--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Peter <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > > > You are making assumptions out of waking state. In > > realization there is nobody to go anyplace. > > Not to argue but to pose a question, what if one > has reached a basic state of realization (MMY's CC) > but there is still a long way for him/her to go to > attain a full state of realization. In other words, > there are still a lot of higher states of conscious- > ness still to be experienced. If such a person kicks > the bucket before experiencing them, are those > experiences denied them or do they get another shot? > > This was actually asked of Maharishi a few times > in my presence, and he seemed to believe that it > was all over but the shoutin'. No more incarnation, > no more "shots." All I'm suggesting is that other > spiritual traditions don't necessarily see it that > way. They tend to believe that if there are states > still to be evolved *into*, there is still something > left to evolve. In other words, only at the theoretical > "end point" of evolution is there "nobody to go > anyplace." Before that, there is the subjective feeling > that "nobody is at home," but if full realization has not > been attained on a permanent basis, someone still is.
But why? The three gunas do their thing regardless. Even in CC, this is obvious. "Who" is left to do something or decide something?
