--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@> > wrote: > > > > From my own experiences, a teacher's spiritual transmission > > isn't necessarily universally received. > > If it even exists. There are perfectly viable > theories that explain the *perception* of > having "received a transmission" without there > ever having been one. > > Mood-making is one. :-) > > The placebo effect, especially when jumpstarted > with having paid a lot of money to be in the > proximity of the person giving the "transmission" > is another. > > However, the theory that I like the best is called > recognition.
I use the term "transmission" because it is common spiritual vernacular. I've been in total agreement with your recognition theory of darshan since I first read it back in 2005: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/55423
