"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."
Nice. --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 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. >
