--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That the simple statment, "the intellect is a quite useful* > tool in the attainment of higher states" was found so > incorrect by some readers as to be hilarious, at least > can't help but raise a smile. That's a topic I participated in, but it was Barry who viciously attacked you with his laughter. I only disagreed in a respectful tone.
> So much talk on this list, particularly by neo-advaitans > or pseudo-advaitans, is about the great value of > self-inquiry. What exactly is used in self-inquiry, ones > big toe? What's really funny for me right now is how everything is flipped upside down and inside out. I have zero formal training in self-inquiry, and asking myself "who am I" used to result in nothing but frustration and an immediate shift of attention to anything else. Recently, I've been asking myself the same question, and it literally shuts down my intellect, every time. I ask the question and I immediately zone out into awareness. So, what's being used? I don't know! It seems like it starts with intellect, but the answer is utterly beyond it. Similarly, for the past 10-12 years, I couldn't tolerate more than 3-5 minutes of TM at a time. But, the other morning, I woke up at 3:30am and sat up to meditate. No mantra came to me, and I just sat there, silently witnessing the breath, which became very faint. And, 20 minutes went by in a flash. In all my years of doing TM, I *never* had as profoundly deep a meditation as that. I was all like, "No no no! You don't meditate to awaken! You awaken so you can meditate!" LOL!!! Alex ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
