enlightenment is not a personal thing. once it happens, the one who is enlightened will automatically join the enlightened club. There is only one such club. Either you are in or you are automatically a part of the ignorance club.
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 5:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I am an ignorant idiot who wishes to remain ignorant. That is enlightenment > for me. > > Sent via BlackBerry from Vodafone > ------------------------------ > *From: * roomsearching <[email protected]> > *Date: *Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:24:41 +0100 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *Cc: *Advaita<[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: ignorance implies subject and object > > Are you saying that you do not agree with Ramana ? > > Then why are you interested in Advaita ? > > Well, then just admit that you are an ignorant idiot who wishes to remain > ignorant. > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 5:16 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There are as many selves as you want to imagine. As many as their >> definitions. >> >> Sent via BlackBerry from Vodafone >> ------------------------------ >> *From: * roomsearching <[email protected]> >> *Sender: * [email protected] >> *Date: *Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:09:58 +0100 >> *To: *Advaita-Zen<[email protected]> >> *Subject: *ignorance implies subject and object >> >> Dr. Syed: Sri Bhagavan says that the Heart is the Self. Psychology has >> it that malice, envy, jealousy and all passions have their seat in the >> heart. How are these two statements to be reconciled? >> M.: The whole cosmos is contained in one pinhole in the Heart. These >> passions are part of the cosmos. They are avidya (ignorance). >> D.: How did avidya arise? >> M.: Avidya is like Maya [she who is not is maya (illusion)]. Similarly >> that which is not is ignorance. Therefore the question does not >> arise. Nevertheless, the question is asked. Then ask, “Whose is the >> avidya? Avidya is ignorance. It implies subject and object. Become >> the subject and there will be no object. >> D.: What is avidya? >> M.: Ignorance of Self. Who is ignorant of the Self? The self must be >> ignorant of Self. Are there two selves? >> > >
