And why pray tell my fair lady would you ever think it remotely crosses my mind to please you through my writing, given your obvious loathing of me?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunsh...@...> wrote: > > On Jan 5, 2011, at 4:54 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: > > Seems to me that if folks are toadying and confirming their devotion during > > the practice of TM with Advanced Techniques, then they aren't meditating > > correctly...gently return to the mantra and all that. > > > > In terms of my experience, the mantra is like peanut butter, so I already > > had enough peanut butter on my sandwich, and didn't want to smear more on > > wrt the advanced techniques. Plus the contrast between the 65 bucks I paid > > for the basic technique and the 200 they wanted for an AT didn't seem like > > a good deal at all. > > > > As for devotion, someone said that in the midst of unity duality is created > > for the enjoyment of experiencing devotion. That pretty well sums it up for > > me. > > > > I don't know whether God is real to me. The term "God" is pretty amorphous > > anyway, similar to discussions about what "enlightenment" means. So I tend > > to focus on one deity at a time - lol. Are they real? I don't know. They > > feel like it to me. On the other hand, perhaps they are wholly created > > imaginings of mine, solely created for me to experience and enjoy humility, > > thankfulness, gratitude, unconditional love, etc. Who knows? > > > > Which is not to say that those relationships are a substitute or a > > measuring stick for the rest of my life. Its like having an inner life and > > an outer life, and the way they blend together. That's what the whole "God" > > thing is for me. Its something I am aware of, yet don't ever fully > > comprehend. More like pure experience, like boogy boarding on a wave- > > without thinking about how the tides create the wave from the pull of the > > moon, etc. > > YAWN. > > Jim, shut up before you make an even bigger > fool of yourself. Don't you ever get tired of > hearing the sound of your own lonely > keyboard? > > Sal >
