[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- "larry.potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In > > FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > > "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" > > wrote: > > > > > > Larry Potter writes snipped: > > > Part 1 > > > Is that the r

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-05 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Larry Potter writes snipped: > That being said it looks that when Suzanne was describing her fear > it wasn't absolutely delicious as you described, possibly her fear > was removed later on .

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-05 Thread llundrub
You guys all write too much. I'm days away from catching up. >

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-05 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "larry.potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've enjoyed the input/example :), it resonates with the > 'chop wood carry water' theme. > Great! Why attain enlightenment if there is nothing to do after that?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-05 Thread Peter
--- "larry.potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In > FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Larry Potter writes snipped: > > Part 1 > > Is that the reason there are so many dysfunctional > individuals > > in the movement or

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-05 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
Larry Potter writes snipped: That being said it looks that when Suzanne was describing her fear it wasn't absolutely delicious as you described, possibly her fear was removed later on . Tom T: Egg Zaketly. I ended up reading her book at least 7 times as it is loaded with the way not to go on you

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-05 Thread larry.potter
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Larry Potter writes snipped: > Part 1 > Is that the reason there are so many dysfunctional individuals > in the movement or other similar spiritual groups, due to the fact > that they can not

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-05 Thread larry.potter
I've enjoyed the input/example :), it resonates with the 'chop wood carry water' theme. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "larry.potter" > wrote: > > > > Tom wrote: > > > > << Jim Flanegin writes snipped >

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-04 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
jim Flanegin writes snipped: I use the above as an example of how grounded and normal anyone can be while still experiencing "free-fall forever" during daily life. By progressively culturing both states of awareness, inner and outer, over time they exist simul;taneously, clearly, without confl

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-04 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
Larry Potter writes snipped: Part 1 Is that the reason there are so many dysfunctional individuals in the movement or other similar spiritual groups, due to the fact that they can not "cling" to anything ? Tom T answer to part 1 The dysfunctional individuals are those still trying to cling to a c

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-04 Thread Peter
--- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "larry.potter" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is that the reason there are so many > dysfunctional individuals > > in the movement or other similar spiritual groups, > due to the fact > > that they can not "c

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-04 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "larry.potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tom wrote: > > << Jim Flanegin writes snipped > I like to think of it in terms of who we identify with. In waking > state I identified with Jim. After waking state, I identify with > whatever. Sometimes Jim, som

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-04 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "larry.potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is that the reason there are so many dysfunctional individuals > in the movement or other similar spiritual groups, due to the fact > that they can not "cling" to anything ? Yep- too much transcending without ground

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-04 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jim Flanegin writes snipped > I like to think of it in terms of who we identify with. In waking > state I identified with Jim. After waking state, I identify with > whatever. Sometimes Jim, s

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-04 Thread larry.potter
Tom wrote: << Jim Flanegin writes snipped I like to think of it in terms of who we identify with. In waking state I identified with Jim. After waking state, I identify with whatever. Sometimes Jim, sometimes not, sometimes past, sometimes here, sometimes there, sometimes future. Doesn't matter-

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-04 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
Jim Flanegin writes snipped I like to think of it in terms of who we identify with. In waking state I identified with Jim. After waking state, I identify with whatever. Sometimes Jim, sometimes not, sometimes past, sometimes here, sometimes there, sometimes future. Doesn't matter- One thing is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-04 Thread Bhairitu
sparaig wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> --- Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> No you don't understand what I'm saying. Certainly >>> the mind is >>> "contained" in consciousness but what happens if t

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-04 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You can call it "me" "pog" or "gloop" for all I care. Certainly the > "me" is an illusion as is everything else in the universe, but what has > been your experience? I'm more interested in here the experientia

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-04 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > No you don't understand what I'm saying. Certainly > > the mind is > > "contained" in consciousness but what happens if the > > local tax collector > > calls y

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-04 Thread Bhairitu
Peter wrote: > --- Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> >>> >> No you don't understand what I'm saying. Certainly >> the mind is >> "contained" in consciousness but what happens if the >> local tax collector >> calls you and says "Peter, you own $5,000 in back >> taxes and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-04 Thread Peter
--- Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > No you don't understand what I'm saying. Certainly > the mind is > "contained" in consciousness but what happens if the > local tax collector > calls you and says "Peter, you own $5,000 in back > taxes and have to pay > up by the end of the mo

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-04 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "nablusos108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > Hehe. This Vaj fellow has only one agenda; try spreading as many > unsubstiated rumours about TM-ers and TMO as posssible. I find him > being mor

