How do you think > > you would react while transcending if say, a > > shot gun blast, was fired off right behind you? > > Would you flinch? > > I would indeed flinch.
Don't sweat it Pat, word is that Tat Walla Baba flinched too. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <jpgil...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > On Jan 2, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote: > > > > > Thanks. Maybe someday I'll be able to appreciate > > > the subtleties of the terms above, but these days > > > I define transcendence in a more boneheaded way: > > > awareness aware of itself, as opposed to aware of > > > thoughts or sense impressions. > > > > > > And keep in mind, the aforementioned > > sthiti state is experientially > > identical to what you're describing. Of course > > I'm not able to experience what you're experiencing, > > so it's impossible to say, since > > I'm not omniscient. Yet. :-) > > > > But if I was sitting next to you, I'd be able > > to tell. One of the best determinants for actual > > transcendence is to test the startle > > reflex. It's the hardest reflex to eliminate > > through attentional means. How do you think > > you would react while transcending if say, a > > shot gun blast, was fired off right behind you? > > Would you flinch? > > I would indeed flinch. I do not pass into some > transcendental zone when I do my program. I am > very much awake and aware of what's going on > around me. It's just that I'm also aware of > awareness itself, along with everything else. >
