[FairfieldLife] Re: States of Consciousness

2011-07-14 Thread danfriedman2002
Thank you. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > New book: > http://www.pdf-archive.com/2011/07/01/consciousness-states-cosic-2011/consciousness-states-cosic-2011.pdf >chapter 10 is about enlightenment, TM-style by Fred Travis >

[FairfieldLife] Re: States of Consciousness

2011-07-14 Thread richardjwilliamstexas
Vaj: > Not a very honest presentation... > According to Wallace, Samatha is "calm abiding", a type of meditation designed to enhance sustained voluntary attention; a subset of the broader family of samadhi or meditation practices. Reginald Ray at the Shambhala Mountain Cente says Samatha is

[FairfieldLife] Re: States of Consciousness

2011-07-20 Thread sparaig
Can't find where he mentions shamatha by name. He mentions someone else's proposed categorization of meditation into 2 main groups and proposes that TM belongs in a 3rd category... L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > Wow, does he mischaracterize shamatha mediation. Not a ver

[FairfieldLife] Re: States of Consciousness

2011-07-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jul 14, 2011, at 4:02 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > Can't find where he mentions shamatha by name. He mentions someone > > else's proposed categorization of meditation into 2 main groups and > > proposes that TM belongs in a 3rd category

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: States of Consciousness

2011-07-20 Thread Vaj
On Jul 14, 2011, at 4:02 PM, sparaig wrote: Can't find where he mentions shamatha by name. He mentions someone else's proposed categorization of meditation into 2 main groups and proposes that TM belongs in a 3rd category... In the neurological division of different types of meditation th

[FairfieldLife] Re: States of Consciousness vs Spacial Dimensions

2017-02-17 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes the philosophical and the mathematics are interesting to follow though the spiritual experience of it is more compelling. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : The higher states of consciousness are not equivalent to the higher spacial dimensions in physics. For example, t