We should all record this great person's writings so that a new Bible is created for the new millenium. Fucking asshole. I don't read beyond the first line of your posts. Lecturing people only shows your armchair theorist enlightenment.
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 6:49 PM, jp EnlightenmentGuy < [email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 30, 9:09 pm, godszen <[email protected]> wrote: > > jp EnlightenmentGuy wrote: > > > This is presumably the reason for an Advaita Zen discussion board: for > > > a human to see that there is, in Reality, no Self, no ego, no Mini-Me > > > hiding out inside pulling the strings. No autonomous entity. No entity > > > at all. > > > > are you sure? > > > > or are you repeating what someone else said? > > I am sure, intellectually, that Enlightenment is when there is no > longer a sense of self within something that appears to be a human. > And I am sure that having this intellectual understanding does not > make one Enlightened (no matter how many really-smartypants, > complicated-sounding books Ken Wilbur writes!) > > But it can, perhaps, "keep one on track" so that you don't think that, > for example, if you get really good at stilling your mind you are > therefore getting closer to achieving Enlightenment. Or that by doing > more good deeds you are getting closer to achieving Enlightenment. Or > that by having more and more mind-blowing, blissful, cool, funky > spiritual experiences you are therefore getting closer to achieving > Enlightenment. Or that there is anything at all that you can do to > achieve Enlightenment. > > The intellectual understanding is that absolutely none of these has > anything whatsoever to do with what Enlightenment is or is not.
