age-From: tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.comSent: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 23:02:04 -Subject: [FairfieldLife] Why Samyama won't lead to CC; was Real Advaita,
Peter Sutphen writes:
I'm waiting for Tom to weigh in on this debate! The
sutras ar
Peter Sutphen writes:
I'm waiting for Tom to weigh in on this debate! The
sutras are not practiced to primarily bring about a
siddhi.
Tom T responds:
OK sucked in again but with 200 new lurkers there must be a few who
have not heard me expound on this. It is my cognition that the entire
Sidhi pr
On Apr 19, 2005, at 11:21 PM, Rick Archer wrote:
> Some people have subjective experiences
> with them, of course, but nothing verifiable. If they aren't working,
> how
> can they be blocking CC?
According to Vidyaranya, they are a major source of ego-mania. If they
are having subjective expe
On Apr 19, 2005, at 11:21 PM, Rick Archer wrote:
> OK, so this is some guy's commentary on Patanjali.
No, it is much more than that--it's the path to CC and UC. Patanjali is
part of it.
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OK, so this is some guy's commentary on Patanjali. I always wondered why
Patanjali devoted one chapter of a 4-chapter book to siddhis if siddhis were
so bad. Interesting that after 25 years of sidhi practice no one that I know
of has demonstrated any of them. Some people have subjective experience
On Apr 19, 2005, at 6:49 PM, Rick Archer wrote:
> Would you mind posting a few key verses for us?
Sure, but it'll help to explain what going on. In the third chapter
Vidyaranya talks about the means to Cosmic Consciousness and this is by
"Dissolution of the Mind". The previous chapter is on h
