Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Clarifying The Energy Field'

[Vaj]

On Jun 15, 2006, at 3:31 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Jun 15, 2006, at 1:34 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: On Jun 14, 2006, at 7:43 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: On Jun 14, 2006, at 3:20 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Good points. This one interested me the most: "rather by recognizing that mysticism is completely beyond science." It is beyond the scientific method in its focus and range, but I think Sam Harris would claim that when it talks about how the world "is" mysticism enters the field where logic does apply.  You mentioned that Schroedinger is a physicist, a world class one at that from what I understand.  But Physics is a field driven by   math skills and I don't think that gives him a leg up on this kind of discussion over say...you or Chopra. It is all speculation about life. He leaves his credibility in his own field far behind on   these topics.  Because you have gained something from it, I will spend some more time thinking about it. Curtis you might enjoy the following brief talk with Ken Wilber   where he answers the question "does quantum physics prove god?" where he rather elegantly explains that the quantum state is not unmanifest spirit/brahman/the tao/PC. Interesting talk. Not so interesting for the TM quantum mysticism, but rather embarrassing. I think by extension you could conclude that a mysticism based on Quantum physics is pretty bad mysticism... It's on page two: http://www.kenwilber.com/professional/media/index.html And how would he know? Uh, he's a physicist and a mystic? He said he studied QM in college for his grad degree in biology and   "mystic" is a rather broad term. I wouldn't term him a mystic in the TM sense of being   enlightened. Not when he talks about the need to be able to focus on objects for 5   minutes non-stop in order to progress to higher practices... Yeah, I agree, it wasn't until I could transcend for 10 minutes that   I was able to progress to higher practices--really I had no choice at   that point. If you wanted to call Ken anything it could be an Integral Dzogchen   yogin. Have you read this? : http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?  option=com_content&task=view&id=2288 That's not what he said in the talk you referenced earlier. He said the average adult can't  focus on something for more than 50 seconds or so, but that in order to go to more  advanced techniques, one needed to be able to focus on a single thing for at 5 minutes. Last I checked 10 minutes was still longer than 5. I didn't notice it personally till ten minutes, but he may have something with the five--or it's an individual thing. The important thing is to understand the essence of what he's saying.   He made no distinction between the average adult's concentrative ability and the adept's  ability, save amount of time spent focusing. Well that didn't seem to be the point he was making, so I doubt that's important. And it has been my experience that witnessing sleep is the most common form of  witnessing outside of meditation, not the least common, as he reports. I didn't remember him saying that, but it's been a while. __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Religion and spirituality Maharishi mahesh yogi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___