[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 States of Consciousness (Was: Is CC flat suffering?)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Or Shearer: There are 7 stages in the growth of this wisdom. Lemme stop you there before you swallow your whole leg. Thanks for sharing the smarmy Shearer translation which I found very entertaining to read. What exactly is so smarmy in that translation?
[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 States of Consciousness (Was: Is CC flat suffering?)
Michael Dean Goodman wrote: snip It's going to be fascinating to watch how you take this simple, clear sutra by Patanjali, written by a great rishi whom you often quote as authoritative, and painfully twist it to fit your demonic purposes. And indeed it *was* fascinating--a careful construction of non sequiturs and attempts to mislead. Vaj does this better than anybody. And we also have the standard Vaj approach of assuming that if his sources differ from MMY on their interpretation of the texts, it automatically means MMY must be wrong. Michael, if you have time, would you address the Is CC flat suffering? question that started this thread (but from which it has now diverged)? Here's the original question, from Bill Hicks (#233410): I've seen so many tapes where CC is described as a flat, suffering situation in which you are unbounded but nothing else is. There's this major disconnect between you and the rest of creation, kind of like you're living like a bubble boy. The 20 features of CC don't describe such a state. They describe one of joy. I experience the 20 features and life is joy and a lot more sense of intimacy with all things. Everything and everyone is my friend. Except of course the people I've spam filtered. But even there, I feel self-sufficient and don't feel bad having spam filters in place. Could someone elucidate about the pinch versus the joy of CC? When does it start pinching? You went into the possible initial bleakness of CC (for some people), and how it matures into a love affair between the relative and the Absolute, years ago here in post #16935. I could just repost that if you don't want to do a new post on the topic.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 7 States of Consciousness (Was: Is CC flat suffering?)
I would enjoy reading a re Post Bill L in Buffalo NY -Original Message- From: authfriend jst...@panix.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:47 pm Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 7 States of Consciousness (Was: Is CC flat suffering?) Michael Dean Goodman wrote: snip It's going to be fascinating to watch how you take this simple, clear sutra by Patanjali, written by a great rishi whom you often quote as authoritative, and painfully twist it to fit your demonic purposes. And indeed it *was* fascinating--a careful construction f non sequiturs and attempts to mislead. Vaj does this etter than anybody. And we also have the standard Vaj approach of assuming hat if his sources differ from MMY on their interpretation f the texts, it automatically means MMY must be wrong. ichael, if you have time, would you address the Is CC lat suffering? question that started this thread (but rom which it has now diverged)? Here's the original question, from Bill Hicks (#233410): I've seen so many tapes where CC is described as a flat, uffering situation in which you are unbounded but nothing lse is. There's this major disconnect between you and the est of creation, kind of like you're living like a bubble oy. The 20 features of CC don't describe such a state. hey describe one of joy. I experience the 20 features and ife is joy and a lot more sense of intimacy with all hings. Everything and everyone is my friend. Except of ourse the people I've spam filtered. But even there, I eel self-sufficient and don't feel bad having spam filters n place. Could someone elucidate about the pinch versus the joy of C? When does it start pinching? You went into the possible initial bleakness of CC (for ome people), and how it matures into a love affair etween the relative and the Absolute, years ago here in ost #16935. I could just repost that if you don't want to o a new post on the topic. --- To subscribe, send a message to: airfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: ttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ nd click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links Individual Email | Traditional http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
