In a message dated 2/20/2007 12:53:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Our perception of what it means to have experiences of Self or God realization from yoga techniques my change as we begin to understand all the states our brain can support. We may decide that these states don't matter as much as ancient people thought they did. I am projecting a lot of my own perspective on what that guy wrote here. I couldn't care less about what my own or anyone else's state of consciousness is, I just want to know what is for lunch. Have you read anything interesting lately? What skills have we acquired that we can express in art or music? Do we treat people well? These are all "relative' concerns, but in my experience, keeping track of how people respond to these questions have much more to do with who they "are" than their inner experiences. Take our cyber relationship. I was interested in your subjective experiences when I first logged in here, but I only post to you now because I enjoy what you say about your appreciation of things in the world. You seem to be enjoying life and that is something I can respect and appreciate, not what your sense of self is while enjoying it. Dennis Miller once said about gay people that his own orgasm was the most interesting thing to him in the world and your orgasm is the most boring thing in the world to him. I feel the same way about consciousness except that I am bored with both of our states of consciousness. It didn't seem to make the changes in people that impress me so I figure it is just one of the many irrelevant variables about people I interact with. So whats for lunch Jim? --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[email protected]) , "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[email protected]) , "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > Jim: > Sorta like the old expression 'flash is trash', which I > > understood to > > > mean that whatever flashy experience someone had, the true test > was if > > > the yoga influenced their life in a positive way. Some of the most > > > enlightened people I know don't meditate. > > > > > > > I can't really say for sure but he may not just be talking about > > flashy experiences. He may be questioning what it means when you > > readjust your sense of self through yoga. The ancients had a way to > > understand it that may not fit today. > > > Your last sentence is intriguing to me. What do you mean? > > My experience has been that yoga- union with God- is very much a self- > adjusting phenomenon for me personally, though it may have been spoken > of in the past in ways that have to be refreshed for our present times. > > Andrew does tend to over analyze "What is Enlightenment". I've read a few of his books. I agree with the idea that we are all just moving at our own pace and more concerned about how people treat each other as a reflection of their state of awareness. It is so simple and brings us back to the here and now rather than projecting the mind into the future. I'm not saying that looking ahead a few years down the road is not helpful but too much intellectual worm tongueing about enlightenment can only give you a headache and cause you to reach for an aspirin. The time could have been used to enlighten someone with a smile or opening up the post office door for someone who has too much to carry in. Lsoma. <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> Check out free AOL at http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/index.adp. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, millions of free high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and much more.
