[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to miss.

2005-11-07 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 3, 2005, at 8:33 PM, off_world_beings wrote: You still have to perfect nirodha, total cessation (of breath and mind) This is the early stages of TM. Really? In the early stages of TM people cease

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-07 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 11/4/05 8:04 AM, Paula Youmans at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get this and find it just as boring a lot of the time and would like to avoid it if I could. I had the same problem with sleep. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-07 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Irmeli Mattsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom T writes: It is my experience that one can have complete awareness of surroundings during sleep. The only

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to m

2005-11-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll leave that topic for the diehard M. fans to chew on.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to miss.

2005-11-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] IMO, no he does not touch on the full criteria and experience of turiyatita (Cosmic Consciousness), At least you agree its your opinion... let alone the full path to attain it--although he does admit that 1) samkhya

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness

2005-11-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 3, 2005, at 10:39 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] told. It's funny where the experience stops is almost always there-- sometimes with the

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 4, 2005, at 6:31 PM, Rick Archer wrote: on 11/4/05 8:04 AM, Paula Youmans at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get this and find it

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-05 Thread Irmeli Mattsson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom T writes: It is my experience that one can have complete awareness of surroundings during sleep. The only problemo is that of complete and utter boredom. It is like watching the old Test

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness

2005-11-04 Thread Vaj
On Nov 3, 2005, at 10:39 PM, sparaig wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] told. It's funny where the experience stops is almost always there--  sometimes with the occasional embellishment or addition. That's very   telling, esp. if you have experience

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to miss.

2005-11-04 Thread Vaj
On Nov 3, 2005, at 10:39 PM, sparaig wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 3, 2005, at 8:11 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Nov 3, 2005, at 7:46 PM, authfriend wrote: It's mildly

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to m

2005-11-04 Thread Vaj
On Nov 4, 2005, at 12:09 AM, akasha_108 wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll leave that topic for the diehard M. fans to chew on. Hmmm, so you won't answer the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to miss.

2005-11-04 Thread Vaj
On Nov 3, 2005, at 8:33 PM, off_world_beings wrote: You still have to perfect "nirodha", total cessation (of breath  and "mind")This is the early stages of TM. Really? In the early stages of TM people cease breathing for hours or day at a time? Are Buddhists still on the slow boat to Never

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-04 Thread Paula Youmans
I get this and find it just as boring a lot of the time and would like to avoid it if I could. I had the same problem with sleep. I dont think sleeping less is a huge sign of enlightenment, so Im not claiming anything, but there was a good year of my life (and it still happens

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to m

2005-11-04 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 4, 2005, at 12:09 AM, akasha_108 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll leave that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to m

2005-11-04 Thread Vaj
On Nov 4, 2005, at 10:25 AM, akasha_108 wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 4, 2005, at 12:09 AM, akasha_108 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" [EMAIL PROTECTED]   wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig"

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to miss.

2005-11-04 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 3, 2005, at 8:33 PM, off_world_beings wrote: You still have to perfect nirodha, total cessation (of breath and mind) This is the early stages of TM. Really? In the early stages of TM people cease

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-04 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's on 11/4/05 8:04 AM, Paula Youmans at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get this and find it just as boring a lot of the time and would like to avoid it if I could. I had the same problem with sleep. I dont think

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-04 Thread Vaj
On Nov 4, 2005, at 6:31 PM, Rick Archer wrote: on 11/4/05 8:04 AM, Paula Youmans at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get this and find it just as boring a lot of the time and would like to avoid it if I could. I had the same problem with sleep. I don’t think sleeping less is a huge

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 11/4/05 5:35 PM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the way I feel as well. There's nothing nicer than good yogic sleep--as you awake feeling much fresher than even the best regular sleep--and then awakening several hours before dawn to do a nice long practice in the quiet before

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-04 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 4, 2005, at 6:31 PM, Rick Archer wrote: on 11/4/05 8:04 AM, Paula Youmans at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get this and find it just as boring a lot of the time and would like to avoid it if I could.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-04 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 11/4/05 5:35 PM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the way I feel as well. There's nothing nicer than good yogic sleep--as you awake feeling much fresher than even the best regular sleep--and then

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 11/4/05 6:23 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When were you in Murren, Rick, and for how long? I suspect it was in April-May of 1974? Because that is where I did my TTC, starting in early May of 1974. We were there with Maharishi for a month that Spring. I think the TTC came

