--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I wish the Christians would stop saying that their way is > > > > better than anyone else's. It gets very boring, and it is > > > > untrue. > > > > > > And it drowns out the TMers saying the same thing. :-) > > > > Although, of course, what TMers say is *about* their > > path, whereas what the Christians say *is* their path. > > Excellent distinction. And many Christians believe that the only > way to become one with God is to die physically. yow!
Well, no, you can never become one with God, in Christian belief. Jesus was the one and only who ever was one with God, but he was God to begin with. > Of course the main shortcoming with TM's teachings is that you can > wallow in the seven states of conciousness forever without gaining > enlightenment. Five, six, and seven *are* enlightenment, according to MMY. > I don't know if that is an actual shortcoming, or just an example > of the expression, 'you can lead a TMer to Brahman, but you can't > make him drink'. > > In other words, after Maherishi provides us the tools for > experiencing the other 4 states of conciousness (tc, cc, gc, uc), > how would he then tell us to go beyond them, to all inclusive > Brahman? Any ideas anyone? In my understanding, he says GC and UC, and presumably BC as well--and whatever there is after BC--develop naturally once you've reached CC. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hu1pldv/M=364397.6958316.7892810.4764722/D=groups/S=1705171145:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123706125/A=2915264/R=0/SIG=11t7isiiv/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=34443/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs";>Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page</a></font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
