I would agree with this whole-heartedly; we are only as Awake as everyone of us is. The Dome is (among others) an immense particle-accelerator for the many particle-"I"s of our own body.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@...> wrote: > > Yo, William, don't take them too seriously. According to MMY, if you can't > perform any and all of the sidhis (e.g. Yogic Flying) then you're not truly > in Unity Consciousness. > > Now, for those who like to play semantic games with the above, I'll take it > back a step: if, immediately prior to Full Liberation, you don't find > yourself able to perform all the Sidhis to perfection during sutra practice > during your participation in the TM/TM-SIdhis program, then you are probably > not fully enlightened, no matter what your perceptions suggest. > > MMY himself once hinted that that was one of the reasons why he realized the > world wasn't quite how it should be when he was off on his own, meditating > after his guru dev died: he wasn't doing/experiencing some of the stuff that > was predicted for someone in his apparent state of consciousness and finally > concluded that the current state of the world's consciousness wouldn't > support full enlightenment, and eventually set out to remedy the situation. > > L. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson <ameradian2@> wrote: > > > > Thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly! I deeply appreciate > > the  warm welcome.  Honestly, however, you have truly baffled me, because > > your own experience goes far beyond so-called cosmic consciousness. Up > > until now I thought the only two people that had reached what TM jargon > > calls UC was Robin C. and Ravi. And now it seems you reached at too! An > > interesting question as a follow-up might be this: if a person simply > > follows the 20 minutes-twice a day formulation, will they ever go beyond > > simple cosmic consciousness?  I wonder if those of you who have reached GC > > and UC did so because of advanced meditation techniques, many hours of > > so-called 'rounding;' not to mention many more hours of meditation > > throughout the week. I think of Clint Eastwood who has been doing TM for > > four years. Seemingly he has done it in the simple 20 minute-twice a day > > fashion. Did you and Ravi (are you there?)  engage in this more dedicated > > practice of TM? I must > > also say that your post has caused me some degree of disquiet. Meditation, > > at least for the purposes of my goal, is something that is done because it > > is helpful; not because it develops long-term brain changes of questionable > > utility!!!! > > Cheers > > Bill > > > > From: RoryGoff <rorygoff@> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 10:10 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?) > > > > > >  > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson <ameradian2@> wrote: > > > > > > Hello to everyone on Fairfield life. My name is Dr. William Parkinson and > > > I have been lurking here for over a month. I have only recently started > > > meditating ( 5months) and I am trying to learn as much about TM as I can; > > > both the good and the bad. Recently, MZ\RobinC and Ravi Yogi have made > > > some brief, but tantalizing allusions, to sleep (actually the lack > > > thereof) and various states of consciousness. Years ago I read the paper > > > in the journal Sleep documenting that people in established CC still > > > maintain alpha wave paterns even during delta sleep. I was wondering if > > > anyone could shed further light on this phenomenon. I understand that > > > this is not the same as insomnia, but I'm wondering exactly what happens > > > and whether or not it interferes with sleep. I am also wondering whether > > > or not so-called cosmic consciousness would recede back into the > > > background if someone were to discontinue TM. I ask this because in the > > > eventuality that I, or someone else, > > may > > > be disconcerted by having this state of consciousness during sleep it > > > would be quite helpful to know that the discontinuation of TM would > > > reverse this phenomenon. I would be deeply appreciative of any > > > information that anyone might be willing to give me. Thank you in advance! > > > Cheers > > > Bill > > > > * * Dear Bill, welcome to Fairfield Life! > > > > Great questions; I'll take a shot at them. In my recollection, anyhow, > > witnessing sleep before Awakening was somewhat transitory. Since then > > however, it has generally felt as if a part of me is always asleep (if I > > had to locate this part, it would be in the back of my brain) and a part of > > me is always awake (this would be more in the brow area), so there really > > appears to be only one state of consciousness, or more accurately, one > > consciousness always and ever Here and Now which predominates through all > > its various states, so that the brain as a whole sings, regardless of where > > "I" happen to be localized in the brain's choir. Conscious > > mantra-meditation ceased immediately upon Awakening, as it was self-evident > > that "I" was not, and That Alone IS, and there was no longer anywhere to > > go, and that was 29 years ago. > > > > I have no regrets and no desire to change, but then this is certainly not > > Cosmic Consciousness as classically described, or not C.C. alone; it is > > indescribable, more like everything and nothing, more like utter ignorance > > with utter contentment :-) > > >
