What I am referring to is the state of mind where one believes oneself to be enlightened when there is plenty of evidence to the contrary. I suppose one clings to this belief just because one wants to. I was looking at the Peak for a minute and this post caught my eye as I was about to log off. I post it here because of the debate that raged for a long time over Jim claiming enlightenment and some of us like me and Barry calling him on it. So when I noticed this post by the former Dr. Dumbass, I had to post it. I am sure that someone on here who is also on Peak will tell him and there may be flak over it, but come what may, I think it is germane to the ongoing discussion over enlightenment, especially here since Dr D aka fast mac and cheese Jimmy always claimed loudly that he was enlightened. Here is his recent Peak post: "I was in an unusual situation a few years ago - Even though I was awake (pure awareness 24/7), there were still some significant structural stresses in my life. One of the things about being awake, at least for me, is that ideal life (including all areas of a householder's life: finance, career, relationships, love, and beauty), continuously tries to manifest itself, through me. If these areas are not ideal, the innocent momentum, once awake, is to make them so. Being 'on the planet', and a householder, means it takes some time. So, I found myself both awake, and on a prescription for antidepressants, for four years. They do interfere with subtle perception, so I quit, after they were no longer necessary. The point being, there can be a considerable amount of wakefulness, unbounded awareness, and life goes on, too, including the messy bits." In my world view, if you think someone is enlightened, and still needs to take antidepressants for years, especially if you take Marshy's definition of enlightenment as truth, then you need serious psychological counseling. His post ignores whatever state he had to take the antidepressants for, one assumes depression. Can an enlightened person get depressed? No, not if enlightenment is real and permanent, again ESPECIALLY not if you take Marshy's definition of the state as gospel.
It just shows me once again that people who get involved with groups and practices like TM can have the most bizarre, self deluded and sometimes destructive states of mind.
