Hi ED,
I will re-read your comments on this later today, but this caught my eye now...
>>Many Eastern Masters have asserted that their meditation practices train the
>>mind to be blissed out, independent of environment.<<
If I reduced my comment on this topic to one sentence, the theme would be:
"...understanding how we perceive internal well-being, via our sensory
experience". .
If your comment above is so-- then they are training the student's state of
"being-ness", so as to allow for deeper awakening clarity. So by calming the
physiology with postures and other environmental modifications, they induce a
physical, mental and psychological state that is optimal.
But this is precisely where the rubber meets the road....
If I change your physiology, I change your awareness.
I think the point the Teachers in your comment above are making-- is that it is
irrelevant whether or not someone is bi-polar, diabetic, depressed, an addict
and so on. The student's awareness is "authentic" from their own individual
ideosyncratic perspective. So what if their insulin levels create inner chaos?
Their practice can help calm and soothe this imbalance to a degree, and at that
point--their experience of awakening is still "pure" for them.
If thats so-- fine. I simply disagree that its the correct path to follow. I
think there are better options. But whatever floats their boat-- is fine with
me;)
I wonder what those Eastern Masters would do with the guy who hung a sign on
the gate to his ranch-- "NO TRESSPASSING....unless you have REALLY big tits"
???
Thanks,
Kristy
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