--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Feb 3, 2006, at 11:36 AM, doctor_gabby_savy wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Premanand Paul Mason" > > <premanandpaul@> wrote: > > > >> > >> I don't believe the author of stuff about gods dwelling in cows hairs > >> anymore than myths about pixies or elves. Just hand-me-down folklore, > >> good for kids. > >> > > > > I don't think a strong scientific outlook on creation, human > > migration patterns, physiology, astronomy, or whatever, precludes any > > number of personal hypotheses and even experiences of realms science > > does not (yet) touch on. Science is a great light, but it does not > > shine in all quarters. > > > > While I may not hold to the embellished details of myths about pixies > > and elves, I do believe, but can't prove it to you, that nature is > > alive with various "nature spirits" and the universe is alive with > > celestial powers. Until science can disprove my experiential based > > hypothesis, I will sustain it. Again, a scientific view and a > > "metaphysical" of things beyond the realm of science is quite > > compatible. > > I've been reading a text over the last month which is an absolutely > incredible presentation of the entire path from basic sitting > meditation, up thorough all the various levels of practice, right up > to complete enlightenment and attainment of the rainbow body. The > experiential details of the last stages of enlightenment do deal > specifically with styles of awareness where one experiences entire > universes, dimensions and their beings at the level of subtlty of a > hair (and smaller). So to me SBS's description seems like a veiled > description of these states of consciousness which are also referred > to in other experiential mystical literature.
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