--- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > <snip> The effect of imprinting, and decades of > having been > > told what is possible and what is not, is a tough > > nut to crack. One of the reasons that I still like > > Carlos Castaneda is that he is one of the only > writers > > in spiritual tradition I have ever encountered who > > captured how powerfully witnessing or performing > > actual siddhis affects one. It rocks your world. > > Your whole *body* goes into shock, and your mind > > starts working overtime to try to *dismiss* what > you > > just saw or experienced. You try to find any way > > you can imagine to make the experience GO AWAY. > > > > Why? Because holding to the beliefs that were > taught > > to you is *safe*, comforting. Suddenly finding > your- > > self in "new territory," where the *only* thing > you > > can trust is your own experience, is decidedly > *not* > > safe. It's scary. > snip> > > Hi, I just want to add that this is not everyone's > experience. My > world was certainly not rocked by the results I > experienced during > the sidhis. I recall the Carlos Casteneda books, and > he didn't have > a long habit of spiritual practice in his life. Or > perhaps it is > just what we consider possible or normal, or not. In > any case, I > just took the sidhis expriences as the next thing to > come along, and > I am sure there are many others that felt/feel the > same way. I think a distinction can be made here between subjective siddhis such as sensing objects at great distances, knowing the structure/intent of another's mind, perceiving truth from untruth in speech, seeing inside the body and siddhis that involve the physical body in the objective domain such as flying or increasing/decreasing size, invisibility, etc.. I've experienced the former and they are no surprise and are quite natural when they occur, but seeing the latter would, I believe be a bit of a surprise and perhaps make me have to change my Depends. > > > > 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 > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
