--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" <raviyogi@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > > > > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > And oh those poor Bonder people. What are we going to do for > > > > > > them? That embodiment stuff. > > > > > > > > > > What's your beef with embodiment? Are you suggesting that > > > > > spiritual awakening should involve being disembodied? > > > > > > > > Alex, I have no earthly idea what the term > > > > "embodiment" means to Waking Down folks, but > > > > when you think about it, "spiritual awakening > > > > should involve being disembodied" is EXACTLY > > > > what people who seek an end to reincarnation > > > > believe in. > > > > > > > > Whether they've examined the belief deeply or > > > > not, it seems to me that anyone who has bought > > > > into the "no longer incarnating is 'better' > > > > than reincarnating" stuff has bought into the > > > > notion that physical existence is somehow on > > > > a 'lesser' plane than the transcendental. > > > > > > > > I don't buy it, and didn't even back when I was > > > > a TM TB and Maharishi was giving his, "Nope, no > > > > matter what, if you die in CC there is no coming > > > > back, period" talks. I heard them "live." If you > > > > listen to the tapes, you can probably hear a > > > > really loud guffaw when he says this. That was > > > > me. It seemed to me then that anyone who sought > > > > an end to incarnation was more than a little > > > > life-averse, and had just never figured out > > > > what a blast life is. Haven't changed my mind > > > > in the years since. > > > > > > Eastern spirituality very often does involve trying very hard to not "be > > > here now" exactly as now is. There's a lot of focus on creating a > > > glorified and perfected I/me story of the future and/or simply > > > disregarding the I/me story and the relative world in general as > > > unimportant. IMO, that's just escapism. > > > > > > > You opinion of what Eastern spirituality is BS. > > Your opinion of my opinion is BS. >
Whatever dude, it's the oldest trick - if you have to sell something you need to make others stuff look bad. You may be proud of it, sorry for stating the obvious.
