right....I'm still waiting for Vaj to present some evidence showing how his Guru (Norbu Rinpoche)'s metaphysics is somehow "beyond" what MMY has elucidated in his scheme of the 7 states of Consciousness.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willy...@...> wrote: > > > > wgm4u: > > Same as Yogananda: > > > According Vaj, MMY 'made up' the 'seven states of > consciousness'. > > Now we see that MMY's seven states schema is almost > the same as Wilber, Swami Bhaktivedanta, Swami Rama, > and Swami Yogananda, and the Vijnanavada, Sri Vidya, > and Trika systems. Apparently Vaj, in his religious > zeal to discredit MMY, got mixed up again. > > > Waking, Dreaming, Deep Sleep, Super Conscious/Causal, > > Self Realization (what MMY calls Cosmic Consciousness), > > God Realization, Cosmic Consciousness (what MMY calls > > Unity). > > > > Same states of consciousness, slightly different names > > ......(MMY wanted to be different I guess because in > > most schools of Yoga and classical Yoga CC is considered > > the ultimate or what MMY calls Unity). > > > > > Swami Bhaktivedanta, a Vedantin, enumerates the > > > five classical states of consciousness which are > > > similar to M's: > > > > > > 1. Wakefulness (jagrat) > > > 2. Dream state (svapna) > > > 3. Deep sleep (sushupti) > > > 4. Superconscious state (turiya) > > > 5. Transcendent state (turiyatita) > > > > > > 'OM Mantra and 7 Levels of Consciousness' > > > by Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati > > > http://www.swamij.com/om.htm#sevenstates >