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-04 Thread nablusos108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > I haven't read a lot of her stuff, but she is quoted here and on > > other lists every now and then. My question is, is this early > stages > > of a br

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "larry.potter" > > wrote: > > > > > > < big snip> > > > << "Walking home from that bus ride, she felt like > > a "cloud of > > > awaren

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread Peter
--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "larry.potter" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > < big snip> > > << "Walking home from that bus ride, she felt like > a "cloud of > > awareness" following the body. The cloud was a > witness located > > behind and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread Peter
Vaj, Segal's book is quite interesting and far from a TB spouting dogma. She articulates her experience of total emptiness of self quite well and its blossoming into fullness about 12 years later. --- Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 3, 2006, at 7:54 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In F

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 3, 2006, at 7:54 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > >> > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > >>> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.co

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread Vaj
On Dec 3, 2006, at 8:48 PM, jim_flanegin wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I haven't read a lot of her stuff, but she is quoted here and on other lists every now and then. My question is, is this early stages of a brain tumor experienced-thru-the-le

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't read a lot of her stuff, but she is quoted here and on > other lists every now and then. My question is, is this early stages > of a brain tumor experienced-thru-the-lens-of-an-SCI-and-advanced- > lecture-perso

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No. But CC due/caused by pathological dysfunction probably is NOT the same as what > MMY calls CC. Of course, the question is: did the pathology cause the CC-sounding > experience or was it merely a coinicidence?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread Vaj
On Dec 3, 2006, at 7:54 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrot

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "larry.potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > < big snip> > << "Walking home from that bus ride, she felt like a "cloud of > awareness" following the body. The cloud was a witness located > behind and to the left of the body and completely separate from > bo

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Peter wrote: > > --- Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Peter wrote: [...] > >>> is localized to be either far away or close. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> How would you function if you cannot localize

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In Fai

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "larry.potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > < big snip. trying again, let see if it goes this time .. > > > > << Walking home from that bus ride, she felt like a "cloud of > awareness" following the body. The cloud was a witness located > behind and to th

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread qntmpkt
---Yea, but Susan changed her opinion later on in the book. Throughout most of the book (after the account of her Realization); she got suckered into the phoney nihilist neo-Advaita viewpoint: that "nothing" exists, even the self. This is false. What doesn't exist is the false identification

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread larry.potter
< big snip. trying again, let see if it goes this time .. > << Walking home from that bus ride, she felt like a "cloud of awareness" following the body. The cloud was a witness located behind and to the left of the body and completely separate from body, mind and emotions. The witness was con

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread larry.potter
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Peter wrote: > > --- Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Peter wrote: > >> > >>> --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread Bhairitu
Peter wrote: > --- Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Peter wrote: >> >>> --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great description of pure CC. Watch h

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread Bhairitu
sparaig wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Peter wrote: >> >>> --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > Great description of p

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > > > > > > > Great descriptio

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread Peter
--- Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter wrote: > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> Great description of pure CC. Watch how everyone > >>> > >> is > >> > >>> going

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > > wrote: > > > > > > Great description of pure CC. Watch how everyone > > is > > > going to jump all over your post of her writi

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > > > > > Great description of pure CC. Watch how everyone is > > > going to jump all over your pos

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > Peter wrote: > > > --- sparaig wrote: > > > > > > > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Great descri

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread Peter
--- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Peter wrote: > > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Great de

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Peter wrote: > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Great description of pure CC. Watch how everyone > >>> > >> is > >>

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Peter wrote: > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Great description of pure CC. Watch how everyone > >>> > >> is > >>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread Bhairitu
Peter wrote: > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Great description of pure CC. Watch how everyone >>> >> is >> >>> going to jump all over your post of her writings >>> >> and >>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread Peter
--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Great description of pure CC. Watch how everyone > is > > going to jump all over your post of her writings > and > > dismiss it because it won't fit their waking state > > con

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > > > Great description of pure CC. Watch how everyone is > > going to jump all over your post of her writings and > > dismiss it because it won't fit their waking st

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great description of pure CC. Watch how everyone is > going to jump all over your post of her writings and > dismiss it because it won't fit their waking state > concept of CC. > Who can say who is enlightened? However, my

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great description of pure CC. Watch how everyone is > going to jump all over your post of her writings and > dismiss it because it won't fit their waking state > concept of CC. Boy, it sure fits mine.

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Fear of Enlightenment'

2006-12-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > SUZANNE SEGAL > > Excerpts from: > "Collision with the Infinite" > > PART I > In the Spring of 1982, Suzanne Segal, pregnant and 27, > was living in Paris and waiting for a bus to take her home >