--- --- "hyperbolicgeometry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Douglas Harding is an important Neo-Advaitin by virtue of his first > book, "On Having No Head"...which ironically is all about a stage, or > progressive level of attainment on the road to Enlightenment, but not > quite there. His subsequent books go into the nature of complete Self- > Relization which might be contrasted to "On Having No Head", with the > phrase: "On Having No Body". > Harding's first book might resonate with the experiences of TM > practitioners: they "transcend" for a time during meditation; and > eventually, transcend during the whole period of meditation but lose > the experience of clear Transcendance outside of meditation. > Eventually with further practice, "transcendance" occurs 24 hours a > day; but is this necessarily Enlightenment? No, says Harding. It > could be a certain level of clarity which he calls "Having No Head". > That is, part of the physiological apparatus is purified but not the > whold body. A full, complete Awakening says Harding would be matched > with the phrase "On Having No Body". Such an attainment is discussed > in Harding's subsequent books. Here's an excerpt: http://www.realization.org/page/doc1/doc106a.htm >
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