[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-03 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > > wrote: > > > > > > So you're pretty safe IMO in naming anything > > > as a possible attribut

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > wrote: > > > > So you're pretty safe IMO in naming anything > > as a possible attribute of enlightenment, but > > the minute you do, the mind starts excluding >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > > > wrote: > > > > --

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > The practical question from all of this is: Do you believe that > Sivananda's attributes that he used to "describe" jivanmukta, while > neither comprehensive or definitive, was correct as far as it w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" wrote: > > > > Thanks for posting this. Although your title is somewhat > > disingenuous, given the statement within the text that states: > > I a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jun 2, 2006, at 9:04 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > I think the secret of why "sages" would propose a > > "definition" even while admitting that one cannot > > be given is pretty simple: they wish to be considered >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for posting this. Although your title is somewhat > disingenuous, given the statement within the text that states: >  > "The ways of a Jnani are mysterious. Only a Jivammukta can know a  >  Jivanmukta.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > A while back, in a similar discussion someone > (possibly new_morning) asked someone (possibly > you) to define the attributes of enlightenment. Tha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > > > wrote: > > > > Hi,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > > wrote: > > Hi, I am unsure why you are asking such, for the criterion > > for recognizing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > wrote: > > > > The practical question from all of this is: Do you believe that > > > > Sivananda's attributes that he used to "describe" jivanmukta, > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The practical question from all of this is: Do you believe that > > > Sivananda's attributes that he used to "describe" jivanmukta, > > > while neither comprehensive or definitive, was correct as far > > > as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread TurquoiseB
> > The practical question from all of this is: Do you believe that > > Sivananda's attributes that he used to "describe" jivanmukta, > > while neither comprehensive or definitive, was correct as far > > as it went? > > Yep. I would then ask further, have you ever met a person whom you cons

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The practical question from all of this is: Do you believe that > Sivananda's attributes that he used to "describe" jivanmukta, while > neither comprehensive or definitive, was correct as far as it went?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for posting this. Although your title is somewha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 2, 2006, at 9:04 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > I think the secret of why "sages" would propose a > > "definition" even while admitting that one cannot > > be given is pretty simple: they wish to be considered > > the "e

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" wrote: > > > > Thanks for posting this. Although your title is somewhat > > disingenuous, given the statement within the text that states: > > I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread Vaj
On Jun 2, 2006, at 9:04 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > I think the secret of why "sages" would propose a > "definition" even while admitting that one cannot > be given is pretty simple: they wish to be considered > the "experts," the "authority" in such matters. > > Throughout history, the enlighten

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for posting this. Although your title is somewhat > disingenuous, given the statement within the text that states: I am not seeing why the Saint Sivananda is disingenuous. Perhaps there is someconfusio

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread jim_flanegin
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > > > I still found it to be basically a useful and > > inspiring 'definition', very similar to what other realized sages > > have written about this state. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTE

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for posting this. Although your title is somewhat > disingenuous, given the statement within the text that states: >  > "The ways of a Jnani are mysterious. Only a Jivammukta can know a  > Jivanmukta.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Swami Sivananda defines CC

2006-06-02 Thread jim_flanegin
Thanks for posting this. Although your title is somewhat disingenuous, given the statement within the text that states: "The ways of a Jnani are mysterious. Only a Jivammukta can know a  Jivanmukta. The description given of a Jnani in the Bhagavad-Gita and various other books is quite ina