--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 16, 2007, at 5:50 PM, wmurphy77 wrote: > > >> > >> Indeed they are.: the commentaries of the Badarayana sutras. > >> > >> I traced this years ago after I heard the first mention. > > > > OK, let's just assume for simplicity sake Guru Dev was in UC and MMY > > just calls everything Cosmic Consciousness, Thanks! :-) > > > Non sequitur. There's no mention nor any implication in my above > statement that is connected to your response. Turiyatita or jivan- > mukti are the traditional words for "CC". It's well-known in what > style of literature these are used. > > Written accounts only mention him as a jivan-mukti, but the truth is, > there is more to life than the written word. We really, at this late > date don't have any clue about a man not even one of us has ever met. > But also worrying about something so long gone is pathetic. Learn > what there is to learn and move on. > > But just to stir the pot he was known for a couple of siddhis: > spontaneously lighting ritual fires and materialization of objects. > The clincher is the last one. Can you guess what state of > consciousness one would have to be in to materialize sacred objects? > (hint: it ain't CC :-)). >
So, which is "higher," someone in temporary UC, or a jivan-mukta?
