--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 3, 2005, at 8:33 PM, off_world_beings wrote: > > > <<<You still have to perfect "nirodha", total cessation (of breath > > and "mind") >>> > > > > > > This is the early stages of TM. > > Really? In the early stages of TM people cease breathing for hours or > day at a time?>>>
You didn't state for "hours or a day at a time" in your post ! Where is your proof of this wild and un-documented phenomena. No, I cannot do it. Can you? > > > Are Buddhists still on the slow boat to Never Never Land. > > Maybe you should ask a Buddhist. I'm asking you, since that is about as far as you seem to go. > > > > <<<and integrate the "rain of virtues", then, maybe, you'll be ready > > for CC. >> > > > > > > "Rain of Virtues" = Moodmaking (a common Buddhist technique). > > Rain of Virtues = pada four of Patanjali... For you is it is a path, for me (regardless of your interpretation of Patanjali) it is an epi-phenomena. Am I the only one on this board that sees this !? > > > > > >>>> retain such knowledge, a species of "photographic memory" is > >>>> > >> necessary--so much so that volumes of pure knowledge can be > >> seamlessly retained and repeated without flaw (or very minimal > >> > > error).>>> > > > > > > No. Access through the higher Self to the Akashic realm is all that > > is needed. It is like the internet. I have a computer, but not all > > the knowledge of the internet is stored on it, yet I have access to > > a vast database through the connection. There is no need to remember > > anything....except your higher Self (the transcendent) > > What higher Self; what "Akashic realm"?>>> The one that one has access to when one has access to it. Perhaps you are unaware of it. Perhaps you are "off-line". > > > > > > > <<<--Sleep. In the state of turiyatita, Cosmic Consciousness, sleep > > > >> become an epiphenomenon rather than the basic phenomenon > >> > > important for "rest" of the physical body. One of the important > > qualities of CC is the total integration of the senses with the > > void. >>> > > > > > > Call a spade a spade. Your 'Void' is called the Transcendent by > > Maharishi. > > Well no not really--the "transcendent" is merely the calm state. > Whether you ascertain the void or not ( : -) ) is another question. I think you need to take an English lesson. Look them up in a dictionary, then compare and contrast the terms in a one page essay. In conclusion, ask yourself, is there really a difference, or am I just putting a complicated and convoluted perspective on something that is inherently and unchangingly simple. You will find great freedom and advancement in this essay, and I will be most humbly corrected should you hold fast to your basic nature...which is unprotected and beautiful honesty. Luv OffWorld ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
