--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "matrixmonitor"
> > <matrixmonitor@> wrote:
> > >
> > > ---the people you mention - living in cages. They should
> practice
> > TM
> > > regularly and buy all the CD's & DVD's relating to Ramana
> Maharshi
> > > from http://www.arunachala.org
> > > What do you suggest....some type of mood-making to grok "I'm
out
> of
> > > the cage, out of the cage, out of the cage....."? i.e. a
> > > reorientation of one's thinking to consider that "one" is not
in
> the
> > > cage. But if the person still thought he was in the cage,
could
> > > he/she get Enlightened anyway?
> >
> > I can only say what worked for me; a burning thirst, hunger,
desire
> to
> > get out of the bondage that I felt accutely- a desire that
> transcended
> > money, sex, formal education, friendship, death, food, sleep,
> relative
> > happiness of any kind. And complete and utter surrender to that
> which
> > I intuited would set me free. And frequent prayer and study of
> > spiritual teaching. And regular TM, morning and evening for 30
> years.
> > And the Siddhis programme to burn out some big stuff, for 15
years.
> > And always being true to myself, no matter what. And no dogma or
> > organized anything to follow- just me, in the slowly blooming
> desert
> > of my consciousness, from the age of ten to the age of fifty.
And I
> > was in the cage of my making, right up until the moment I
wasn't.
> That
> > is what worked for me.:-)
> >
> Wonderful Jim ! Thanks for sharing this.
>
You are welcome, and so am I!;-)
