--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "peterklutz" <peterklutz@> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "suziezuzie" <msilver1951@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > When someone starts meditating, is the flatness (separation of > Self > > > > from sense perception) that they begin to feel is a prelude to > Cosmic > > > > Consciousness or the beginnings of personality pathology that > has > > > > nothing to do with enlightenment? > > > > > > > > > > It is the beginning of CC. > > > > > > > > The perception that you are outside your body is a pathological > thing. CC isn't the same. > > > > ************ > > Cosmic Consciousness means that one lives 24/7 one's real nature, > bliss consciousness, and that phenomenal reality, including the body, > is experienced as separate from consciousness, although the > relationship is friendly. It is only in Unity Consciousness that this > sense of duality is ended -- one sees a tree as a tree, but the sense > of it's being oneself is dominant. >
It is experienced as not the Experiencer. That's NOT that same as looking on the body, as if from a distance.