"> Yeah, but my question is whether we're capable of > determining what they "should" mean. He appears to > be saying he is, at least in that quote, but I'm > not so sure."
It seems to me that we are already engaged in this process. Anyone gaining these states in the context of a tradition has been conditioned to think about them in a certain way. MMY spends an amazing amount of time repeating the basics of how we should think of these states. At least teachers have spent a mind numbing amount of time on repetitive tapes. I think in the past most people serious about these practices were under pretty strict control of their teacher. With a system like MMY that is served in a buffet fashion, there may be room for more personal choices, especially for people like yourself who have not joined it as a full time thing. I am sure that I have long departed with any relationship to what he said and am now in my own world on this topic. When I went to his site I got the whole "I am special" vibe that makes me lose my lunch. But that quote was intriguing. --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > "> How can it translate into *predictable* changes > > > if the course of action, per Krishna in the Gita, > > > is unfathomable? > > >" > > > > Perhaps this guy is moving beyond the old way of looking at > > higher states experiences. I found this quote and his site > > facinating. I am not agreeing with his conclusions or his > > self-perception, but the direction of his inquiry matches my > > own. It may be time for a whole new understanding of what > > the experiences brought about by yoga mean. > > Yeah, but my question is whether we're capable of > determining what they "should" mean. He appears to > be saying he is, at least in that quote, but I'm > not so sure. > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > > > andrewcohen.org <http://www.wie.org/_e/ui/ac/ac-logo.gif> > > > > > > > > Quote of the Week > > > > > > > > What Does Enlightenment Look Like? > > > <snip> > > > > I believe that higher state experiences, if they are to > > > > mean anything at all, must translate into significant > > > > changes in all the important domains of human life. > > > > > > How can it translate into *predictable* changes > > > if the course of action, per Krishna in the Gita, > > > is unfathomable? > > > > > >
