--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "martyboi" <martyboi@...> wrote: >During one initiation, after puja, the initiate started to really cough, likely from inhaling incense or camphor smoke. The remedy? Taking the water offering container which still was 1/2 full and giving it to the initiate to drink.(hoping it did not taste too much like brasso.) It did the trick and instruction commenced.
> When I was on staff at Cobb (1980), we had a lot of CP's (course > participants)who had great truly experiences - others not so much. > > Sometimes we would have group meetings where individuals would share their > experiences. > > On one occasion a CP proudly proclaimed they could see stars through the > ceiling while laying down on the bed after program. Unfortunately celestial > perception was not to be: a staff member had glued glow-in-the-dark stars to > the ceiling as a decoration when they lived in that room. The staff member > fessed up.. and we all had a good chuckle. > > On another occasion, a women was fascinated by "the hum of creation" that she > heard during program and while she slept in her room. This, of course, was > the cabin next to an old buzzing transformer hanging on a power pole. She > seemed a little disappointed when source of the buzz was explained. >
