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> "ruthsimplicity"
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> > If I may briefly interrupt this discussion, I have
> a
> > question. Did MMY clearly say that if you could
> not
> > "float" you were not enlightened? Is there a
> written
> > source for that?
>
> I don't have a source, Ruth, but it has been
> quoted here often with no refutations from
> the TM faithful. The criterion may have been
> for "full enlightenment," as Lawson has been
> using it. I dunno.
>
> Im pretty sure he did. It was certainly part of the
> standard talk given by
> TM teachers introducing the sidhis. The sidhis were
> presented as having a
> two-fold purpose: to develop consciousness, and as a
> test of ones level of
> consciousness, to prevent self-deception. i.e., if
> you couldnt perform
> them, you werent enlightened.
Realization of Self and relative ability are two
entirely different things. It like thinking that
you'll spontaneously understand Chinese once you
become enlightened.
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