jim_flanegin wrote: >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > >>As far as I can tell, the entire range of know- >>ledge I ever read or was exposed to in the TM >>movement was just that -- A, B and C. Since >>leaving the TM movement and spending almost 30 >>years doing a lot of reading in other traditions, >>and studying directly with teachers who cover >>the subjects that can't be written down, I've >>probably encountered only seven or eight more >>"letters of the alphabet." In this lifetime I'll >>never learn even a *fraction* of the knowledge >>that is out there. >> >> > >There's an irreconcilable difference between university and >universal knowledge. Sure there are probably as many spiritual >habits out there as there are people. Some of them are group habits >which we call traditions. One approach is to experience as many of >these group habits as possible, each with its own terminology, >expressions, forms of meditation, conclusions, teachers, etc. I >would call this approach the university approach, sort of like >seeing how many books in the library I can read in a lifetime. > >The other approach is to find any technique out there which will >allow the full exploration of any one object, be it a thought, a >material object, a relationship, or a feeling. If there is >consistent and continual transcending, a point can be reached where >there is a familiarity with all objects. I would call this approach >the universal approach. > >In my experience, the universal approach as I have defined it is >without question the most satisfying. > Many gurus call the "university" approach "bookish" or "wooden" knowledge and frown on it.
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