TurquoiseB wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Vaj wrote: >> >>> In the tradition I practice in it is considered essential to >>> resolve "Correct View" (of the nature of ultimate reality) from >>> the very get go. If you are amiss the teacher can and will help >>> you 'trim your sails' or refine your tack. This is the great >>> pitfall of commercial meditation teachers and their methods. >>> >> I keep wondering why people here continue to intellectually >> masturbate over these states of consciousness. Once you are on >> your way down the road it doesn't matter. In my tradition the >> guru just looks at your face and from the glow he can tell you >> are getting somewhere. There is really no distinctions in my >> tradition between cosmic consciousness, god consciousness or unity. >> We don't waste time on that. The goal is moksha. Sometimes the >> descriptions here would leave people somewhat if >> not totally dysfunctional and that wouldn't be of any practical >> value. But then blind men describing an elephant.... :-) >> > > You misunderstand our intent, Bhairitu. We sit > around and intellectually masturbate here on > FFL because we LIKE masturbation. Plus, we're > acting out of compassion for the elephant. Hey!, > elephants are human, too, and like a little bit > of attention. All these blind guys and gals > feeling him up gets HIM off, too. :-) And you liked your response so well you posted it twice? :-)
Not to change the subject but why is it you can walk the streets of Spain and other places in Europe at night safely? I have a theory (which the neo-libertarians here won't like) but maybe the thugs are too busy feeling the elephant though I thought it was about "touching their monkey."