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-04 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 11/4/05 6:23 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When were you in Murren, Rick, and for how long? I suspect it was in April-May of 1974? Because that is where I did my TTC, starting in early May

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-04 Thread gullible fool
Meditating, reading, walking in the woods, etc. You have woods there, now? --- Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 11/4/05 8:04 AM, Paula Youmans at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get this and find it just as boring a lot of the time and would like to avoid it if I could.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 11/4/05 8:35 PM, gullible fool at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Meditating, reading, walking in the woods, etc. Plenty of them. Jefferson County Park for starters. About 5 miles of trails through the woods there. Lansom woods just down the street from me. Lots of other woods with trails in

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-04 Thread Paula Youmans
I enjoy sleeping but I would love to be able to get by on a few hours. There are so many things I would rather be doing. Meditating, reading, walking in the woods, etc. That's the way I feel as well. There's nothing nicer than good yogic sleep--as you awake

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-04 Thread Paula Youmans
Desires so deep, they even have to do with sleep. :) Not exactly, nothing can be added to this state, and nothing can be taken away. Heyyou try sleeping for 4 hours a night for a year or so and tell me what weird ass hobbies youve picked up lol. I think people *seriously*

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-04 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's on 11/4/05 11:57 PM, Paula Youmans at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Desires so deep, they even have to do with sleep. :) Not exactly, nothing can be added to this state, and nothing can be taken away. Heyyou try

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 11/4/05 11:53 PM, Paula Youmans at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I enjoy sleeping but I would love to be able to get by on a few hours. There are so many things I would rather be doing. Meditating, reading, walking in the woods, etc. That's the way I feel as well. There's nothing nicer than

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-04 Thread Paula Youmans
Aside from the fact that you had too much time on your hands and you were always conscious, how did you feel? Did you feel good, or strung out, tired, and wired? I felt goodgenerally. Not tired at all or I could have slept I am assuming. It felt like being very awake. Kind of how

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to miss.

2005-11-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes it's weird knowing the Enlightened Emperor is wearing no clothes. A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to miss. Funny how you only get as enlightened as you were told to...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to miss.

2005-11-03 Thread Vaj
On Nov 3, 2005, at 6:49 PM, authfriend wrote: Vaj, you'd be a lot less confused if you just considered MMY's system on its own terms and didn't keep trying to compare it with other systems that may use similar terms to mean very different things with different criteria. No confusion here.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to miss.

2005-11-03 Thread Vaj
On Nov 3, 2005, at 7:46 PM, authfriend wrote: It's mildly interesting to know that different systems put their labels at different stages of the enlightenment process, but it says nothing whatsoever about the relative effectiveness of the systems. That's just it, it's the same label:

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to miss.

2005-11-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 3, 2005, at 7:46 PM, authfriend wrote: It's mildly interesting to know that different systems put their labels at different stages of the enlightenment process, but it says nothing whatsoever about the relative

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to miss.

2005-11-03 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes it's weird knowing the Enlightened Emperor is wearing no clothes. A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to miss. Funny how you only get as enlightened as you were told to...

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness

2005-11-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip One point I took away, with endless descriptions of deep experience, with MMY commenting, night after night, month after month, was labeling was not very important. People had good experience and he would say,

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to miss.

2005-11-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 3, 2005, at 7:46 PM, authfriend wrote: It's mildly interesting to know that different systems put their labels at different stages of the enlightenment process, but it says nothing whatsoever about the relative

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-03 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Vaj wrote: Since integration of the senses with pure consciousness is complete in CC, one retains complete awareness of surroundings during sleep. That is, one would continue to hear

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness

2005-11-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip One point I took away, with endless descriptions of deep experience, with MMY commenting, night after night, month after month, was

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to miss.

2005-11-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 3, 2005, at 8:11 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 3, 2005, at

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's Cosmic Consciousness seem to m

2005-11-03 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll leave that topic for the diehard M. fans to chew on. Hmmm, so you won't answer the question... He's like Bush. He doesn't need to

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Short List of Items People Claiming MMY's

2005-11-03 Thread shukra69
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Vaj wrote: Since integration of the senses with pure consciousness is complete in CC, one retains complete awareness of surroundings during sleep. That is, one would continue to hear