--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 16, 2007, at 10:18 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Jan 16, 2007, at 6:13 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: > >> > >>> Comment below: > >>> > >>> ** > >>> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > >>>> > >>> **snip** > >>>> > >>>> He does mention bhakti, but it's more *transcendental bhakti* > >>>> and is > >>>> present in the transitional refinement of GC. In other words it's > >>> not > >>>> 'falling down in the street with your tambourine Hare Krishna > >>> bhakti' > >>>> but an inner, yogic bhakti, Love & God and all that. I also wonder > >>> if > >>>> part of that also has to do with making his system of yoga fit into > >>> a > >>>> more western adapted model, devoid of any overtly "Hindu" elements. > >>>> > >>> **end** > >>> > >>> There have been passages in my life when I was overcome with what I > >>> can > >>> only refer to as 'transcendental bhakti' and I found myself on the > >>> ground, on my knees in spontaneous prayer, eyes streaming tears of > >>> gratitude and in such unbearable sweetness that it was > >>> incomprehensible > >>> that I could survive it. If that is part of the program I don't > >>> know > >>> how or why it isn't spoken about more directly. > >> > >> Have you read "Love and God"? After all, it sounds like you already > >> wrote your own version. ;-) > >> > > > > Are you mocking him, by chance? > > > > My own belief, for what it is worth, is that any form of > > "overwhelming" emotion is, by > > definition, a sign of not being fully established in CC, but that > > doesn't denigrate what he > > was feeling... > > > > On the other hand, YOUR comment certainly "feels" derogatory. > > Since I know quite well what I meant, we'll chock another one up to > the "ear of the beholder." What an idiot. >
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