of effortlessness; > Until Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, came onto the scene; > Was not a widely understood concept or belief... > And still causes much confusion, as explified in your piece...
Actually this is a very ancient idea. I just returned from retreat and one of the texts I took with me was _The Authenticity of Spontaneous Presence_ which deals explicitly with Unity Consciousness and contains a whole section on effortlessness. One of the criteria you can look for to see if the system of practice you are using is effortless is to see if it is based on the Two Truths, a relative and an absolute. If it is, it cannot be effortless. In regards to transcending, the Expansive Space Great Completion Tantra says the following: "Although the external appears as "object" Clear, non-conceptual, and so forth, Although the mind does nothing at all It's charmed, allured by the taste of the transcendent, so Eliminate just that internal superimposition. This is clear." Effortlessness cannot exist with a View that presupposes or works with "two" (truths) but only where Spontaneous Presence exists as Inseparability. This is epistemologically impossible where there is an overlay or superimposition as in the above quote. 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
