--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To all members: > > From experiences with past meditations, I believe it is possible to > slip into the dreaming state while meditating. It feels like one is > floating to different places and seeing different sceneries. Or, one > can say that it feels like he is in a time machine and seeing the > world pass by outside in a time bubble. This happened to me again > this morning while in meditation. > > During the first year of learning TM (12 years ago), I slipped into a > dreamlike state while meditating where I felt like floating by a > bright pink cone and a rod. I was scared to death of that experience > at that time for I did not know what it was. > > Now, I've reconciled the experience as a natural phenomenon upon > which one is able to see and be aware of the inner mechanism of the > retina. These rods and cones in the retina are the ones that process > light for transmission to the brain. > > In the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali has described this phenomenon as the > capacity of a yogi to be as small as an atom. Needless to say, I did > not want to experience this phenomenon again. > > To date, I can say that in my dreams I can fly, go to different > worlds and be as small as an atom. This is knowledge that most > people don't understand. This is the knowledge that MMY has written > about which are: 1) the capacity of individuals to witness the > various levels of human consciousness and 2) the triune unity of the > knower, the process of knowing, and the known. > > I believe the ancient rishis have knowledge of these phenomenon and > much more. > > Regards, > > John R. > >
Interesting, but I've never figured out what could be the point of such dream abilities, since all I want is here and now, inside and permeating the outside also. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
