--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Do you honestly believe that the waking state > > > > is only one state of consciousness, and thus > > > > that "knowledge is different in different states > > > > of consciousness doesn't apply to it?" > > > > > > Obviously, it depends on how you define "states of > > > consciousness." > > > > > > For instance, "knowledge is different in different > > > states of consciousness" does not apply to claiming > > > I'm the person who always "starts it" one day and > > > then only a week later making several posts attacking > > > me, entirely unprovoked. > > > > > > > I'll be interested to hear your answer, because > > > > I don't. I see the "waking state" more from a > > > > Buddhist POV these days, and thus as having > > > > "ten thousand states of mind," > > > > > > "States of mind" are not the same as "states of > > > consciousness." > > > > > > > all of them > > > > different, all of them *as* different from one > > > > another in terms of how the world appears when > > > > viewed from that state of mind as Maharishi's > > > > CC is from his "Waking State" or GC or UC. > > > > > > No, states of mind aren't different from each > > > other the same way CC/GC/UC is from waking state. > > > Category error. > > > > Ok. 'Nuff said. That explains a great deal. > > Good. I'm glad you now recognize the error you've > been making. Apparently what you've been thinking > of as "different states of consciousness" were > really only *different states of mind*.
Not at all. It explains that you have never experienced drastic changes of your state of attention within the waking state. That explains much about you, and helps me to feel compassion for you. > Once you begin to experience different states of > consciousness, the distinction will be very clear. Ditto with the various states of attention. Since you clearly have managed to stay in no more than a dozen of them for your entire life, I don't expect that to change at this point. Better luck in your next life.
